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CAPS News - October 2019

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Monthly metric:
Changes in Supply Management Headcount

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In the annual CAPS survey, The Metrics of Supply Management 2019, we asked companies to tell us what changes they’re experiencing in their supply management headcount numbers. Here are the results across all industries:

38% of companies said headcount increased over their most recent reporting year

22% said headcount decreased

40% said headcount remained unchanged

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Business Partner Engagement
Data Analytics
Managing Supplier Risk
Centers of Excellence
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Supplier Diversity
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On average, 14% of managed spend is in supplier diversity programs.

Of that, companies targeted this spend toward minority-owned business enterprises (6.5%), women-owned business enterprises (5.9%), and women-owned small businesses (3.6%). But in what categories were those goals attained or surpassed, and where did they fall short?

Read  Measuring Supplier Diversity Program Performance (2014) to find out! Click the button at left to login and access the report, or create a free account now. Happy browsing!

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