Offering Diverse Solutions. At Corporate Express, our commitment to supplier diversity is a strong one. You’ll see that commitment in our Supplier Diversity Sales Network^sm (SDSN), a proactive diversity program that goes far beyond our competitors when it comes to meeting your purchasing objectives with minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBE).

A program that surpasses catalog-based programs by providing a network of local and national, high performance diversity partners. A program that proactively supports your diversity purchasing objectives, while creating tangible economic value for historically underutilized businesses and the communities in which they operate.

The Power to Choose. Our diversity program gives you the power to target your purchasing dollars where you want them. We call it the power to choose. It’s what makes our Supplier Diversity Sales Network the leader in responsive diversity solutions for the office products industry.

The SDSN network is flexible enough to accommodate customers with national, regional and/or local purchasing requirements, with a program that includes a powerful portfolio for first- and second-tier diversity partners. Take a look, then make your choice. It’s completely up to you...

It was important for us to work directly with a local, minority-owned diversity partner. And Corporate Express made it happen. They put together a Diversity Program that helped us meet our diversity goals, while helping our local economy." Phil Hage Director of Materials Management Henry Ford Health Systems Detroit, Michigan USA

Tier-One Diversity Program. If you’re looking to purchase directly from a minority- or women-owned supplier, our Tier-One Program is for you. Corporate Express has developed joint ventures and strategic partnerships across North America to support your need to buy direct. As a strategic partner, our tier- one suppliers benefit from Corporate Express’ brand, purchasing power, distribution capabilities and supply chain expertise.

If you want the 100% diversity-spend benefit of tier-one purchasing solutions, we’ve got the program for you. Want to buy from a local MWBE in your area to ensure your diversity dollars benefit MWBE’s in your local community? We’ve got a program for you. Have multiple locations across the country?

Our Tier-One Program gives you the flexibility to buy direct from award-winning tier-ones, like Colorado-based Faison Office Products, with proven track records in servicing large national accounts, with multiple locations.

Tier-Two Diversity Program. This program offers thousands of items, many of them ready for next-business-day delivery—from office products and furniture to computer products and supplies—all manufactured by MWBE certified suppliers. These items are available through Corporate Express’ Office and Computer Products Sourcebook, and are clearly identified by the MWBE symbol throughout the book and index. MWBE items are also available via E-Way®, Corporate Express’ Internet ordering system.

We provide comprehensive, automated usage reports, coupled with quarterly business reviews, to monitor MWBE Sourcebook and E-Way purchasing activities—helping you meet your diversity purchasing objectives.

Internet Ordering. As a leader in our industry, Corporate Express is committed to its SDSN program on the Web. To help you find MWBE products faster and easier, we’ve in corporated a special icon for all MWBE products on our Internet ordering system, E-Way. All MWBE products are clearly identified, with a sorting option that lets you select products that are MWBE designated.

A Diversity Program That Works. When you get right down to it, Supplier Diversity is about creating economic value for our customers, for our MWBE suppliers and for the communities in which they operate. In 1999, alone, SDSN suppliers employed more than 3,500 people in local communities across the country. In 2000, SDSN suppliers will sell more than $100 million worth of products to Corporate Express customers— which, in turn, will generate even more jobs where they’re needed most.

Put more money in the pockets of minority consumers. And increase tax revenues in poor communities. These are the positive results of diversity programs that work.

And a big reason why Corporate Express remains an active sponsor of the National Minority Supplier Development Council.

Corporate Express is committed to making SDSN work for its customers and its strategic partners. We’re proud of our track record as a proactive supporter of diversity. And we’re committed to doing even more.

To find out more about our innovative SDSN program, contact your local Corporate Express office or call the toll-free support line to speak with a Corporate Express diversity consultant today at 800.270.9169.

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•	Today, we do business with a broad selection of MWBE’s
•	More than 40% are certified minority-owned
•	Our MWBE’s employ more than 3,500 people
•	We feature more than 2,000 MWBE products in our Office Products Sourcebook, that’s more than 15% of our Sourcebook products
•	MWBE product sales totaled $58 million in 1999
•	The number of MWBE’s represented in our Sourcebook continues to grow

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