Process flowchart - Trading process

This swim lane diagram sample shows the trading process flow.
"Trade, also called goods exchange economy, is to transfer the ownership of goods from one person or entity to another by getting something in exchange from the buyer. Trade is sometimes loosely called commerce or financial transaction or barter. A network that allows trade is called a market. ...
Modern traders ... generally negotiate through a medium of exchange, such as money. As a result, buying can be separated from selling, or earning. ...
Retail trade consists of the sale of goods or merchandise from a very fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Wholesale trade is defined as the sale of goods that are sold merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users, or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services." [Trade. Wikipedia]
The swimlane diagram example "Process flowchart - Trading process" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Process Flowcharts solution from the Business Processes area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This logistic flow chart sample shows the groups in a supply chain cut out by disintermediation.
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"In economics, disintermediation is the removal of intermediaries from a supply chain, or "cutting out the middlemen" in connection with a transaction or a series of transactions. Instead of going through traditional distribution channels, which had some type of intermediary (such as a distributor, wholesaler, broker, or agent), companies may now deal with customers directly, for example via the Internet." [Disintermediation. Wikipedia]
The logistic flowchart example "Groups in a supply chain cut out by disintermediation" was created using ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Logistics Flow Charts solution from the Business Processes area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.