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RSM's supplier risk solution

Stay ahead of supply chain risks with RSM's AI-driven early warning system

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What is an early warning system?

In today's rapidly changing global landscape, businesses face significant challenges due to tariffs, supply chain disruptions, and sustainability or other compliance-related requirements. These disruptions can lead to increased costs, operational inefficiencies and compliance risks. RSM's supplier risk solution is designed to help you navigate these complexities and safeguard your business against unforeseen events.

Supplier risk solution overview

RSM’s supplier risk solution quickly assesses and monitors vendors and suppliers to help organizations identify and mitigate potential supply chain disruptions. Powered by artificial intelligence, the platform continuously maps and monitors over 450 million companies across the globe with nearly two billion supplier-buyer relationships mapped. It creates an incredible view into an organization’s supply chain. Our solution then ties company-level risk modeling into supply chain mapping to enable visibility to current and pending potential disruptions. Multiple risk factors are considered, including:

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Financial: The probability of financial loss with an emphasis on solvency and the likelihood of default or bankruptcy

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Environmental, social and governance (ESG): The probability of ESG issues, including the company’s fair labor practices

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Cyber: The probability of data theft, disruption or manipulation, based on the firm’s security assessment and the regulatory and risk environment of the country in which it’s located

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Restrictions: The identification of whether a company is on one or more of the U.S. government’s regulatory watch lists or on the European Union’s sanctions list

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Geopolitical: The probability of political instability within the country in which a firm is located, based on a recent history of instability and violence as well as sociopolitical processes and conditions

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Catastrophic: The probability of catastrophic events occurring, such as human-made and natural disasters, and a country’s capacity to withstand them

Strategic response to policy shifts

Your policy response depends on your business and supply chain structure. We offer tailored strategies for U.S. importers and businesses operating globally, including:

  • Exploring tariff strategies such as first-sale clawbacks, foreign trade zones and bonded warehouses
  • Shifting sourcing and/or production to lower-tariff countries
  • Aligning a holistic perspective around total landed costs with consideration for physical supply chain networks, tariffs and duties, and global tax efficiency

Integrated rapid assessment

Our proprietary trade profiler solution helps transform your global supply chain and trade data into actionable insights. We collect, process, analyze and engage with your data to highlight valuable details and identify potential solutions. This results in increased visibility, improved liquidity, risk mitigation and accurate tariff-impact forecasting.

AI-enabled supplier analysis

Our AI-enabled supplier analysis helps clients proactively anticipate and navigate potential supply disruptions through multitier supply visibility (i.e., your supplier and your supplier’s supplier). 

Key features of the supplier risk solution

  • Risk scoring: Suppliers are scored against multiple risk factors to receive an overall score and then assigned to a high-, medium- or low-risk category
  • Relationship mapping: Users will see the relationship tier of each supplier, providing visibility into not only their tier-one suppliers but the suppliers that those organizations rely on
  • Recent or current events: The system identifies situations that may affect supply chains now or in the near future, such as the latest natural hazards or recent events that have occurred within the supplier ecosystem
  • Search functionality: Users can easily search for a single supplier to view the risk profile, enabling a quick review of potential new suppliers under evaluation
  • Sub-tier deep dive: Users can easily view and sort sub-tier suppliers based on risk score, industry code and so on
  • Resourcing: The capability to find similar suppliers that serve the same end markets is possible, including identifying suppliers in potentially lower-cost regions

Why now?

Having greater visibility into the potential risks of your vendors and suppliers is no longer just a nice-to-have ability. Across the globe, businesses must comply with new laws and regulations regarding supply chains, including:

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RSM brings deep knowledge of supply chains, risk and compliance, technology, and ESG to create a comprehensive solution. In addition, our strategic business alliance with Equifax enables us to help you navigate the complexities of supply chains. Our goal is to deliver transparency to support not only regulatory requirements but also your operational, risk management and ESG goals.

RSM’s supplier risk solution not only steers your company toward compliance but also taps into your organization’s potential for transformative growth.

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For more information on how RSM's supplier risk solution can help your business, contact us today.

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