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Supplier

A company that provides goods or services to another company. These goods or services may be used to make a different good or service (which is then sold to customers). Alternately, the supplier may provide retail goods or services that a company simply re-sells.

supplier

a producer or distributor of a GOOD or SERVICE. See also INTERNAL SUPPLIER.

supplier

see FIRM.
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These partners provide a greater percentage of competitive items per vendor than SSA suppliers or are non-OEM sole-source providers of strategically important items.
Defense Supply Center Richmond develops supply chain alliances
The good news is that those suppliers that are creative and can manage in this complex world will have the best opportunity in years to have positive top and bottom line results.
The new supply chain
In addition, the machinery manufacturer knows the expected drainage characteristics for each element of the new former as well as the vacuum levels and can, along with the fabric supplier, provide a complete system to meet the requirements.
Managing forming fabrics during rebuilds
In cases where a distributor has made a substantial investment of time, money of effort to develop a market for a supplier's products, courts have imposed restrictions on a supplier's right to terminate its distributor even if the supplier has terminated in accordance with the agreement--indeed, even if the distributor has breached the contract.
Breaking up is hard to do: how to divorce your Japanese distributor and live to tell about it
Since the supplier no longer has complete control over the tax calculation function when using ERS, this becomes more complicated.
Evaluated receipts settlement (ERS) and tax compliance
Quality Standard 9000--previously termed Quality System Standard and Quality System Requirements--was scheduled to be rolled out to the supplier community this month, with effective dates announced later.
QS 9000 from the Big Three
For example, if you've narrowed the candidates to two excellent suppliers who are equally capable but one uses quality tools and techniques with more sophistication than either you do or the other candidate does, then contract with this supplier.
Do your suppliers measure up?
As with many new suppliers, attractive pricing will play a competitive role too.
Should you buy on price alone?
As a major supplier in many areas, since the very beginning of the company, we've followed a general rule: We won't compete with our customers, and we won't compete with our suppliers.
How to be a preferred supplier
Is the geographic distribution of these suppliers the same as that for banks?
Banking markets and the use of financial services by small and medium-sized businesses
The results of Global Sources' latest supplier survey, summarizing price, product, production and R&D trends for the next 12 months
China's Exports of Massagers Could Reach the US$1-Billion Mark in 2007
The prevailing theory at the time was that two or three suppliers would dominate each key component/system segment (e.
The death of the supply base is greatly exaggerated

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