The phrase "alternative source of supply" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to procurement, logistics, or resource management when discussing different options for obtaining goods or services.
Example: "In order to mitigate risks, we should consider establishing an alternative source of supply for our raw materials."
Alternatives: "backup supplier" or "substitute source of supply".
Essential to this arrangement of course was a sufficiently wide membership to insure no alternative source of supply to racalcitrant handlers.
Ericsson, unable to find an alternative source of supply, went on to report a loss of over $2 billion in its mobile-phone division that year, a loss that left it as an also-ran in an industry where it had once been a leader.
Researchers believe it will soon be possible to grow cultured meat in quantities large enough to offer the meat industry an alternative source of supply.Growing muscle cells (the main component of meat) in a nutrient broth is easy.
Based on the results, it can be established that inverter can be used to supply the necessary neutral current without burdening the alternative source of supply, i.e., the diesel unit.
The initial legal advice to the Government was that it was not subject, and the inquiry was convened with terms of reference that they were to consider whether a proposed new or extended station could supply sufficient electricity to meet the needs of consumers at no greater cost than any alternative source of supply.
But he said the retailer was already looking at alternative sources of supply in order to offset cost rises.
"And we have been consulting with India, and working with them on some areas on alternative sources of supply.
"It's not a very profitable business" if consumers have alternative sources of supply, said Lim Teck Leong, the authority's executive civil engineer.
It's in the interest of the United States to have greater alternative sources of supply". The pipeline may provide one of those alternative sources, Mr. Bodman added.
The model accounts for existing and alternative sources of supply, transportation, inventory of finished goods, work in progress and raw material, and production dependencies within the supply chain.
For countries that depend on Iranian oil, the United States is trying to line up alternative sources of supply, a senior official said.
