{"id":2249,"date":"2007-03-02T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-02T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2007\/03\/02\/using-diverse-suppliers\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T08:10:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:10:31","slug":"using-diverse-suppliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/using-diverse-suppliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Diverse Suppliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope that you have enjoyed the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/diverse-suppliers\/\">7 Supplier Diversity Challenges, Part I<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many little things that need to be considered when putting a program in place to successfully find, utilize, report spend with, and sustain diverse suppliers. Many of those things aren\u2019t discovered until after a supplier diversity program is put in place. Hopefully exposing these challenges will accelerate the time-to-perfection for purchasing departments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/starting-supplier-diversity-program\/\">starting a supplier diversity program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Recommended Reading<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/supplier-diversity-programs\/\">Supplier Diversity Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/courses\/strategic-supplier-diversity-best-practices\/\">Strategic Supplier Diversity Best Practices<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/supplier-diversity-goals\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Supplier Diversity Goals<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=5\"><span class=\"s3\">Managing Supplier Performance<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/did-the-procurement-profession-get-supplier-diversity-all-wrong-from-the-get-go\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Did The Procurement Profession Get Supplier Diversity All Wrong From The Get-Go?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whats-the-next-frontier-in-supplier-diversity\/\">What&#8217;s The Next Frontier In Supplier Diversity?\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><b>NLPA Learning<\/b><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>:<\/b>\u00a0Looking for authoritative procurement templates, tools, webinars, and more? 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