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In today's global economy, supply chains often involve multiple tiers of suppliers, production facilities and intermediaries operating across different locations. Understanding how these organisations are connected, particularly beyond direct suppliers, can be a significant challenge.
Limited visibility into upstream supply chains can make it difficult to identify potential environmental and social risks, understand dependencies and determine where further investigation or engagement is needed.
Multi-tier supply chains rarely follow a simple, linear structure. Suppliers may operate multiple facilities, appear in different branches of the same supply chain or provide different products and services across locations.
Information is often fragmented across suppliers, systems and spreadsheets, making it difficult to build and maintain an accurate picture of the organisations, facilities and relationships involved.
Effective mapping requires more than collecting supplier information. Organisations need to understand how suppliers are connected, engage with businesses across multiple tiers and maintain accurate information as supply chains evolve.
Origin provides a configurable approach to mapping complex, multi-tier supply chains, accommodating different supplier structures, relationships and information-gathering processes.
With Origin, organisations can:
Map suppliers, facilities and relationships across multiple tiers, building a connected view of their supply chains.
Engage with lower-tier suppliers and collect relevant information on governance, environmental practices and social standards.
Cascade information requests through direct suppliers, allowing them to manage their own profiles, engage their suppliers or provide information on their behalf.
Streamline supplier communications across different locations by allowing suppliers to assign relevant contacts and ensure requests and notifications reach the right people.
Review and validate submitted information, helping teams identify gaps and maintain reliable supply chain records.
By bringing supplier information and relationships together, Origin helps organisations improve supply chain visibility and establish a stronger foundation for risk-based due diligence.
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