Supplier may refer to:
- Manufacturer, uses tools and labor to make things for sale
- Processor (manufacturing), converts a product from one form to another
- Packager (manufacturing), encloses products for distribution, storage, sale, and use
- Distributor (business), the middleman between the manufacturer and retailer
- Wholesaler, sells goods or merchandise to retailers
- Dealership, local franchised distribution
- Merchant, a professional dealing with trade
See also
Manufacturing (from Latin manu factura, "making by hand" is the use of tools and labor to make things for use or sale Packaging is the science art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution storage sale and use Distribution (or place) is one of the four elements of Marketing mix. Wholesaling is the sale of Goods or Merchandise to Retailers to industrial commercial institutional or other professional Business users The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs Merchants function as professionals who deal with Trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves in order to produce Profit. A supply chain or logistics network is the system of organizations people technology activities information and resources involved in moving a product or service from A supply network is a pattern of Temporal and Spatial processes carried out at Facility nodes and over distribution links which adds value for Due to the rapid advancement of technology such as pervasive or ubiquitous wireless and internet networks connective product marking technologies like RFID and emerging standards for the A vendor or a supplier is a Supply chain management term meaning anyone who provides goods or services to a company
Dictionary
supplier
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- One who supplies, a provider.
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