Suppliers & risk
Measuring supplier performance and building resilience against disruption, from single plants to geopolitics.
- Geopolitics and supply chains: how buyers map and manage exposure
How geopolitical risk reaches a supply chain (chokepoints, sanctions, export controls, tariffs, forced-labour rules) and a practical method for buyers to map exposure and build options.
- Supplier evaluation scorecards: KPIs, weighting and review meetings
How to build a supplier scorecard: choosing KPIs for quality, delivery, cost, service, risk and sustainability, defining them precisely, weighting, data sources, and using scores in business reviews.
- Supplier payment terms: legal limits, late payment interest and how to set fair terms
How long you may take to pay a supplier in the EU, France and the UK, what statutory late payment interest and compensation apply, the cost of early payment discounts, and a practical method for setting and keeping payment terms.
- Supplier risk and supply chain resilience: a working framework
How to identify, assess and reduce supplier risk: risk categories, multi-tier mapping, financial monitoring, business continuity (ISO 22301), dual sourcing, inventory buffers and contract clauses.
