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What’s the difference between Vendor and Supplier?
- The terms vendor and supplier are commonly encountered in businesses that procure goods and services from outside.
- Both vendors and suppliers can provide goods and services to a company
- A vendor is more close to the end consumer than a supplier who appears to be earlier in the supply chain
- Vendor is a more generic term and applies to anybody supplying goods and services
- A vendor is rarely a manufacturer and gets products on consignment basis from the manufacturers. He can return unsold items and get his commission
- A supplier is many a times manufacturer also.