BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Supplier
- an organization that delivers materials, components, goods, or services to another organization
Wiktionary Definition for: Supplier
- #One who supplies, a provider.
- transitive to implore, beseech, beg
Additional Resources
- Supplier Diversity: Who's Doing and Marketing it Well? And Does it Sacrifice Savings?
- Supplier diversity is imperative in a global, multi-cultural business market, but it can be challenging to reconcile supplier diversity initiatives with cost-cutting initiatives. According to a 2006 study by The Hackett Group, companies can expand their supplier diversity programs without sacrificing savings. So who's doing it well, and how...
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Customer And Supplier Relations
- The article is about the supplier evaluations as supplier's plays an important role in the market to maintain the healthy relation with the customer. A statement is discussed as "Be more than just another supplier" in the article to highlight the importance of supplier. As an automotive supplier, it is...
- White papers 2003-01-10
- Explaining Supplier Behavior On Global Account Management
- Using globalization and contingency theory, this article develops a supplier-based model of global account management GAM. The model comprises the multinational supplier's industry globalization drivers, the multinational customers' extent of globally coordinated buying, such customers' demand for GAM services, the supplier's response in terms of using various aspects of GAM,...
- White papers 2002-10-28
- Managing Supplier Involvement In New Product Development: A Multiple-Case Study
- Existing studies of supplier involvement in new product development have mainly focused on project-related short-term processes and success-factors. This paper validates and extends an existing exploratory framework, which comprises both long-term strategic processes and short-term operational processes that are related to supplier involvement. The empirical validation is based on a...
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Konica Minolta Business Solutions has been recognized by group purchasing organization Corporate United as its 2004 Supplier of the Year.(Kudos)(Supplier of the Year award )(Brief Article)
- Konica Minolta Business Solutions has been recognized by group purchasing organization Corporate United as its 2004 Supplier of the Year. The Supplier of ... Konica Minolta Business Solutions has been recognized by group purchasing organization Corporate United as its 2004 Supplier of the ...
- Research articles 2004-10-07
- Nortel Networks honored its strategic and preferred suppliers with the presentation of its annual Supplier Awards.(Kudos)(Brief Article)
- Nortel Networks honored its strategic and preferred suppliers with the presentation of its annual Supplier Awards. Supplier of the Year went to Motorola Computer Group. Supplier Representative of the Year was Don Donaldson of AMD. The award for Inn Nortel Networks honored its strategic...
- Research articles 2004-08-17
- Trumpf, Farmington, CT, was selected as the preferred supplier for laser marking systems for the Ford Motor Company's traceability program after a five-month supplier evaluation. (Notes from the Supplier Side).(Brief Article)
- Trumpf, Farmington, CT, was selected as the preferred supplier for laser marking systems for the Ford Motor Company's traceability program after a five-month supplier evaluation. The program seeks to enhance Ford quality through improved part ... Trumpf, Farmington, CT, was selected as the preferred...
- Research articles 2003-04-01
- Orbitz's Supplier Link creates little stir among agents, competitors. (In the News).(Global Distribution Systems Inc. contract with Orbitz.com)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON--Orbitz finally ended months of speculation over its planned direct supplier technology with the unveiling Aug. 19 of Supplier Link, a system that allows the online portal to access supplier inventory directly from the source. Yet, despite WASHINGTON--Orbitz finally ended months of speculation over its ...
- Research articles 2002-08-26
- Key Plastics.(2004 Supplier Quality Award from Nissan North America)(Brief Article)
- Key Plastics received the 2004 Supplier Quality Award from Nissan North America at its 2005 Supplier Quality Award Ceremony recently, This is the second time Key Plastics has won the most prestigious supplier award from Nissan North America. Key Pl Key Plastics received the...
- Research articles 2005-10-06
- BASF is honored as a Supplier of the Year.(news)
- For the second time since 2002, BASF has been named a General Motors Supplier of the Year for exceptional performance as a global supplier of automotive Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM Coatings. The GM Supplier of the Year award began as a gl For the...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Achieving Automotive Supplier Excellence: Flawless Delivery Execution
- If a supplier is good at everything but delivery, that supplier will eventually be replaced. In this report supplier selection criterion is examined. The primary criteria in supplier selections were capabilities in part-design, development, and engineering. However, the manufacturers second-most mentioned selection criterion was delivery reliability and global presence. Information...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- SAP Supplier Enablement - SAP R/3 Edition Streamlining All of Your Supplier Relationships
- Managing proliferating supplier relationships is critical to any business. But using traditional EDI techniques to harmonize internal processes with a host of minor suppliers is simply cost prohibitive. Under these conditions, many companies in this networked, global economy rely on inefficient, error-prone manual processes for nearly 80% of their supplier...
