A single blind spot beyond Tier 1 can create consequences that reach far beyond compliance. For large enterprises, hidden suppliers, unknown facilities, undocumented material origins, and unverified claims can lead to delayed shipments, customer challenges, sourcing disruptions, reputational damage, margin pressure, and, in the most severe cases, business impacts that scale into the millions or billions.
The challenge is that many organizations are still making risk decisions based on supplier records that were never designed to show the full supply chain. ERP systems may identify the vendor being paid, but not the factory producing the goods, the upstream processor, the raw material source, or the country where the real exposure exists. This can create a false sense of confidence, with companies believing most suppliers are low risk while the most material risks remain hidden several tiers upstream.
Join IntegrityNext and Intertek to learn how leading organizations are moving from incomplete supplier lists to verified supply chain intelligence. Sam Trammel from IntegrityNext will show how Tier-N visibility helps map suppliers, materials, sites, geographies, and risk exposure across the supply chain. Jenna Pires from Intertek will explain how traceability assurance, chain-of-custody audits, and targeted verification help validate the evidence behind the map. Together, they will share a practical model for identifying hidden risks, verifying what matters, and building a more resilient, defensible, and disruption-ready supply chain.
What you’ll learn:
- Why Tier 1 visibility is no longer enough for enterprise risk management
- How hidden upstream suppliers and facilities can distort risk assessments
- How to identify priority supply chains, materials, and regions for review
- How traceability assurance validates supplier data, claims, and chain of custody
- How technology and assurance work together to reduce blind spots and support confident action
Register now to learn how to map, verify, and reduce hidden supply chain risk before it becomes costly business disruption.