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In 1998, RR Donnelley recognized that no one was addressing the total supply chain for the printing industry. From this milestone, an industry-leading core competency in Supply Chain Management has been developed.
At RR Donnelley, the Supply Chain focus is on total cost, which includes quality, service, delivery, price and continuous improvement. Our Supply Chain initiatives are also data-driven and employ Six Sigma methodologies. As a supplier to RR Donnelley, you must demonstrate strong skills in these areas.
Mission:
Our Supplier Diversity mission is to enhance our supply chain by proactively seeking, building relationships with, developing and buying from minority- and women-owned businesses. (MWBEs)
Objectives:
- Use diverse suppliers directly as providers of goods and services
- Influence our prime suppliers to expand their business transactions with diverse suppliers
- Assist diverse suppliers in forging alliances that expand their scope and scale
- Increase opportunities for MWBEs in the printing industry
- Consult with Sales in creating customer focused diverse supplier partnerships
We at RR Donnelley are committed to the inclusion of minority- and women-owned businesses in our supplier base and to growing our total spending with these businesses. RR Donnelley has the most robust supplier diversity initiative in the print industry with two full-time staff people dedicated to strategy development and program management.
In 2007, our spending with this diverse business community was approximately $78 million. While we are pleased with our progress so far, we are not satisfied. We continue to set goals to identify new, incremental business opportunities for our MWBE supply chain partners. Our longer-range goal is for diverse supplier utilization to represent at least 5% of total procurement. We plan to benchmark ourselves against the best companies across all industry groups. We will continue to report our MWBE utilization to customers and to identify and develop MWBE suppliers, cultivating relationships with these businesses and measuring our progress.
RR Donnelley is an active corporate member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council and the Women's Business Enterprise National Council.
To become involved with the RR Donnelley Supplier Diversity Program, a supplier must comply with the following guidelines:
Supplier Qualifications
- Minority Business Enterprise (MBE): includes businesses that have been certified by an RR Donnelley approved agency to be at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a minority individual or group. If the business is publicly owned, a minority individual or group must own at least 51% of the stock. The individual(s) must be a U.S. citizen.
- Women Business Enterprise (WBE): includes businesses that have been certified by an RR Donnelley approved agency to be at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a non-minority woman or women. The individual(s) must be a U.S. citizen.
- Disabled Veterans (DVBE): a privately or publicly owned company where one or more disabled veterans hold at least 51 percent of the control or ownership. To qualify as a disabled veteran, one must be a veteran of a military service of the United States and have at least a 10 percent service-connected disability. Nationwide, the Association of Service Disabled Veterans certifies DVBEs.
Certification
To be eligible for the RR Donnelley program, certification from an RR Donnelley approved agency must be provided. Examples of these agencies include the National Minority Supplier Development Council and its 39 regional purchasing councils, the Women's Business Development Center, Women's Business Enterprise National Council and city or municipal certifying agencies.
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