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Supply Chain Glossary - S

Supply Chain Glossary - S

supplier alternate

A seller other than the primary one. The supplier alternate may or may not supply the items purchased, but is usually approved to supply those items.

Certification procedures verifying that a supplier operates, maintains, improves, and documents effective procedures that relate to the customer's requirements. Such requirements can include cost, quality, delivery, flexibility, maintenance, safety, and ISO quality and environmental standards.

Deliberately sole sourcing remote suppliers within a small geographical area to facilitate joint shipments of what would otherwise be less-than-truckload quantities.


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