{"id":241018,"date":"2022-10-25T11:38:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=123446"},"modified":"2022-10-25T11:38:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:38:39","slug":"cummins-promotes-ongoing-enterprise-and-supplier-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cummins-promotes-ongoing-enterprise-and-supplier-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Cummins promotes ongoing enterprise and supplier development"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cummins-promotes-ongoing-enterprise-and-supplier-development.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cummins-promotes-ongoing-enterprise-and-supplier-development.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Cummins \u201cwalks the talk\u201d when it comes to its diversity goals and ongoing Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) programme. \u201cWe are deliberate and intentional about this journey,\u201d says Jolene C. Classen, Regional Leader Africa &amp; Middle East \u2013 Corporate Indirect Purchasing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe take our commitment towards transformation, diversity and inclusion seriously. We believe that when we create opportunities in this space, we help our suppliers to be economically empowered. They, in turn, create jobs and further support downstream opportunities and so we all grow our region\u2019s economies.\u201d Classen shares that, year to date, Cummins can report the following milestones:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Spending 52% of its procurement spend with diverse suppliers<br \/>\u2022 Spending $2.2million on BDR (Billion Dollar Roundtable) suppliers<br \/>\u2022 Achieving 40.49 points out of the 42 points on the scorecard for Enterprise &amp; Supplier Development, which includes points for Preferential Procurement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese days, more and more organisations realise the importance and long-term advantages of making diversity a strategic priority, especially in procurement,\u201d says Classen. Her role is mainly to ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the purchasing process, with a reporting line to Cummins Inc. in the US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCummins has an absolute assurance about the positive benefits that diversity within our procurement space brings not only to our value chain but to our suppliers, customers and the economy at large. It means that we actively support inclusion opportunities in the supply chain from businesses owned by previous disadvantaged groups, women, youth and disability enterprises,\u201d explains Classen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are mindful of the fact that our customers also want to see diversity happening with the people they are doing business with. Our supplier base must therefore reflect a diverse group of our people, especially in those communities where we operate. Actively including diverse and marginalised suppliers in our network is no longer a \u2018nice to have\u2019 for Cummins but is expected of us. It is a given that when you make supplier diversity a priority it is perceived more positively by your stakeholders. At Cummins, DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) is part of our DNA and Core Values,\u201d says Classen.<\/p>\n<p>Cummins afforded the opportunity to four diverse suppliers to attend the Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK) Leadership Programme and Conference held in London in early September 2022. It is also sponsoring a delegation of nine diverse suppliers to attend the International Leadership Executive Development Training Programme (I-Led), of which two suppliers will further attend the National Minority Supplier Developer Council (NMSDC) Conference in New Orleans in the US in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy message to leaders in corporate Africa and Middle East is that the time is now for us to be intentional, deliberate, unapologetic and aggressive in bringing transformation to the forefront. In so doing we make a positive impact on economies. Let us become change agents and remove barriers to entry,\u201d concludes Classen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">126<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/cummins-promotes-ongoing-enterprise-and-supplier-development\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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