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Supply and Demand: Suppliers
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Reginald Williams, a supply chain consultant who has studied minority sales for 32 years, says he can’t put a number on total higher education spending, but he believes that minority and women-owned firms represent less than 3 percent of the purchases. That’s even smaller than the same groups’ shares of total private sector purchases, which is a combined 4.7 percent, according to Williams. “There has been a significant decrease in the level of state business going to minority and women suppliers,” he says. “Only recently have these organizations repositioned their procurement activities to withstand legal scrutiny while at the same time increasing diversity.”
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"Being named to the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 two years in a row is an honor," said Gary Hare, president and CEO of Vinimaya. "We are bringing a 21st century solution to a problem which has plagued e-procurement since its earliest days, namely supplier enablement."
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Sockeye's inbound supply chain planning module is focused on providing visibility and decision support to manage the replenishment of parts inventory from suppliers to manufacturers. It ... includes a dynamic replenishment feature that allows for the co-management of inventory levels by the supplier and manufacturer to dynamically address any inventory level discrepancies in real-time.
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