Executive Strategy
Upstream and Unseen: Constructing a Vendor Intelligence System That Catches Risk Before It Becomes Crisis
Third-party risk management in most American enterprises is built around compliance documentation rather than genuine intelligence — a distinction that becomes painfully apparent when a critical supplier fails without warning. The organizations that avoid catastrophic supply chain disruptions are not simply luckier; they have built early warning systems that detect upstream vulnerability signals well before they materialize into operational crises. This article examines what that architecture lo
