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IN THIS CHAPTER

Understanding the basics of supplier diversity management

Looking at the supplier diversity management Process

Breaking down the SDM model

Asking yourself important questions as you launch SDM

From organizations to entrepreneurs, supplier diversity is on everyone’s minds. For entrepreneurs, it’s knowing how to leverage supplier diversity to create business relationships, win contracts, and grow a sustainable business. For organizations, it’s developing an impactful program that brings value to the organization and the community. As each group tries to gain that understanding, supplier diversity has grown from a cursory academic construct to a viable management and entrepreneurship strategy and worthwhile organizational pursuit.

Whenever I begin working with a new client, I always like to get a sense of their current supplier diversity operation. Often, they explain their desire for a program. They have available opportunities and are performing the requisite activities, but they’re still not getting the results they want. After I hear about their challenges, I can always tell they’re still looking at supplier diversity as an initiative rather than as a process. They usually have one, maybe two aspects, but they’re missing another phase of the model that’s necessary to make their efforts work. When I begin to explain this component, I love it when the “a-ha” moment occurs. It’s like you can see the light bulb come on as their eyes light up.

In this chapter, I define and explain supplier diversity management, discuss supplier diversity management as a process, and introduce the supplier diversity management (SDM) model.