suppliers

n. one who supplies, provider; one who supplies products or services

A supply chain, logistics network, or supply network is a coordinated system of organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service in physical or virtual manner from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities (aka value chains or life cycle processes) transform raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer. Supply chains link value chains.
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Noun
1. someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
(synonym) provider
(hypernym) businessperson, bourgeois
(hyponym) black marketeer
(derivation) supply, provide, render, furnish

individuals or organisations from which businesses purchase the goods and services they require to operate.