| Welcome
to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
Minority and Women’s Business Development
Group (MWBDG) Website. This
resource is for Procurement Professionals
and ISM/MWBDG members who
have an interest in minority and woman-owned
business development (supplier diversity)
as a sound purchasing strategy. We hope it
provides you with information that will help
you and your organization. This site also
contains important information about the MWBDG,
its structure and its mission, goals and objectives.
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MWBDG is one of a number
of groups and forums within ISM. Its members
share a common interest in supplier diversity;
they recognize and value minority-owned and
woman-owned business development as a sound
business practice. It is the purpose of the
MWBDG to promote the exchange
of ideas and information as well as the discussion
of issues and concerns of businesses within
purchasing and supply chain management. |
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| MWBDG acts as a resource center for ISM members and interested
procurement professionals on minority business and women's business development issues. We sponsor seminars
and workshops at ISM's Annual International Supply Management Conference or upon request. MWBDG board members
are available as speakers for ISM affiliates, companies, or organizations interested in establishing a minority
business development group or committee at the local level. The MWBDG also publishes a newsletter circulated to
all ISM members who have indicated an interest in the Group. |
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| We encourage you to browse this site and contact us if you have
questions or need further information. Should you have an interest in becoming a member of the MWBDG, please
contact our membership committee. |
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| The Group was formed in 1986 as the Minority Business Development Group
(MBDG) in the Boston, Massachusetts area, by a group of purchasing professionals who recognized a need to address
minority business development issues within the purchasing profession. On February 9, 1987, the MBDG was
officially sanctioned by the National Association of Purchasing Management as a fully operational national
group with 35 members. Its first chairman was Charles J. McDonald, Jr. after whom the Minority Business Advocate
Award was named. In May 2000, the name of the group was changed to Minority and Women’s Business Development
Group. Currently the Group has a membership of over 500. |
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