Third-party brokers

The ways to minimize these risks include minimizing foreign travel, keeping your software code and using a third-party broker. 

As needed, an honest broker to facilitate the effort. This can be a trusted team member or third party such as a consultant. 

A third-party honest broker to facilitate the effort and provide an outside, neutral perspective. At times, such outside participation will have to keep a project moving. The third party can be a team member or a consultant jointly funded by the partners. 

The distribution tier receives customer requirements and is responsible for delivering required products or services. It involves such general units as warehouses, distribution centers, and cross-docking points. These units are grouped into distribution sub-tiers. Alternatively, supply chain units in the distribution tier can be classified as wholesalers, retailers, and brokers. Third-party logistics providers present a special case for belonging to the distribution tier. In some situations, these can be represented by a single supply chain node. 

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