The phrase "a sole supplier" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a single entity that provides goods or services, often in a business or contractual context.
Example: "The company has chosen to work with a sole supplier to ensure consistency in quality and delivery."
Alternatives: "exclusive supplier" or "single supplier".
Executives said that the company would not remain so dependent on a sole supplier.
They started out as symbiotic rivals: IBM wanted Intel to license its designs to AMD, so that IBM would not be dependent on a sole supplier for its microprocessors.
But companies are increasingly moving away from older models, where cost-cutting was often the only driver, where services outsourced were clearly "non-core" and a long-term relationship with a sole supplier was preferred, toward a strategic outsourcing model that is more value-driven, more integrated with the business' main operations and thus more flexible.
2. In many cases for these members, IOI Loders Croklaan is a sole supplier; and in some cases the RSPO member is using the RSPO logo on their products.
The assumption that the company could turn a profit as the sole supplier of anthrax vaccine "may have been overly optimistic," the official said.
Ryanair has signed a co-operation deal with the Chinese company, with a view to using it as an alternative to Boeing, its sole supplier.
He kept the details of his process secret, and, by purchasing all of the available platinum ore, he became wealthy as a result of being the sole supplier of pure platinum in England.
Similarly, if a manufacturer is facing intense international competition, his ability to pass on any increase in a sales tax is limited; on the other hand, his ability to do so is much greater if he is the sole supplier of a good.
A contract with the Fleming Companies, a distributor, that makes it the sole supplier of food and other products allowed Kmart to reduce the cost of stocking food.
"This legal framework shall ensure proper regulatory and anti-trust safeguards against market manipulations and abuse of dominance," Naftogaz said in a statement in a nod to Russia's dominance as sole supplier via those pipelines.
In 1996, privately held Planetweb became the sole supplier for an Internet add-on to Sega's Saturn videogame system.
