Gartner Survey Finds Significant DEI Advances in Supply Chains
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine
If you read the headlines over the past year, you might have believed that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts had fallen out of favor with corporations. “Pop Goes the DEI Bubble,” pronounced The Wall Street Journal. “DEI is Dead,” declared Fortune. “DEI Goes Quiet,” asserted The New York Times.
Not true—at least not within supply chains. According to Gartner’s recently released 2023 Supply Chain DEI Survey: Broad Improvements in Workforce and Pipelines, 49% of these organizations have established formal DEI objectives. What’s more, that’s a 22-point increase over the survey’s 2022 findings.
“Based on media headlines, our research team expected to find that supply chain organizations had pulled back on DEI initiatives due to increased scrutiny and greater economic pressures,” noted Dana Stiffler, distinguished VP analyst in Gartner’s Supply Chain Practice. Stiffler has led the survey since its inception three years ago, in 2021…
