Supplier Diversity Programs – 5 Steps to Success

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Supplier Diversity Programs – 5 Steps to Success

Supplier diversity programs offer quite a few benefits to companies beginning with better innovation capacity and reaching all the way to cost efficiency. Major league corporate players are already investing in their internal supplier diversity programs. However, becoming a part of the promising supplier diversity wave is much easier said than done. You need to involve all levels of your corporate structure in the implementation process, including finding a respectable number of diverse suppliers, who have to be both motivated and qualified to contribute to your goals.

 

If you’re having some serious ambitions about including supplier diversity programs in your business structure, then the following tips will be more than helpful:

 

1 Create Metrics for all Supplier Diversity Programs

You can begin by outlining all the business advantages and goals you’re planning to achieve. Here’s a simple question to begin with: How is my organization going to look after the successful implementation of our supplier diversity programs? The easiest approach is to say “this is going to be a good thing for my business.” If you want to reach a new level with the help of supplier diversity, then you need to start thinking strategically.

 

2 Establish a Diversity Programs Sponsor

You need to make sure that a person responsible for the successful implementation of your supplier diversity programs will identify and choose only the most suitable suppliers. He or she has to communicate directly with suppliers to understand their specific goals and expectations.

 

3 Don’t Forget the Supplier

Identifying and motivating the right kind of participants for your supplier diversity programs can be quite a daunting task. That’s why, one of the solutions can be to attend numerous diversity meetings, including trade shows that can help you choose the potential suppliers, who can fit your business criteria.

 

4 There are No Right Programs Without the Right Suppliers

Don’t forget that your supplier diversity program’s success will be determined by your ability to find the right suppliers. On the other side, expanding your existing supplier base is closely associate with quite a lot of serious risk. That’s why a thorough investigation of a supplier’s background is an absolute must. For this purpose, you should also include the data obtained from third-party sources, to minimize the risks. To achieve this, you should consider deploying a vendor portal that has pre-configured integrations into 3rd party data validations services.

 

5 Ensure Day-to-Day Communication and Relationship

When you have to manage a diverse supplier’s base, then it’s always recommended to do your very best in understanding all conditions beyond the financial stability itself. You have to keep an eye on some factors associated with the required response time and inquiries related to changes in supplier payment conditions.

 

The time to launch your supplier diversity programs is now.

 

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JoeFlynn

Joe Flynn is a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur who created Lavante, Inc. Lavante was started with the vision using Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and advanced Data Extraction techniques to transform the traditionally manual-based Account Payable Recovery industry. Lavante Was acquired by PRGX Inc. in November 2017. Joe is currently working on a new venture using Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning to transform trade partner communications across the entire supply chain.