E-commerce · Cross Border
Supplier-country concentration
Published · Reviewed by The Diligence Standard Team · Updated
Several suppliers may share one country, port, material or manufacturing cluster.
Records to reconcile
- Supplier and factory map
- Spend and SKU dependence
- Alternate-source readiness
Warning signal
Apparent supplier diversity masks common geographic dependence.
Transaction impact
Disruption can impair a large share of contribution simultaneously.
Response
Measure correlated concentration and test qualified alternatives.