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Supplier Diversity
Supplier diversity means ensuring that businesses owned by women and minority groups are included in a company's supplier selection process.
In the U.S., the government and many of our business customers require that we source from diversity suppliers. Beyond compliance, we recognize that supplier diversity promotes innovation and creativity and allows us to meet the needs of customers and consumers around the world.
Our supplier diversity team identifies diversity-owned businesses that can potentially bid on procurement opportunities. We have set goals to increase the proportion of our procurement spend with diversity businesses.
For inquiries regarding our supplier diversity program, contact us at supplierdiversity@motorola.com.
Since January 2004, Motorola has spent more than $2.4 billion with diversity suppliers.
In 2010, Motorola Mobility spent 5.6 percent of its U.S. procurement spend with global diversity suppliers. Diversity businesses supplied us with a variety of products and services such as accessories, cables, engineering, logistics, packaging and travel.
Motorola missed its goal for 11 percent of U.S. procurement spend to be with global diversity suppliers for the following reasons:
- Existing diversity suppliers could no longer compete on either technology, quality or price
- Existing diversity suppliers either sold to non-diversity owners or closed their businesses
- Reduced demand for products supplied by diversity businesses
The challenges in the U.S. auto industry, which has historically been highly supportive of supplier diversity, also resulted in a number of diversity suppliers closing or selling their businesses.
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How we find diverse suppliers
We review the databases of the diversity organizations to identify small and diverse suppliers. These organizations include: