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disintermediation
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The elimination of the distributor and/or retailer (the middleman) when making a purchase. The term is used to refer to purchasing directly from a manufacturer's Web site, the benefits of which are convenience, fast turnaround time and sometimes lower prices. Obviously, retail stores are very much against disintermediation. See reintermediation.
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In addition to integration and disintegration, the Internet disintermediates supply chains by eliminating middle layers and reintermediates them by creating new intermediaries.
Mapping the relationships among product complexity, information ... by Li, Ling / Journal of Academy of Business and Economics
Dealers have been very protective about their customer data, especially since the OEMs a few years ago announced they were going to try to disintermediate the dealer chain.
Automotive supply chain management: as good as it gets? Many ... by Gould, Lawrence S. / Automotive Design & Production
A second objection to purchasing bundled journals is that it disintermediates serials vendors and enjoins libraries from sharing electronic content with outsiders, although this hardly seems significant.
Scholarly materials: paper or digital? (Academic Libraries) by Quandt, Richard E. / Library Trends
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