Suppliers’ competitiveness in today’s highly volatile global supply chains demands performance risk mitigation, quality assurance and performance maturity. Whatever success a supplier may have had yesterday is no guarantee of competitiveness tomorrow without closing performance and operational maturity gaps and development a strategy for sustained supply chain engagement and continuous improvement.

To meet these demands, the Diverse Manufacturing Supply Chain Alliance (DMSCA) is a not-for-profit membership organization where Customers and Diverse Small and Mid Size Manufacturing and Logistics Suppliers engage in a Community of Practice centered on a supplier development and supply chain performance alignment system called the Corporate Mentoring Program (CMP). With input from Corporate Member’s CPO/Buying Organizations, the major education and training pillars of the CMP include Supplier Performance Benchmarking Preparedness; Supplier Performance Benchmarking and Strategy Development; Supplier Supply Chain Strategy Analysis and Deployment; and Supplier Development, Expansion and Continuous Improvement.

DMSCA is partnered in this effort with the Supply Chain Council (SCC); the Institute of Supply Management (ISM); the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME); and the National Sustainability Coalition (NSC).

Reuben Taborda, VP, Medical Device Procurement/Supplier Diversity, Johnson & Johnson	CPO Roundtable: Mike O'Donnell, McCain Foods; Geoff Pollak, Electrolux and Eva Milko, MillerCoors	Persio Lisboa, VP, Chief Procurement Officer, Navistar
DMSCA Resources Corporate Mentoring Minority Manufacturing in FTZs - A Key to Job Retention in the US Minority Supplier Supply: A Window of Opportunity Moving Without The Ball On Any Given Monday Voice of a Corporate Member The DMSCA Online Community provides a forum for DMSCA’s Corporate Members and Suppliers in the CMP Network. Find out more about becoming a Corporate Member or CMP Supplier today.	CMP Supplier Benefits Development of Supply Chain Strategy for Supply Chain Excellence Alignment with customer’s Supply Chain performance requirements Performance benchmarking, gap analysis, root cause determination In-plant assessment and Strategic Improvement Plan development Supply Chain performance differentiation and transparency	Corporate Member Benefits Access to mature valued-added Supplier Diversity Model Supplier Supply Chain performance risk mitigation Collaborate effectively with Corporate Buying Organization Access to new Suppliers Monitor Suppliers via Supplier Performance Dashboards Sponsorship of Suppliers through Scholarships and the CMP Education Programs Certification of Supply Chain Performance Maturity levels