Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His efforts lead to the funding of a pilot projects in South Carolina and a national project to demonstrate his methodologies and systems for increasing diverse manufacturing and logistics supplier capabilities and capacities in strategically sourced Supply Chains. Work with NIST lead to interest by the U.S. Navy and Army in using his model as a template in the U.S. Department of Commerce's Mentor-Protege Program. Further interest in the program lead to the support of Procter & Gamble in catalyzing the formation of a national non-profit organization called the National Minority Manufacturing Institute (NMMI) whose cofounders included Navistar, Cummins, McCormick and Grainger. NMMI was later reorganized as the Diverse Manufacturing Supply Chain Alliance (DMSCA) which leverages its Corporate Mentoring Program (CMP) as a platform for Supplier Supply Chain Excellence training and development and its CMP Supplier Supply Chain Performance Maturity Certification for Supplier attainment. Other corporations supporting DMSCA subsequent to its founding include
Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His efforts lead to the funding of a pilot projects in South Carolina and a national project to demonstrate his methodologies and systems for increasing diverse manufacturing and logistics supplier capabilities and capacities in strategically sourced Supply Chains. Work with NIST lead to interest by the U.S. Navy and Army in using his model as a template in the U.S. Department of Commerce's Mentor-Protege Program. Further interest in the program lead to the support of Procter & Gamble in catalyzing the formation of a national non-profit organization called the National Minority Manufacturing Institute (NMMI) whose cofounders included Navistar, Cummins, McCormick and Grainger. NMMI was later reorganized as the Diverse Manufacturing Supply Chain Alliance (DMSCA) which leverages its Corporate Mentoring Program (CMP) as a platform for Supplier Supply Chain Excellence training and development and its CMP Supplier Supply Chain Performance Maturity Certification for Supplier attainment. Other corporations supporting DMSCA subsequent to its founding include