Supply Chain Vendor Screening and Due Diligence Services

Companies increasingly struggle with third-party risk in the post-COVID-19 environment. The pandemic has exacerbated existing challenges such as ongoing trade disputes, supply chain reconfigurations, and growing regulatory focus on the integrity, security and sustainability of supply chains worldwide. These challenges further expose a firm to regulatory and reputational risk from its supply chain partners.

Identifying, assessing, mitigating and monitoring third-party risk in modern supply chains is critical to preventing a costly disruption. Kroll provides clients with a tailored, end-to-end vendor screening and due diligence solution specifically designed to mitigate exposure to regulatory and reputational risks stemming from partners across the entire supply chain network.

Our Approach

Kroll’s end-to-end vendor screening and due diligence solutions are tailored to your specific supply chain concerns. We offer a cost-effective, high-quality and programmatic approach to assessing potential third-party regulatory and reputational risks, which includes:

Developing a unique risk-based approach to efficiently direct compliance resources
Providing a comprehensive and scalable set of third-party due diligence options
Leveraging technology to improve efficiency and speed of existing due diligence programs
Advising clients on vendor screening and third-party due diligence best practices
Addressing emerging compliance concerns, such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) and data privacy issues
Leveraging our global presence to support global supply chains

Kroll’s End-to-End Vendor Screening and Due Diligence Solution

Supply Chain Vendor Screening and Due Diligence Services

Our Solution Set

At Kroll, we focus on minimizing your exposure to risk across your third-party lifecycle through a comprehensive, end-to-end solution that leverages technology and human-driven capabilities.

While our solution is tailorable to your unique needs, our screening and due diligence options can include:

Scalable suite of due diligence report scopes, from screening through investigations
Web-based platform to efficiently and consistently manage third-party risk programs
Customizable workflows to improve automation and minimize human error

Tailorable questionnaires with automated risk scoring
Continuous monitoring capabilities
Beneficial ownership research
ESG-focused due diligence
Third-party data privacy and security reviews
Third-party due diligence best practices consulting, to include questionnaire advising
Third-party risk tabletop exercises and scenario planning
Maritime due diligence/“know your vessel” research

Additional Supply Chain Risk Management Capabilities

Our firm also offers additional services to identify, assess, mitigate and monitor risk across your entire supply chain, which include:

Additional Supply Chain Risk Management Capabilities
Contract litigation and dispute support	Counter-counterfeit operations
Crisis management planning	Illicit trade investigations
Intellectual Property theft investigations and mitigation	In-depth internal and third-party investigations
Market entry and country risk assessments	Operational security services
Outsourced security director and crisis manager	Security consulting services
Sourcing assessments	Supply chain cyber risk assessments
Supply chain operations due diligence	Supply chain optimization assessments
Contract and information lifecycle management

Our Experience

Kroll has helped hundreds of clients deal with their unique third-party due diligence risks in the following industries:

Construction/infrastructure	Consumer goods
Extractives	Financial services
Life sciences	Manufacturing
Professional services	Retail/distribution
Technology/telecom/media	Transportation/tourism