SUPPLY CHAIN
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A recent Gartner Survey has found that supply chain organisations at publicly held companies are leading the way with representation of people of colour over their private peers
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Representation of people of colour ( PoC ) in supply chain organisations is much higher at every level when the company is publicly held , according to the findings of a survey by Gartner and the Association for Supply Chain Management ( ASCM ).
The Supply Chain Diversity , Equity and Inclusion ( DEI ) Survey of 384 supply chain professionals , conducted in December 2021 mostly in the UK , Canada and Europe , found that people of colour make up 35 % of the overall supply chain workforce in publicly held companies and 13 % of vice presidents . For supply chain organisations in privately held companies , that figure drops to 30 % and 7 %, respectively .
What ’ s more , the pay gap is narrower between different racial and ethnic groups for publicly held organisations .
Supply chain ’ s focus on diversity , equity , and inclusion ( DEI ) is growing however , as 75 % of supply chain organisations consider ethnicity / race in their DEI strategies and objectives . That said , only 40 % of those organisations are working on specific supply chain DEI initiatives , so there is still much work to be done .
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