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paciffic
what is the difference between a supplier and a vendor
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ddunn
I have always considered "supplier" a general term to refer to vendors, manufacturers and contract manufacturers.
Vendors - someone who sells products manufactured by someone else.
Manufacturers - someone who makes and may or may not sell their own product
Contract Manufacturer - someone who makes someone else’s product.
Vendors - someone who sells products manufactured by someone else.
Manufacturers - someone who makes and may or may not sell their own product
Contract Manufacturer - someone who makes someone else’s product.
ddunn said:
To "vend" is to sell, and the definition makes no distinctions as to where the thing sold comes from.
ddunn said:
If they don't sell what they make, what do they do with it?
ddunn said:
AKA "job shop." Job shops that make products are also manufacturers and vendors.
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tomvehoski
Back in the early 90s I spent several hours in a meeting where two managers argued which of these two words we should use in our procedures. I did not care - I just wanted a decision so I could move on.
I did just do a search at dictionary.com and it came up with a somewhat disturbing list of synonyms:
1 entry found for supplier.
Main Entry: drug dealer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who sells illegal narcotics
Synonyms: bagman, candy man, connection, dealer, dope peddler, dope pusher, drug peddler, drug seller, drug supplier, drug trafficker, man, pusher, source
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
Copyright © 2006 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
I did just do a search at dictionary.com and it came up with a somewhat disturbing list of synonyms:
1 entry found for supplier.
Main Entry: drug dealer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who sells illegal narcotics
Synonyms: bagman, candy man, connection, dealer, dope peddler, dope pusher, drug peddler, drug seller, drug supplier, drug trafficker, man, pusher, source
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
Copyright © 2006 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
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cncmarine
This is what a got when I went to the same website
supplier
n : someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
supplier
n : someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
paciffic said:what is the difference between a supplier and a vendor
No difference as far as I am concerned.
Politically Correct: "Supplier" sounds a little better then Vendor.
Coury Ferguson
Wes Bucey
Prophet of Profit
"supplier" as the generic term instead of "vendor" really came into vogue once organizations started considering in-house suppliers also needed to be graded the same way as outside vendors. Previously, "if it was made here, it was sacrosanct and no one could question quality, delivery time, real, calculated cost in place, etc."
As a famous playwright once wrote, “What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet”
William Shakespeare
Of course, Gertrude Stein famously wrote, "rose is a rose is a rose" - I was never quite sure if she was having a Zen moment or merely twitting Shakespeare
As a famous playwright once wrote, “What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet”
Of course, Gertrude Stein famously wrote, "rose is a rose is a rose" - I was never quite sure if she was having a Zen moment or merely twitting Shakespeare
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