51.   Direct shipment, they claim, is a costly end run around the traditional distribution system.

52.   Direct shipment, they assert, hurts businesses in the traditional distribution system and robs states of taxes.

53.   Electricity to run pumps is also erratic, and the movement of produce to market is slowed by the lack of a national distribution system.

54.   Effective management of the supply chain according to lean principles can wring many millions of dollars of cost out of a large production or distribution system.

55.   Electrical power utilities need split-second timing to maintain the stability of their distribution systems and locate faults after lightning storms.

56.   Everyone is trying to make their businesses more global, build brands that can command premium prices and wring savings from the distribution system.

57.   Enron owns stakes in natural gas distribution systems in seven Brazilian states and in two Rio de Janeiro gas companies, Cia. Estadual de Gas and Riogas.

58.   Farmers like the Kimuras escape the huge, bureaucratic distribution system that has been sucking up their profits.

59.   Food was meted out each week through a national distribution system.