BEDC director authors chapter on diversity in global supply chains
The Business and Economic Development Center’s national influence is extending beyond supporting the launch of business school programs based on the BEDC model to one on corporate business diversity practices. At the end of October the Billion Dollar Roundtable (BDR), an association of 18 Fortune 500 corporations that spend at least $1 billion annually with minority- and women-owned businesses, released a book entitled Supplier Diversity Best Practices that includes a chapter on diversity in global supply chain management written by the BEDC’s director Michael Verchot. The chapter reports on research conducted by the BEDC on strategies that minority-owned businesses use in serving global corporate clients.
While in Denver Verchot also attended the annual conference for the National Minority Supplier Development Council. The NMSDC is a network of major corporations seeking to increase the number of minority-owned businesses that are part of their global supply chains. The conference provided an opportunity for the BEDC to meet with corporate partners in the Minority Business Executive Program. This program, for minority-, women- veteran-owned and other small businesses is held each June and draws 25-30 business owners from across the US. One of just three of its kind in the US, and the only one in the Western US, the program will enter its 6th year in 2013.
To get a copy of the Supplier Diversity Best Practices visit the BDR’s web site and to learn more about the Minority Business Executive Program contact Michael Verchot.
