Results summary
| Actions | Who | Complexities/barriers | Adaptation/learning | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defining an SD Project Leader | Leadership | |||
| Benchmark | Project Leader | |||
| Clear vision of SD | Project Leader + Procurement team | Dependence on existing IOs and their criteria to measure diverse suppliers | Internal discussion on how to measure diversity in SC | Procurement team |
| KPI definition | Procurement team | Targets were not achieved | New metrics to include not only spending on DS, but invitation to bidding | Procurement team |
| IOs association | Procurement team | Dependence on financial resource/top management support | Need for a business case | Project Leader |
| Education and training (E&T) programs | Project Leader + Procurement team + IOs | Lack of diversity competences | Need to develop competences by integrating with Corporate Diversity and HR | Project Leader |
| Preference of internal users for their traditional suppliers | Need to invite other practitioners to education session | |||
| Continuous education program | ||||
| Inclusive procurement policies | Project Leader + Procurement team | Tensions between economic and social metrics | Not identified | |
| Compliance issues | ||||
| Mapping suppliers in the current supply base | Project leader + buyers | Ethical and legal issues | Two-way interactions with IOs | Procurement team |
| IOs | Need of certification | Survey with current suppliers | ||
| Changes in RFI and RFQ | ||||
| Recruiting suppliers via IO | Buyers + IOs | Increase in lead time | Association with new IOs | Project Leader |
| Lack of robust database | Proactive search with IOs for new bidding | |||
| Resistance for internal users | New audience for E&T Programs | |||
| Selecting suppliers | Buyers | Compliance issues | Not identified |
| Actions | Who | Complexities/barriers | Adaptation/learning | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defining an SD Project Leader | Leadership | |||
| Benchmark | Project Leader | |||
| Clear vision of SD | Project Leader + Procurement team | Dependence on existing IOs and their criteria to measure diverse suppliers | Internal discussion on how to measure diversity in SC | Procurement team |
| KPI definition | Procurement team | Targets were not achieved | New metrics to include not only spending on DS, but invitation to bidding | Procurement team |
| IOs association | Procurement team | Dependence on financial resource/top management support | Need for a business case | Project Leader |
| Education and training (E&T) programs | Project Leader + Procurement team + IOs | Lack of diversity competences | Need to develop competences by integrating with Corporate Diversity and HR | Project Leader |
| Preference of internal users for their traditional suppliers | Need to invite other practitioners to education session | |||
| Continuous education program | ||||
| Inclusive procurement policies | Project Leader + Procurement team | Tensions between economic and social metrics | Not identified | |
| Compliance issues | ||||
| Mapping suppliers in the current supply base | Project leader + buyers | Ethical and legal issues | Two-way interactions with IOs | Procurement team |
| IOs | Need of certification | Survey with current suppliers | ||
| Changes in RFI and RFQ | ||||
| Recruiting suppliers via IO | Buyers + IOs | Increase in lead time | Association with new IOs | Project Leader |
| Lack of robust database | Proactive search with IOs for new bidding | |||
| Resistance for internal users | New audience for E&T Programs | |||
| Selecting suppliers | Buyers | Compliance issues | Not identified |
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