Debbie Trevino, President/CEO, Treco Services

Shares her story....

I would like to thank SMSDC and Dell for putting together the MBE Idol. It was a great opportunity as an MBE/WBE to be in front of judges from the corporate world and being able to drive to Austin and compete in front of judges from the Dell procurement office.

 

Treco Services Inc. has been a member of SMSDC since 2005 and has been in business in the service industry for 34 years providing janitorial services, pressure washing, window cleaning, floor and carpet care services as well as facility maintenance. Having been asked to compete in the MBE Idol was an honor. This was an amazing opportunity to utilize the grading forms to strengthen our story about our services but most of all being able to evaluate how to improve our presentation in selling what we believe in, and that is our employees and clients.

 

Being certified through SMSDC and being involved in the different events that are provided to the members allows us to grow our companies as well as network with other MBEs. As we build our relationship with companies like Dell, it opens doors to bring in an MBE that can be a part of a new contract and offer great opportunities.

  

Being selected as the winner of the MBE Idol and taking the recommendations in building my PowerPoint presentation, I will use this opportunity to set up with other large corporations and share my story and allow them to see how Treco Services can be a tremendous asset to their service industry.

 

Other members of the SMSDC no matter how long they have been in business, should take the opportunity and compete for the 2018 MBE IDOL. It is a learning experience and can be a GREAT achievement to accomplish. As they say you're never too old to learn.

 

Being in business for 34 years and having been given this wonderful experience you do get a lot of butterflies in your stomach but it takes you tremendously out of your comfort zone which for me was knowing that there were areas that I needed improvement in and being judged by what I presented allowed me to make the corrections and reevaluate how I presented myself and my company. Knowing that there were only two companies and myself gives you the extra push and confidence you need to give it your best.

 

We were successful in being the winners with the MBE Idol and now we will take this wonderful achievement and apply the success in continuing to grow great opportunities with corporations that believe in what SMSDC is doing for women owned minorities and small business owners.

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47% Of Supplier Collaborations Fail: Build Trust Or Expect Failure

Jonathan Webb, Contributor
Forbes.com

August 30, 2017

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Supplier relationship management  is difficult to get right. Our new research in Procurement Leaders finds that roughly half of supplier collaborations fail.

Previous studies have identified difficulties in extracting value from supplier initiatives, but few provide probabilities of success.

 

To calculate this figure we asked 480 procurement executives from a range of geographies and sectors about their experiences in collaboration.

 

Supplier collaborations are special relationships between a buyer and supplier where the two look to co-operate to achieve a specified goal or deepen their long-term working patterns. These close relationships can deliver a variety of benefits from new product innovations, to incremental efficiencies, to a richer flow of data.

 

These are partnerships that exist in a buying organization's ' supplier relationship management' program. That is a company's policies, procedures and frameworks that guide its staff in managing external relationships.

 

Only 53% of supplier collaborations are successful. Worrying for those in the supply chain profession, the proportion of successful collaborations falls to 51% when a formal SRM program is in place.

 

This produces a troubling conclusion that suggests that it is better not to have an SRM framework to conduct collaborations.

 

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November 13, 2017
"How to do Business with Dell" WEBINAR

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CST
This event is a WEBINAR conducted by Dell.  Login information for the webinar will be sent to each MBE registered via email.

Registration is required, click here now.

Registration closes on Thursday, November 9th.

SMSDC offices will be closed on the following days:

 

• Friday, November 10th in observance of Veteran's Day
• Thursday, November 23rd & Friday, November 24th in observance of Thanksgiving Day

       

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