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| Supplier Diversity Development Program |
Ford Motor Company's Supplier Diversity Development (SDD) Program was started in 1978. Ford recognized that it had a social responsibility to provide opportunity to minority individuals and their communities. When Ford started this program there were few minority owned and operated companies with the capabilities to provide the goods and services purchased by Ford and other automotive manufacturers. At the direction of Henry Ford II, a program was designed to identify high potential minority business persons and assist them in growing their companies to competitive positions in our industry. Ford's program has been expanded to include women-owned businesses to encourage their growth in the automotive industry.
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