Newsletter

This month, Executive Chairman James H. Gellert uncovers the best kept secrets to building a strong supply chain: Integrating financial health intelligence into the downselect process to gain critical insights into the financial condition and operational capacity of potential suppliers Using robust financial health analytics to unlock and nurture innovative strategies for constructing and maintaining a healthy, resilient supply chain

In this short and snappy edition we look at some relevant headlines and revisit a major supply chain event from the recent past. Enjoy!

This issues key takeaways: 81% of supply chain and procurement professionals had their business impacted by supplier disruption in the past two years—before tariffs. 62% of respondents reported high or very high levels of risk in their supply chains in 2024.30% of supply chain disruptions cost over $5 million.

This issue's key takeaways: Tariffs could cause a 111% increase in private companies classified as high or very-high risk. High and very-high risk public companies could jump by 57%. The Financial Health Ratings of public and private companies could decline by as much 7.4 and 15.7 points, respectively