Supplier Diversity - SCMA Conference 2016 Presentation

Cathy Gallagher-Louisy

Director of Knowledge Services, CCDI

@CatGL @CCDItweets

Supply Chain Innovation and

Sustainability through

Supplier Diversity.

SCMA Conference - June 17, 2016

Dr. Paul D. Larson

CN Professor of Supply Chain Management

University of Manitoba

Agenda.

•Welcome and Icebreaker.

• Introductory polls.

•Research results from Supplier Diversity in Canada.

•The Benefits of Supplier Diversity (aka the business case).

•World Café - Group Discussions.

•Wrap Up.

Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion 2

Icebreaker Activity.


Getting to Know You.


What sector do you work in?

1. Private sector (for profit company).

2. Government.

3. Healthcare.

4. Education.

5. Non-profit or Charity.

6. Other.

7. Not applicable.


Standard

Where is your organization headquartered?

1. Canada.

2. U.S.A.

3. Another country.

4. Not applicable.


Standard

What is your role within your organization?

1. Buyer.

2. Procurement/ Purchasing.

3. Supply Chain.

4. Logistics.

5. Senior Leader.

6. Diversity/ Supplier Diversity.

7. CSR/ Sustainability.

8. Other.

9. Not applicable.


Standard

What is your biggest priority in SCM?

1. Cost reductions and savings

2. Supplier performance

3. Supplier innovation

4. Shorter lead / delivery times

5. Quality of products or services

6. Finding qualified vendors

7. Supplier base consolidation

8. CSR/Sustainability initiatives

9. Supplier Diversity


Standard

Do you have an ethical supply chain

program?

1. Yes

2. No

3. Considering It

4. I don’t know

5. Not applicable


Standard

Do you have supply chain sustainability

initiatives?

1. Yes

2. No

3. Considering It

4. I don’t know

5. Not applicable


Standard

Do you have a diversity and inclusion

policy or strategy?

1. Yes

2. No

3. Considering It

4. I don’t know

5. Not applicable


Standard

Do you have a supplier diversity program?

1. Yes

2. No

3. Considering It

4. I don’t know

5. Not applicable


Standard

Research Results.Supplier Diversity in Canada.


What is Supplier Diversity?

Supplier diversity is a strategic business practice that

encourages organizations to purchase goods and services

from businesses owned by minorities, women, LGBT

people, Aboriginal people and people with disabilities.

This helps enable competition for business owners from

traditionally under-represented groups in the Canadian

economy.


Research Methods.

•CCDI Supplier Diversity Committee.

•Literature Review.

•Content Analysis.

•Survey.

• Interviews.

•Case Studies.

Download it for free.

http://www.ccdi.ca/Supplier-Diversity-In-Canada-Report



Key Findings.


Prevalence of Supplier Diversity.

Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

Canada’s Best

Diversity Employers:

35.4%

17

All survey

respondents:

39%

Impact of Organizational Size.


Impact of Headquarters.


Impact of Sector.


Impact of a D&I Policy.


The Benefits of Supplier

Diversity (aka the business

case).


Which of the following is most important to

you as a supply chain professional?

1. Increasing competition among vendors.

2. Getting better pricing from vendors.

3. Getting more innovative products and services from vendors.

4. Increased flexibility and just-in-time delivery from vendors.

5. Building the most-qualified supplier pool.

6. Reducing supply chain risk, by engaging multiple, capable suppliers.

7. Having a reputation for ethical, socially responsible, or sustainable supply chains.


Standard

Business Case for Supplier Diversity.

• Increased competition among vendors, leading to better

pricing and more innovative products and services;

• Increased flexibility and just-in-time delivery from vendors;

•Building the most-qualified supplier pool;

•Reducing supply chain risk, by engaging multiple, capable

suppliers;

• Increased access to ethnic or diverse markets;

•Meeting customer expectations for diversity;


Business Case for Supplier Diversity.

•Community relationship building,

•Building economic capacity and prosperity in the

community;

•Building stakeholder relationships and goodwill;

• Increased brand recognition within the community with

improved public and client relations;

•Customization of products or services can be easier with

smaller diverse vendors;

• Improved employee engagement.


World Café - Group

Discussions.


Group Discussions.

Group A: Discuss barriers to implementing supplier

diversity within your organization. i.e., challenges to doing

it.

Group B. Discuss motivators to supplier diversity within

your organization. i.e., reasons for doing it.

Group C. Discuss facilitators to supplier diversity within

your organization. i.e., what would make it easier?


Motivators, Barriers, and

Facilitators to Supplier

Diversity.From research Supplier Diversity in Canada.


Barriers.


Motivators.


Facilitators.


Sustainability.


Does your organization have a corporate

social responsibility or sustainability policy

or mandate?

1. Yes

2. No

3. I don’t know

4. Not applicable


Standard

If you answered yes, is procurement part

of your corporate social responsibility/

sustainability goals?

1. Yes

2. No

3. I don’t know

4. Not applicable


Social Responsibility / Sustainability

Connection.

•Global Reporting Initiative.

•Canadian Business for Social Responsibility:

• Transformational Company Quality #8 – Employee Engagement

• Transformational Company Quality #9 – Inclusive Business

•2016 Global Diversity and Inclusion Benchmarks:

Standards for Organizations Around the World.

•Benefits of supplier diversity align with social

responsibility goals.


Conclusions.

We encourage you to:

• investigate the benefits of supplier diversity for your

supply chain,

•adopt supplier diversity into your diversity and inclusion or

social responsibility strategies,

• implement metrics to measure the ROI and community

economic impact of supplier diversity initiatives.


Conclusions.

We encourage you to connect with diverse supplier

certifying organizations such as:

• Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council.

• Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.

• WBE Canada.

• Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.


Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion



@CatGL @CCDItweets

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Dr. Paul D. Larson



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Download the report: http://www.ccdi.ca/Supplier-Diversity-In-Canada-Report


Thank you!

Dr. Paul D. Larson



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@CatGL @CCDItweets

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