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Establish the Baseline for a Clear, Confident, Data‑Driven Supply Chain.
Reveal the true state of your supplier ecosystem with raw truth, clarity, and unified data.
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Before you can strengthen your supply chain—or transform it—you must first understand it
Establish the Baseline brings together supplier data from across your systems, validates and enriches it, and gives your organization a truthful, comprehensive view of supplier performance, capability, risk, compliance, and diversity attributes.
Your baseline not only exposes risk but also reveals inclusion gaps and untapped opportunities — strengthening supplier ecosystems through broader participation and diversified capability.
This is where your data becomes a strategic asset—not an obstacle. Your baseline is built on raw truth, clarity, and unified data, empowering operational precision, confident decision‑making, and long‑term resilience.
What Establishing the Baseline Includes
Supplier Audit & Verification (Scrub Process)
Clean, verify, and normalize supplier records to eliminate duplicates, inaccuracies, and compliance gaps. This ensures every decision your team makes is based on trustworthy, complete information.
Tier I Supplier Spend Database
A centralized, structured view of your Tier I suppliers—what you spend, with whom, in which categories, and across business units.
Tier I Reporting (Fundamentals & Executive Level)
From operational reporting to executive‑level dashboards, gain measurable insight into spend patterns, sourcing trends, and opportunities for intervention or optimization.
Tier N Mapping (Sub Tier Visibility)
Illuminate your extended supplier network—mapping Tier II, III, and beyond to expose risk concentration, critical dependencies, geographic exposure, and diversity pathways across your supply chain.
Outcomes of Establishing the Baseline
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- Comprehensive supplier visibility across systems, categories, and tiers
- Early identification of operational, geographic, and compliance risks
- Clear insight into supplier performance, capability, and diversity attributes
- Understanding of gaps and opportunities to strengthen your supply chain
- A trusted data foundation for all downstream programs (Pipeline & Impact)
Why the Baseline Matters
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A strong supply chain begins with strong data.
Without a consistent, validated baseline, organizations are forced to make decisions with partial visibility, outdated information, or inaccurate assumptions.
Without a validated baseline, organizations risk unintentionally excluding viable suppliers, limiting competition and weakening resilience.
Establishing the Baseline ensures:
- Better sourcing decisions
- Stronger continuity planning
- Faster risk detection
- More accurate reporting
- More strategic supplier development
- Better alignment between procurement and operations
Your baseline delivers raw truth, clarity, and unified data—the essential ingredients for a modern, resilient supply chain.
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