CarCross Company, Inc. is a certified Woman Owned Business Enterprise (WBE).
Through the Massachusetts State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA), Supplier Diversity Office (SDO) we have attained this certification. The SDO is “an agency within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts helping promote the development of business enterprises and non-profit organizations owned and operated by minorities or women. “
In 2010 the Supplier Diversity Program (SDP), formerly known as the Affirmative Market Program (AMP), was established to promote supplier diversity in public contracting. The program instituted policies to encourage the award of state contracts in a manner that develops and strengthens certified Minority and Women Business Enterprises.
So what??? Working with a Woman Owned Business Enterprise can help you to secure more federal, state and local government contracts and provides great marketing opportunities for you.
If you are not yourself a Minority, Woman, Veteran or Handicapped Owned business, purchasing from suppliers who are can definitely assist you in your efforts to obtain more contracts and to show that you are very open to achieving a very diverse company and many levels. Virtually all companies recognize the benefits of diversification when it comes to their hiring practices; and most are now also recognizing those benefits when it comes to sub-contractors.
Most local, state and federal government purchasing agencies as well as publicly held corporations, and even many larger private companies, track and/or have programs and policies for doing business with women business owners and other similar organizations such as minority-, handicapped- or veteran-owned..
These organizations utilize Supplier Diversity programs because they are not only socially responsible, but can improve how a company serves its markets and can help them to fulfill Federal Government requirements for utilizing WBE sub-contractors.
Lastly, most WBE’s are small companies and can therefore provide a higher level of customer service to it’s clients.
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