Sentence examples for contract suppliers from inspiring English sources

Manufacturing companies on average, the report says, rely on more than 35 contract suppliers around the world to create a single product.

This is because their direct influence on working conditions may be limited (contract suppliers typically work with multiple clients, for instance) and because workers' problems may well extend beyond the workplace (such as limited access to state education or public healthcare).

Smith's customers are U.S. manufacturers doing small and medium-size production runs, either for their own end products or as contract suppliers to other U.S. manufacturing firms.

Table 2 Sustainability purchasing practices in the Newcastle University purchasing function, applying the benchmark tool by Björklund [11] (source: this study) No Sustainable purchasing practices Newcastle University (purchasing function) 1 The use of Code of Conduct Yes for contract suppliers and large tenders (compulsory); but No for low value transactional suppliers.

2 Internal training and education No 3 Integrate corporate social responsibility in management A little; mainly in catering contracts; it is a priority to expand this. 4 Report the corporate social responsibility performance No 5 Monitor suppliers Yes for large suppliers and contract suppliers.

Furniture in Montreal, a contract supplier for hotels and offices.

Taking advantages of contract supplier and spot market, the buyer can better meet business requirements in this dynamic business environment.

But profits have been low at the flagship Mitac International, now a contract supplier of PCs to IBM and Hewlett-Packard.

Though almost all retailers prohibit the practice in their contracts, suppliers still do it to save money, speed production and meet high-volume orders.

But nothing boils the blood of academics more than being told they are little more than contracted suppliers of educational services.

The team contracted suppliers for components like the windshield wipers and power steering, but the intent was to generate internal lessons about how to make electric cars, Mr. Giddons said, so most fabrication was kept internal.