The phrase "alternate supplier" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a different source or vendor that can provide goods or services instead of the primary supplier.
Example: "In case our main supplier cannot fulfill the order, we have an alternate supplier ready to step in."
Alternatives: "backup supplier" or "secondary supplier".
Company officials said that they had informed some of Intel's largest customers in China last week that they might need to find an alternate supplier of microprocessors if they want to keep selling wireless products in China after that date.
Kits are now available from an alternate supplier (Centre of Radiopharmaceutical Research at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland) or can be prepared according to Waibel et al. [1].
France is equally eager to present itself as the logical alternate supplier and boost its connections to Middle Eastern powers, especially for those who don't want to shift to far away from the West as a whole.
Meanwhile, Echelon started a search for alternate suppliers outside of Japan, just in case.
"That makes it very difficult to switch to alternate suppliers, at least not quickly".
Markups of 20 to 50 percent on products like leather shoes and polo shirts have sent Western buyers scrambling for alternate suppliers.
"That leaves the door open for alternate suppliers, so France has played that card," said Dr. Aude Fleurant, who is the arms and military expenditures program director at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Mr. Troszok said his company had so far succeeded in finding alternate wholesale suppliers to replace those that had been cut off or scared off by the pharmaceutical companies.
There are many alternate wafer suppliers in Taiwan.
Abdulwahab took control of a Texas power company that, at its demise, forced thousands of residential customers to scramble for alternate electricity suppliers.
As a person who is always looking for a break on my bills, I continually questioned the pricing structure of the alternate energy suppliers.
