Supplier Business Classification

Pre-Seeded Business Classifications

·         Minority Owned

·         Woman Owned

·         Small Business

·         Hubzone

·         Veteran Owned

·         Service Disabled Veteran Owned

·         Note: only Minority Owned, Woman Owned and Small Business fields are included in the Supplier Open Interface. Enhancement Requests exists for Bug 6671381 : BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION USING SUPPLIER INTERFACE NOT COVERING ALL OPTIONS AVAIL

Add or Change Business Classifications

·         Note: You cannot delete or update Minority Owned, Woman Owned, and Small Business values, but you can remove or update the other values, and you can add additional values as needed.

(1)   Responsibility: Application Developer

(2)   Navigation: Lookups > Application Object Library

(3)   Query Type = POS_BUSINESS_CLASSIFICATIONS

(4)   Click OK to display the existing business classifications

(5)   Edit the list to include your new classifications. Deselect the Enabled checkbox to remove any existing classifications. Add a new row to the table to include any new classification.

Define Minority Groups

(1)   Responsibility: Payables Manager

(2)   Navigation: Setup > Lookup > Purchasing

(3)   Search for Supplier Type = MINORITY GROUP

Code		Description
AFRICAN-AMERICAN	African-American	Any of the Black racial groups of Sub-Sahara Africa
ASIAN-INDIAN AMERICAN	Asian-Indian American	India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN	Asian-Pacific American	Cambodia, China, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Samoa, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, the U.S. Trust Territories of the Pacific or the Northern Marianas and Vietnam
HISPANIC AMERICAN	Hispanic American	Any of the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean and Brazil (Afro-Brazilian and Brazilian Indians only)
NATIVE AMERICAN	Native American	Eskimo, Aleut, or Native Hawaiian, or Native Americans. Native Americans must be documented members of a North American tribe, band or organized group of native people indigenous to the continental United States.

Other Commonly Used Business Classifications (not seeded)

·         LGBT-Owned Business

v  At least 51% of the business is owned and operated by one or more members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender community

·         8(a) Business

v  An 8(a) is a small business that is certified by the SBA to be responsible and competent to perform specific contracts either on a sole source or competitive basis. Participants in the 8(a) Business Program are required to be certified by the SBA and be eligible under the 8(a) Business Program.

·         Disability-Owned Business

v  A disability-owned business is at least 51 percent owned by a person or group of persons with a disability as recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act or as defined by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Governor's Office, Management Directive 205.25 amended April 15, 1994. In the case of a publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock is owned by one or more persons with disabilities and its management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more individuals with disabilities.

·         Small Disadvantaged Business

v  A SDB is a small business that meets the SBA's certification requirements and is at least 51 percent unconditionally owned by one or more individuals who are both socially and economically disadvantaged. In the case of a publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock is unconditionally owned by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and its management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more such individuals as defined under 15 U.S.C. 637(b)(6) in Part 121 of Title 13 of the Code of Regulations.

Local metropolitan area example:

·         Detroit-Based Business (DBB)

v  A business that has a physical and economic relationship to the City of Detroit. To be eligible for consideration, the business must first document that it has paid taxes to the City of Detroit not less than one year prior to applying for certification. Other qualifying criteria will be applied to qualifying suppliers.