And a lot of times, farmers are not making all the money from their products because it goes through this chain of shipping and processing and distribution, and there are a lot of middlemen between the farmer and the end user.
There is a whole other aspect of mobile payments processing, distribution, risk management, and administration that comes with it.
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Britain's Pilkington announced a restructuring that will destroy 6, 000 jobs in its underperforming European operations, 16% of the glass maker's global workforce, and result in the closure of some 60 processing and distribution operations, including a big German plant.
He has no intention of going into the processing or distribution business himself.
Mr Lopez Veiga admits that ever fewer locals are taking jobs at sea, though he points out that catches landed at Vigo support thousands of local jobs in processing and distribution.
An American distributor originally put my ham processing company and a Polish distribution company together, as part of a joint venture.
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According to a report by the Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators, an industry group out of Perth, Pacific Andes was disguising the origin of the fish and fish products from these illegal operations through its processing, distribution and trading arrangements.
The basis of competition will shift to other aspects of the business, such as customer relationships, claims processing, expense management and distribution.
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Aside from manufacturing, which makes up most of the workforce, it has finance, legal, IT, order processing, transport and logistics, warehouse and distribution departments which were not affected by the initial announcement.
Volkswagen's operations in the United States include research and development, parts and vehicle processing, parts distribution centers, sales, marketing and service offices, financial service centers, and its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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