Supply chain risk data

Supply chain risk data maps who supplies whom and flags risks that could disrupt supply or create legal exposure. Procurement, compliance and ESG teams use it for supplier due diligence, forced-labor screening, sanctions exposure, disruption monitoring and regulatory reporting. Insurers and lenders use it to assess concentration risk.

Typical fields

• Supplier entity, location and identifiers
• Supplier tier and relationship evidence, such as shipments or filings
• Risk scores by type: financial, geopolitical, ESG, forced labor, cyber
• Events such as factory fires, strikes, port closures and sanctions designations
• Source references and event dates
• Products, facilities and HS codes linked to the supplier

Sources and collection

Supplier networks are inferred from trade records, corporate filings, company websites and customer disclosures. Risk signals come from news monitoring, sanctions and enforcement lists, NGO reports, weather and hazard data, and financial indicators. In the US, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and its entity list have made traceability data a common need for importers.

Delivery and pricing

Delivery is usually a platform with alerts, an API, or periodic files of supplier maps and scores. Price depends on the number of monitored suppliers, the tiers mapped, the risk types covered and whether analyst research is included.

Before you buy

• Ask how sub-tier relationships are evidenced and how confident each link is.
• Check the time from an event happening to an alert being sent.
• Request the methodology behind each risk score.
• Confirm coverage of the countries and industries in your supply base.
• Check that sources are cited so you can document your due diligence.