Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - (Page 30) DIVERSITY SUPPLIER 50 THE50BEST T he annual Hispanic Enterprise Top 50 Corporations for Supplier Diversity lists the nation’s companies most committed to offering minority business owners opportunities to get the contracts that can help cement their future. The list is a useful reference for businesses looking to bring in Fortune 500 companies as potential customers. The corporations on this year’s listing where selected by evaluating company data as well as information provided by current and prospective small business suppliers. All the companies on the list dedicate substantial resources to their diversity supplier programs, providing small business vendors effective communication channels with the corporation as well as tools and resources to improve the supplier-customer relationship. The main factors we took into consideration were the time, energy and internal resources the corporations allocate to the development of comprehensive supplier programs through mentorship, training, networking meetings and other incentives. For their part, corporations have a laundry list of specifications about what they want: certification as a minority-owned business, competitive pricing, high quality products or services, business and technological innovation. Some require solid business histories complete with references from past business associates or clients. To get started, you can obtain certification as a minority-owned business with the Small Business Administration. After that, the corporations’ supplier diversity departments can be contacted directly, or you can sign up on the diversity section of each company’s website. 30 HISPANIC ENTERPRISE February/March 2008
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 Contents Briefcase: BIZBUZZ: Business Briefs Briefcase: Trendsetters Briefcase: BIZTECH: Virtually Meeting BizLife: Travel: Madrid's New Attraction Q & A: Mi Case es su Casa Hispanic Commerce: The Agenda Cover Story: The Top 50 Corporations for Supplier Diversity Technology: Hispanic Web 2.0 Success & Motivation: Sweetening the Deal Politics & Government: The Rescue Generation Managing: The Method Franchising: The Hispanic Face of Franchising Chamber Focus: It's Showtime Movers & Shakers: Open for Business Finance & Investing: Getting Your 401(K) on Target Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 (Page Cover1) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 (Page Cover2) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Contents (Page 1) Hispanic Enterprise - 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BizLife: Travel: Madrid's New Attraction (Page 25) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Q & A: Mi Case es su Casa (Page 26) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Q & A: Mi Case es su Casa (Page 27) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Hispanic Commerce: The Agenda (Page 28) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Hispanic Commerce: The Agenda (Page 29) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Cover Story: The Top 50 Corporations for Supplier Diversity (Page 30) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Cover Story: The Top 50 Corporations for Supplier Diversity (Page 31) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Cover Story: The Top 50 Corporations for Supplier Diversity (Page 32) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Cover Story: The Top 50 Corporations for Supplier Diversity (Page 33) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Cover Story: The Top 50 Corporations for Supplier Diversity (Page 34) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Cover Story: The Top 50 Corporations for Supplier Diversity (Page 35) Hispanic Enterprise - 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Success & Motivation: Sweetening the Deal (Page 46) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Success & Motivation: Sweetening the Deal (Page 47) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Politics & Government: The Rescue Generation (Page 48) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Politics & Government: The Rescue Generation (Page 49) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Managing: The Method (Page 50) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Managing: The Method (Page 51) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Franchising: The Hispanic Face of Franchising (Page 52) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Franchising: The Hispanic Face of Franchising (Page 53) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Chamber Focus: It's Showtime (Page 54) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Chamber Focus: It's Showtime (Page 55) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Movers & Shakers: Open for Business (Page 56) Hispanic Enterprise - February/March 2008 - Movers & Shakers: Open for Business (Page 57) Hispanic Enterprise - 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