Supply Chain Risk Mapping & Mitigation

Supply Chain Risk Mapping & Mitigation for Identifying and Addressing Vulnerabilities

Identify weak links in your supply chain and prepare for potential issues so you can respond quickly and keep things running without major delays or disruptions.

QIMA’s supply chain risk mapping and mitigation services give you clear visibility into your supply network, helping you identify potential vulnerabilities and implement proactive strategies to reduce risk. Whether you're aiming to enhance resilience, ensure ESG compliance, or protect brand reputation, we help you build a transparent and adaptable supply chain that meets stakeholder expectations and drives long-term success.

Benefits of Supply Chain Risk Mapping

Supply chain risk mapping is the process of identifying and assessing potential risks in your supply chain. This includes evaluating risks related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, such as human rights violations, ecological disasters, and reputational damage.

Supply chain risk mapping brings you:

• Enhanced Visibility: Gain a clear, end-to-end view of your entire supply chain — including lower-tier suppliers — to spot vulnerabilities early.

• Proactive Risk Identification: Detect potential disruptions (e.g., geopolitical, environmental, or operational) before they impact your business.

• Improved Risk Mitigation: Develop targeted strategies to reduce risk, such as diversifying suppliers or building contingency plans.

• Informed Decision-Making: Leverage risk insights to make smarter choices around sourcing, logistics, and supplier partnerships.

• Regulatory and ESG Compliance: Meet due diligence requirements and support your sustainability goals by addressing environmental, social, and governance risks.

• Increased Supply Chain Resilience: Prepare for and adapt to disruptions more effectively, minimizing downtime and financial losses.

• Stronger Supplier Relationships: Collaborate more closely with suppliers to improve transparency, accountability, and overall performance.

• Competitive Advantage: Build a supply chain that’s not only stable and compliant, but also agile and aligned with market expectations.

Taking Action: What Is Risk Mitigation?

QIMA's risk mitigation services provide strategies and actions that reduce the likelihood and impact of disruptions in your supply chain. We help you identify potential risks and put plans in place to avoid, reduce, or respond to them quickly. It’s like having a backup plan so your business doesn’t come to a halt if something goes wrong — like a supplier delay, a natural disaster, or a regulatory change.

Supply chain risk mapping and mitigation strategies are crucial aspects of managing ESG risks and ensuring long-term supply chain sustainability.

QIMA Solutions

Our ESG solutions are designed to help businesses across all industries manage environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks in their supply chains. Here’s how we can help:

QIMA Risk Radar: Our platform consolidates internal and external risk factors to give you a comprehensive view of supply chain risks. Our dashboards feature ESG risk indicators like CO2 emissions, child labor, and the SDG index. Additionally, our solution offers early warnings of potential disruptions, such as geopolitical tensions or climate disasters, helping you stay ahead.

Onsite Supplier Audits: We offer a range of supplier audits, including environmental audits, ethical audits, structural audits, chemical audits, traceability audits, technical audits, and living wage audits. Our trained auditing teams are available globally to perform on-site assessments and interviews, helping suppliers address non-conformities for continuous improvement.

Worker Voice Programs: Our worker voice programs offer direct insights from the production floor, enabling you to gain a comprehensive understanding of your supplier’s work environment. By integrating worker voice surveys, you can get an additional layer of reporting and objectivity. Additionally, implementing worker hotlines and proactive callback services creates a direct channel for workers to share complaints directly with auditors and end buyers.

Environmental Due Diligence & Audits: We provide a thorough assessment of your suppliers' environmental performance and practices. Our experienced auditors conduct on-site audits to evaluate key factors, including waste management, energy consumption, emissions control, and compliance with environmental regulations.

Tracking and Calculating a Product's Carbon Footprint: Our QIMA Estimate Carbon Calculator helps you identify high-intensity carbon-emitting products in your supply chain, enabling you to calculate, analyze, prioritize, verify, and reduce your product's carbon footprint.

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