The phrase "a certain supplier" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific supplier without naming them directly, often in a context where the identity is either known or not important to disclose.
Example: "We have been in discussions with a certain supplier about potential partnerships for our upcoming project."
Alternatives: "a specific supplier" or "one particular supplier".
With the Fukushima accident in 2011 and certain supplier scandals in 2012, however, the image of nuclear power was degraded and the negative image continues.
When consumers prefer certain supplier to other stores, they will be more willing to buy the product or service provided by such supplier [39].
Ligas and Chaudhuri [39] mentioned that WTPM is the customers' stated intent; this meaning that customers prefer certain supplier to other stores, they will be more willing to buy the product or service provided by such a supplier [39].
Commissions are the same rate for each supplier so there isn't a bias for certain suppliers over others, according to Kulkarni.
In a number of industries (e.g., the airplane industry, aerospace industry, auto industry, or computer industry), certain suppliers essentially have a monopoly on the production technology for key components, and inevitably manufacturers in these industries have common suppliers.
In the process they are freeing thousands of smaller businesses from the tyranny of keiretsu relationships where they were tied to certain suppliers and buyers in a semifeudal arrangement.
Instead it invests in certain suppliers, and rather than requiring a monetary dividend return, asks for "capacity" which is then used in exchanges that are part-barter and part-cash.
Instead, its press representative pointed to its 2012 report, which says in part: "In 2011, in addition to our standard audits, we launched a specialized auditing program to address environmental concerns about certain suppliers in China.
A terrorist bomb maker might give himself away, for example, by approaching certain suppliers who might be monitored or infiltrated by the F.B.I.
