
Suppliers and manufacturers are pretty much synonyms. Retailers often work with multiple manufacturers at once to create an inventory for their store. You could work with one manufacturer for boxes and another for plastic or natural products. For example, you could work with a glassware manufacturer who creates glass bottles and jars. Manufacturers typically stick to one type of product.

They sell these goods to consumers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers, and other manufacturers wanting to create more complex items. A manufacturer is any business that produces finished goods from raw materials.
