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Supplier Diversity Glossary

Supplier Diversity

What is Supplier Diversity?

Supplier diversity is the business practice of consistently including small and diverse-owned businesses in an organization’s procurement activities to improve bottom-line results, such as decreased supply costs via supplier competition, and product innovation through the entrance of new products, services, and ideas. 

 

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