The Procurement Signal

From operational resilience to modern slavery acts and from Scope 3 emissions to global cybersecurity standards, regulatory pressure on supply chains is hitting an all-time high. But here is the secret: while regulatory targets vary—whether focusing on financial continuity, human rights, or cyber risk—they all demand the exact same operational machinery from Procurement.In this episode of The Procurement Signal, we lay out the Universal Third-Party Framework—a consolidated, 6-pillar operational blueprint that procurement must execute to build a compliant, audit-ready, and resilient supply chain.Enjoying the show?Don't forget to Subscribe to The Procurement Signal on YouTube and your favorite podcast platform, and share this episode with your procurement, risk, and legal colleagues!

A lot of detail was covered in Episode #33 on Supply Chain Visibility Technology. So, I put together a simple resource to help listeners make sense of it. It is a free download from procurementsignal.com. In this episode I walk you through this file and how to make the best use of it.

How do you map Tier 2, Tier 3, and sub-tier suppliers when your Tier 1s refuse to share data? In this episode of The Procurement Signal, we dive deep into the technology powering modern Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) and Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM). Learn about the 5 technology categories running the SC visibility tech industry.

Keeping tabs on your Tier 1 suppliers is procurement 101—everyone does it. But what happens when labor violations, material shortages, or factory disruptions hit three or four levels further upstream? In this episode of The Procurement Signal, we decode the black box of sub-tier supply chain transparency. We explore why relying solely on direct vendor relationships leaves your business exposed, why traditional vendor questionnaires are dead in the water, and four modern strategies you can use to map deep-tier risk without alienating your suppliers.

Supplier scorecards can be tricky, over engineered and tedious to put together. Often, we repeat the same mistakes over and over again that makes this output really hard to achieve. So, in this video, I'm giving you 6 facts about a good Supplier Scorecard.