From the course: Supply Chain Foundations: Supplier Development and Diversity
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How to build a diverse supply base
From the course: Supply Chain Foundations: Supplier Development and Diversity
How to build a diverse supply base
- The Hackett Group has rightfully said, "Supply diversity is evolving from a check-the-box corporate social responsibility enabler to providing access to innovative products and increased market share in new and developing communities." In the last video, we talked about why it's important to have a diverse supply base. Now, let's look into their characteristics and how to improve sales and add value to the corporate business strategy. There are different definitions for diversity, depending on where you're doing business in the public or private sector. It also depends on whether or not companies have diversity and inclusion objectives as part of their business strategy. Some corporations are even making an employee's contribution to operations of a successful supplier diversity program, part of their compensation package. In the US, we generally require businesses to be owned, managed, and controlled by persons represented…
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Supply chain megatrends impacting supplier development3m 42s
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Benefits of a supplier development and diversity program3m 56s
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How to build a diverse supply base3m 16s
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Building trust: The foundation for a customer-supplier ecosystem3m 13s
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Performing supplier segmentation3m 17s
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The supplier diversity strategic sourcing context1m 54s
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