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Irwin Seating | Diversity Score Card Example
Company Level: Small employer (less than 250 employees)Type: ImplementationIrwin Seating Company utilizes a “Diversity Scorecard” to track education, purchasing, and employment activities for their organization. This is an easy way to get started with assessing the current state of your company and setting annual goals.
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Beyond Compliance: Top Supplier Diversity Programs Aim to Broaden Value Proposition | The Hackett Group
Company Level: Any SizeType: InformationalSupplier diversity is evolving from a check-the-box, corporate social-responsibility requirement to a strategic enabler
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for the procurement function. Top-performing organizations studied by The Hackett Group apply supplier diversity
tenets to new areas such as supplier partnering, reputation management and global expansion. Our research has
found that the most successful organizations take their cues from high up in the company, where commitment to
enterprise-wide diversity begins. We have also identified several trends in supplier diversity where procurement
organizations have significant opportunity for added benefit.TAGS
Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council
Company Level: Any SizeType: Informational and ImplementationAn outspoken voice in local and national circles, the MMSDC works with government and industry in the economic progress of minority firms.
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MillerKnoll | Who We Buy From: Supplier Diversity
Company Level: Mid-size employer (250-1000 total employees)Type: Informational and ImplementationWith more than 25 years of experience, MillerKnoll shares their commitment to supplier diversity as well as 7 strategies employers can implement to increase spending with diverse companies.
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National Minority Supplier Development Council
Company Level: Small employer (less than 250 employees)Type: Informational and ImplementationThe National Minority Supplier Development Council NMSDC advances business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises and connects them to corporate members. It’s one of the country’s leading corporate membership organizations. They do this by matching their more than 12,000 certified minority-owned businesses to their vast network of corporate members who wish to purchase their products, services and solutions. NMSDCs corporate membership includes many of the largest public and privately-owned companies, as well healthcare companies, colleges and universities.
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Best Practices in Minority Supplier Development
Company Level: Any SizeType: Informational and ImplementationThe National Minority Supplier Development Council has developed a common set of standards, Best Practices for Minority Supplier
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Development. These are certain building blocks, tasks, practices and processes that NMSDC’s corporate members report are necessary for
successes in minority business development.
This publication is a distillation of information shared by many corporations.TAGS
Facilitating Growth for Minority-owned Businesses: How rethinking supplier diversity and creating results-driven processes will achieve revenue parity
Company Level: Any SizeType: InformationalThe MMSDC commissioned research from supplier.io, a provider of supplier diversity solutions, to assess the growth rate of minority business enterprises (MBEs) and determine the gap that remains in the revenue parity for MBEs relative to the number of minorities in the US.
Minorities and MBEs continue to drive disproportionate economic growth in the US. In the five years from 2014-2018, MBEs created 14.2% of the new jobs in the US. However, MBEs continue to lag in receiving the equitable economic benefits of their contribution. MBEs collected only 7.3% of the revenue growth during this same period. Download the full report for additional details and insights.
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