Supplier Engagement
Our supplier engagement platform is a central secure repository specifically designed for data that constantly evolves. Invite new suppliers at any tier, request information, or set up a data collection campaign - all within minutes.
When Emailing Spreadsheets Won't Work
Extended supply chains are big, they change often, and the data you need keeps evolving. Rather than try and keep up, let Sourcemap's Supplier Engagement platform handle the work. It's a central secure repository where you can invite any supplier, any tier, to respond to and request for information, analyze and report on the results automatically.
Intuitive Supplier Surveys
Set up a data collection campaign, assign a survey template, and dispatch it to a group of suppliers, all from the platform, all within minutes. The key is a flexible, scalable supplier database in which each vendor can manage their own users - all mapped against the Sourcemap graph database that keeps track of who supplies who, with what.
Supply Chain Data Analytics
Use our automated big data analytics to monitor the progress of suppliers against internal goals, or let us configure automated workflows that take the process one step further - it's all available and quick to set up thanks to our dedicated product management team.
Reporting and Business Intelligence
See the results of standard reporting campaigns instantly (Code of Conduct, Conflict Minerals, Social Compliance, etc.) Configure your own business intelligence dashboards based on ad-hoc surveys. Share the results by inviting your colleagues online or downloading them to presentations.
Enjoy World-Class Support
Our customers love us, and the reason is simple: Sourcemap's supply chain specialists will be there every step of the way to train you, suggest advanced strategies, and make the best of your supply chain discovery. Get started within 24 hours of requesting a demo.
FAQs
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People have been mapping supply chains as long as they’ve been making maps. But traditional maps only provide a summary view - they don't show how supply chains change in real time. Modern supply chain mapping is the process of engaging across companies and suppliers to document the exact source of every material, every process and every shipment involved in bringing goods to market. Accurate supply chain mapping only became possible with the rise of online maps and the social web. The first online supply chain mapping platform was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2008 (the underlying open source technology is the basis for Sourcemap). Read More
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The concept of supply chain transparency was virtually unknown 15 years ago, yet today it commands the attention of mid- and senior-level managers across a broad spectrum of companies and industries.
The reasons for this increased interest are clear: Companies are under pressure from governments, consumers, NGOs, and other stakeholders to divulge more information about their supply chains, and the reputational cost of failing to meet these demands can be high. For example, food companies are facing more demand for supply-chain-related information about ingredients, food fraud, animal welfare, and child labor. Less clear, however, is how to define transparency in a supply chain context and the extent to which companies should pursue it: an MIT study that mapped definitions of supply chain transparency related to labor practices in the apparel industry found vastly different definitions across organizations.
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Companies are under increased pressure from governments and regulators to ensure that their products are compliant with human rights and environmental standards. The only way for companies to ensure their supply chains are "clean" is by mapping their supply chains down the raw materials using auditable, verifiable data.
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Downstream is logistics. Where are the pair of sneakers that I ordered, and when will they arrive from the warehouse to the store? Sourcemap is not a logistics solution provider.
Sourcemap maps the end to end upstream supply chain. Where was the leather sourced that was used to make that pair of sneakers, and how many suppliers did that pair of sneakers have to go through as it was being made?