Supply Chain Risk & Resilience Auditing

Service summary

An assessment of the organisation’s existing arrangements for recognising and managing supply chain disruption risks. The review examines critical dependencies, supplier concentration and the evidence supporting established resilience measures.

The service gives management an independent view of preparedness and unresolved vulnerabilities. It does not design continuity solutions or guarantee that supply can be maintained through every disruption scenario.

Key objectives

• Assess visibility of critical dependencies
• Evaluate existing resilience controls
• Examine disruption preparedness evidence
• Identify unsupported continuity assumptions

Methodology

Dependency information and selected disruption scenarios are used to test the completeness and implementation of existing supply resilience arrangements.

• Agree critical products, supply tiers, scenarios and review boundaries.
• Review dependency maps, risk assessments and disruption histories.
• Select vulnerable materials, suppliers or transport routes for examination.
• Assess existing alternative sourcing and contingency evidence.
• Interview procurement, operations and continuity owners about response interfaces.
• Test consistency between assumptions, available resources and exercise records.
• Report vulnerabilities, control evidence and limitations of the assessment.

Key outcomes

References: [G04]

• Supply resilience assessment
• Critical dependency findings
• Preparedness evidence gaps
• Management-level risk oversight information