COMMERCEacustomerof aproductorservicewho is not anemployeeorpartof thecompanythatsuppliesit:Some 78% of the brewery'ssalesare toexternalcustomers, whichmeansit is not relying onvolumeinitsownpubs, and thatsalesthroughsupermarketsareimproving.Compareinternal customer(Definition ofexternal customerfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofexternal customer
external customerSome processes result in a product or service that is received by an organization'sexternalcustomer.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This database enables the safety center to rapidly respond to both internal andexternalcustomerrequirements for mishap safety data.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Additionally, we provide benefit information and advice toexternalcustomerorganisations that provide an external source of help and support to people with an illness or disability.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It often involves acceptance and suitability with external customers.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The team consisted of representatives from agencies whose applications are accessed by a large population of external customers.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The production not only covers in-house needs, but also works with external customers.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Customers may include external customers who receive an enterprise's products/services and internal customers who are employed by the enterprise, such as customers of a payroll work system.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Employers are expected to implement appropriate work ethics management processes, policies and systems that help reflect an authentic track record of managing internal and external customers.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other objectives were to maintain service accessibility, even with fewer local offices, and to improve service for external customers in the public administration.From theCambridge English CorpusIncome generated by research establishments from the use of their facilities by external customers is already credited to their executive responsibility budgets as a receipt.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/external-customer##
