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Book SynopsisExtend the principles of diversity and inclusion to your company's suppliers Many people are familiar with the importance of ensuring and advancing inclusion, equity, and diversity amongst their employees and managers. But do your efforts include supplier diversityan equally as important and essential part of any holistic diversity effort? In Supplier Diversity For Dummies, nationally recognized small business strategist and economic inclusion and supplier diversity expert Kathey Porter delivers an empowering and informative guide to implementing this integral part of any robust inclusion initiative: supplier diversity. You'll understand the relevance of supplier diversity and why it's important to encourage equal opportunity for diverse suppliers and businesses owned and managed by underrepresented groups. In this book, you'll also find: The answers to your most pressing questions about how to build a coherent and sustainable supplier diversity programWays to contribute more fully
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Supplier Diversity 5
Chapter 1: Understanding the Growing Demand for Supplier Diversity 7
Chapter 2: Understanding the Foundation of Supplier Diversity 21
Chapter 3: Supplier Diversity Management: A New Way of Thinking 31
Chapter 4: Distinguishing between Supplier Diversity and DEI 43
Chapter 5: Digging into Supplier Diversity within the Organization 53
Part 2: Developing Internal (Organizational) Supplier Diversity Efforts 69
Chapter 6: Gauging Your Organization's Diversity Climate 71
Chapter 7: Making the Case for Supplier Diversity 89
Chapter 8: Building Support for Supplier Diversity Programs 97
Chapter 9: Identifying Common Barriers to Supplier Diversity 107
Chapter 10: Creating an Effective Supplier Diversity Plan 117
Part 3: Supplier Development and Supplier Diversity 129
Chapter 11: Creating an Environment that Puts Diverse Businesses First 131
Chapter 12: Building Capacity 143
Part 4: Examining External (Community) Supplier Diversity Efforts 153
Chapter 13: Highlighting the Stages of Supplier Diversity Programs 155
Chapter 14: Cultivating Community Partners to Drive Supplier Diversity 165
Part 5: Using Technology and Compliance to Enhance Supplier Diversity 175
Chapter 15: Telling the World About Your Supplier Diversity Efforts 177
Chapter 16: Establishing Supplier Diversity Metrics, Benchmarks, and KPIs 185
Chapter 17: Understanding Tier 2/Subcontracting Spend 197
Chapter 18: Getting a Grip on Goal Setting in Supplier Diversity 207
Chapter 19: Tracking, Measuring, and Reporting Metrics in Supplier Diversity: It's All in the Numbers 215
Part 6: Building a Career in Supplier Diversity 227
Chapter 20: Becoming a Supplier Diversity Professional 229
Chapter 21: Supplier Diversity Certifications and Continuing Education 239
Part 7: The Part of Tens 249
Chapter 22: Nearly Ten Ways to Become an Effective Supplier Diversity Leader 251
Chapter 23: Ten (Plus One) Ways to Create a World-Class Supplier Diversity Program 257
Chapter 24: Ten Myths about Supplier Diversity 265
Index 271
