In this market, farmers bring vegetables and sell directly to the consumers, thereby eliminating middlemen.

They can thus eliminate middlemen like social workers at city shelters, whose referrals are frequently inappropriate, said Kevin Moore, a Bowery Mission counselor.

Nonetheless, Duke aimed to eliminate inefficiencies and middlemen through vertical consolidation.

But the more procedures which eliminated middlemen ensured that the price of the finished product could be reduced.

Through the program, buyers work directly with Douglas Development, eliminating commissions and middlemen.

In order to help the impoverished peasants, Ukrainophile activists set up co-operatives that would buy supplies in large quantities, eliminate middlemen, and pass the savings onto the villagers.

"Ours is a world these days hellbent on eliminating middlemen and we have been the fund-raising middlemen," he said.

This plan involved developing farmer co-operatives in an effort to eliminate middlemen and wholesalers and, in the process, to dramatically increase farm profits, particularly for fruit sellers in California.

By eliminating middlemen - from brokers to floor traders - from every transaction, a Globex trade will be much faster than a customer order from the pits.

This business is a natural for Dell, which has flourished by eliminating middlemen wherever it can.