When even overtime will not keep up with demand, the manufacturers want to be able to turn to outside suppliers.

If we can't, then using outside suppliers is an alternative.

Such a deal could work only if Iran returned the spent fuel to the outside suppliers.

Other car makers buy a larger percentage of parts from outside suppliers at lower prices.

Data communications and other network services, too, are open to outside suppliers.

Their earnings are down sharply this year due to a problem with an outside supplier.

The company was forced to search for an outside supplier.

A company spokesman said an outside supplier was responsible and that the problem would be fixed in a month.

The union is now trying instead to organize more of the outside suppliers.

The company has also closed down some production operations and switched to buying from outside suppliers.