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Procurement Revamp Can Create Greater Access for Historically Marginalized Communities

ByAlex Duerksen

Opinion March 24, 2022 Procurement practices and policies rarely dominate news headlines and dinner table conversations in Canada. At least, that was the case before two long pandemic years during which federal procurement was at the forefront of Canada’s response to COVID-19. From the great rush to secure personal protective equipment (PPE) in the early…

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No Supplier Diversity Program? Here’s What You’re Missing

ByAlex Duerksen

Market trends, data, competitive threats, and opportunities all need to coalesce to move a board or the C-suite to make organization-wide changes. Use this reasoning to pitch supplier diversity to the powers that be. Market Trends Getting ‘left behind’ is the demise of many organizations historically. That’s because what’s going on in the market is…