The context
Manufacturers depend on supplier networks they cannot fully see past tier-1. When a tier-2 supplier hits a problem, the manufacturer learns about it weeks later — usually when a tier-1 misses a commitment.
Why it doesn't scale today
Vendor risk platforms exist, but they score suppliers in isolation against generic risk metrics. They do not understand which supplier matters for which BOM, or how a tier-2 disruption propagates to a finished-goods shortfall.
What we ask in week one
- iWhich of your BOMs concentrate risk on a small number of tier-1 / tier-2 suppliers — and where would a disruption hurt you most?
- iiWhere do we pull tier-2 signals (financial filings, news, shipment data, port activity) into a propagation model your procurement team will trust?
- iiiWhat does the exception-routing workflow look like for your buyers when a tier-2 risk score moves?
- ivHow do we measure success in your supply continuity, not dashboard activity?
What we build
We build the multi-tier visibility model against the customer's actual BOMs, ingest external signals (financial, logistics, news), score risk in context, and route exceptions to the right buyer with a recommended action. Supply continuity becomes a measurable metric, not a hope.
Why we're the right squad
Our supply-chain practice has shipped multi-tier visibility inside automotive and electronics manufacturers. We bring the playbook for the procurement team's change management, which is usually the harder problem than the model.