USA
93 that up . I sat on the panel in October , and we had some really great conversations about how to do this work and how to make it mean something . So , it ’ s an interesting time .”
Local suppliers are benefiting from an overarching supplier diversity program that plays a huge part in the new drive at Drexel , with a dedicated Director of Supplier Diversity appointed last August . “ We have the capacity on our team now to truly help manage that aspect of any of these larger contracts and hold these suppliers accountable to it . We can then see what that process looks like on a quarterly basis and how we quantify and report that when we look at our diversity numbers ,” Jones outlines . The Smart Source procurement system at Drexel is also being utilized more rigorously to support the university ’ s supplier diversity strategy .
www
. supplychaindigital . com