- White papers 2003-08-11
- MSC Industrial Supply Expands Relationship With Ariba; Leading MRO Supplier Joins Ariba Supplier Advantage Program; Teams With Company to Drive Quick and Seamless Integration of Ariba Supplier Network Among the Fortune 1000 Companies
- SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AribaR, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, today announced that MSC Industrial Supply Company, one of the nation's largest maintenance, repair, and operations MRO supply companies, has joined the Ariba Supplier Advantage ProgramTM. As a member of the Supplier Advantage program, MSC will team with...
- Research articles 2006-02-21
- Formal Supplier Performance Measurement Programs Yield 20% Supplier Performance Improvements, says New Aberdeen Report; 49% of enterprises that lack formal SPM programs will deploy one within 12 to 24 months
- BOSTON -- Companies that deploy formal supplier performance measurement SPM programs improve supplier performance by more than 20%, on average, according to new AberdeenGroup research. The "Supplier Performance Measurement and Improvement Benchmark Report" confirms that enterprises with formal SPM programs raised supplier performance levels significantly more than counterparts who don't.
- Research articles 2005-10-12
- Federal-Mogul Earns 2004 DaimlerChrysler Global Supplier Award for Powertrain
- SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- Federal-Mogul Corporation (OTCBB:FDMLQ) on January 12 received the 2004 DaimlerChrysler Global Supplier Award for the Powertrain category. The prestigious and highly selective Global Supplier Award is designed to recognize global supplier contributions and excellence in supplier performance. Federal-Mogul Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer Steve Miller accepted...
- Research articles 2005-01-14
- PPG Industries recently presented 11 Excellent Supplier Awards for supplier performance in 2003.(Kudos)(Brief Article)
- PPG Industries recently presented 11 Excellent Supplier Awards for supplier performance in 2003. Award criteria included product quality, delivery, documentation, innovation, responsiveness, continuous improvement and participation in PPG's Supplie PPG Industries recently presented 11 Excellent Supplier Awards for supplier performance in 2003. Award...
- Research articles 2004-08-17
- Ways to measure supplier performance: supplier development programs and supplier scorecards are an enormous asset in helping buyers rate the effectiveness of their supplier network.(evaluating suppliers)
- Kennametal Inc. prides itself on quality products, competitive prices, and on-time delivery. So when a European supplier missed a shipment by weeks and customers bought materials elsewhere, the metalworking manufacturer's procurement chief took act Kennametal Inc. prides itself on quality products, competitive prices,...
- Research articles 2005-03-03
- The problems coming from supplier-base downsizing. (minority-owned firms face fewer contract opportunities as companies downsize) (includes related article on Boise Cascade Office Products)(part four of a six-part article) (Minority Supplier Development -
- Despite good intentions and sound business motives, supplier diversity has two major hurdles to cross - outsourcing and supplier-base downsizing. Despite good intentions and sound business motives, supplier diversity has two major hurdles to cross - outsourcing and supplier-base downsizing.
- Research articles 1995-02-16
- Perfect Commerce, The Open Supplier Network (OSN), and Eutilia N.V. will deliver supplier relationship management services to the European market.(Apps in brief)
- Perfect Commerce, The Open Supplier Network OSN, and Eutilia N.V. will deliver supplier relationship management services to the European market. ... Perfect Commerce, The Open Supplier Network OSN, and Eutilia N.V. will deliver supplier relationship management services to the European market. Perfect Commerce...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- DaimlerChrysler tries new rating system.(News; supplier ratings)
- Byline: Terry Kosdrosky DaimlerChryser AG's Chrysler Group will try to use a supplier rating system to reach its supplier price targets, as opposed to annual, across-the-board price reductions. The Auburn Hills-based automaker is giving supplier Byline: Terry Kosdrosky ...
- Research articles 2002-10-21
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