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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE WORKPLACE STARTS WITH YOU
- I pledge to help further diversity within my supplier network and within my professional network.
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Supply Chain Diversity Resources
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Generational Challenges in the (Remote) Workplace
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to such workplace changes as government-mandated factory shutdowns, social distancing at businesses and work-from-home arrangements. Because most procurement roles have a reduced need to be present in physical workspaces, these types of jobs have been prime targets for continued remote work.
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COVID-19 Has Changed the Way Procurement Looks at Metrics
Even in this digital age of big data and growth in predictive artificial intelligence (AI), COVID-19 has taught us a harsh lesson in the importance of agility: How do you adjust for disruptions when they aren’t even on your radar?
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50 Years of Supplier Diversity
A half-century of evidence is in: This ‘role of everyone in the supply management organization’ improves understanding of customers, enhances innovation — and helps the bottom line.
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Often-Overlooked Group Can Add Value to Supplier Base
To remain competitive, organizations strive to deliver goods and services cheaper, faster and more effectively while improving value and quality. Partnering with the most efficient and effective suppliers is paramount to success.
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Supplier Diversity: Coronavirus Pandemic Strategies
The business realities brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic challenges practitioners to keep supplier diversity on the front burner of supply management. Supplier diversity’s mission and purpose have not changed — but they are even more pronounced during these trying times.
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How to Open Doors to Diverse Suppliers
Choosing what’s known and comfortable — diverse or not — is the default position for many of us. We rationalize that doing so costs less, carries less risk and results in a predictable, positive outcome...But does it?
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The Economic Impact of Supplier Diversity
In this webinar you will learn that Nationwide operates with the belief that suppliers should represent the diversity of the communities that they serve. The commitment to diversity means providing opportunities for diverse suppliers.
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How to Avoid the 'Bias Trap'
Everyone has bias, but they might not know it. The bias is rarely an explicit or conscious attitude about a group of people, says Ann Becker, J.D., vice president and CPO at Arizona Public Service Company in Phoenix.
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Supplier Diversity: Coronavirus Pandemic Strategies
The business realities brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic challenges practitioners to keep supplier diversity on the front burner of supply management.
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Leading in the Evolving Supply Management Arena
This three-pronged approach has helped Hummons, the Megawatt Star among Institute for Supply Management®’s (ISM®) 2019 30 Under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars awards program, excel when leading projects and meetings and working with colleagues and clients.
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