Staples Soul: It's what moves us.

Staples Soul: It's what moves us.

Staples helps you create a more meaningful Diversity Supplier Program.

Staples offers a comprehensive Diversity Supplier Program that demonstrates our commitment to diversity. We are committed to sustaining a competitive advantage in the market place by integrating certified minority-owned and/or women-owned business enterprises (MWBE) into our strategic sourcing process and helping them to build capacity within their organizations so that they may develop a strong foundation for future growth. If your goal is to launch a Diversity Supplier Program that helps MWBEs create job opportunities and gain access to markets they otherwise would not have access, Staples can help you reach that goal.

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Diversity OneSM

Our Diversity One program connects customers directly with highly respected MWBE office supply providers. To qualify, all of our Diversity One program MWBE suppliers must meet high standards, including:

  • Established market leadership
  • Commitment to MWBE development
  • Investment in local community
  • Active participation by senior management

What makes the Staples Diversity One program unique? Instead of a diversity program that involves the MWBE supplier in name only, the Diversity One program enables MWBE suppliers to provide real services directly to customers through our Staples eDiversity Network. Customers place orders directly with MWBE suppliers who take full responsibility for managing these orders. Staples Diversity One MWBE suppliers include:

Staples eDiversity NetworkSM

The Staples eDiversity Network is our leading edge eCommerce technology that enables MWBEs that participate in our Diversity One Solution to have a greater opportunity to supply office products to customers with local, regional and national office locations. The eDiversity Network also provides customers with a convenient resource that they can use to select a Diversity Supplier to supply some or all of their office products needs.

The Staples eDiversity Network provides customers with:

  • Order management, tracking and reporting via the Internet
  • Customized contract pricing
  • Centralized electronic approval, cost and managed spend capabilities
  • Direct catalog access to a variety of third party eProcurement applications
  • Wide array of product SKUs
  • Advanced product search features
  • Reusable and customizable shopping list functionality
  • Regional and/or national fulfillment and distribution services
  • Strategic account management support
  • Consolidated program reporting
  • Exceptional customer service

The Staples eDiversity Network offers Diversity Suppliers:

  • Order and invoice management, tracking and reporting via the Internet
  • Robust eProcurement tool
  • Ability to process more transactions efficiently and cost effectively
  • Seamless integration into their supply management systems
  • Scalable solution for continued growth in regional and/or national markets

With our Diversity One Solution, our customers, the Diversity Suppliers and Staples all win.

While the Diversity Suppliers would certainly continue to grow without our help, Staples is there to open doors and provide access to Fortune 1000 companies. We also offer our Diversity Suppliers “Best Practice” models in finance, sales, customer service, carrier management and more. In return, we receive a major contribution to our corporate culture and the satisfaction of knowing we’ve exceeded our diversity commitments to the community — and to ourselves.