New Product Alert – Introducing Industry Benchmarking and Risk Trends

December 12, 2024

Point-in-time supply chain risk assessments paint an incomplete picture.  

Organizations need more than isolated snapshots-they need historical context, industry benchmarks, and the ability to spot emerging patterns before they become critical issues. 

Today, interos.ai is proud to announce two new solutions, Industry Benchmarking and Risk Trends, designed to provide the context you need to not just react but lead in your due diligence and risk management.   

These innovations transform how you will analyze, assess, monitor, and mitigate supply chain risks by providing the crucial context needed for strategic decision-making.  

Together, they represent the first industry-wide solution that delivers advanced insights tailored to your supply chain’s unique story because making the right decisions requires more than just data. It requires seeing the story behind it. 

The Power of Context in Risk Management 

Traditional risk assessment methods leave critical questions unanswered. The truth is data without context leads to more questions than answers.  

You might know a supplier’s risk score dropped last quarter, but what does that mean compared to others in your industry? Did all suppliers drop, or did you do (or do business with) something risky? Did you let in a trojan horse?   

A supplier might be flagged for financial instability: 

  • But how critical is their risk compared to the market at large?  
  • Should you find an alternative supplier?  
  • Or is it a contained risk and you should prioritize your attention on higher risk suppliers?  

A supplier’s ‘high risk’ status alone doesn’t tell you if they’re underperforming compared to industry peers or simply operating within expected parameters for their sector.  

Without proper context, organizations struggle to prioritize their response and allocate resources effectively.  

This inability to properly prioritize and allocate resources can lead to costly overreactions to routine industry fluctuations while truly critical vulnerabilities go unaddressed, potentially resulting in severe supply chain disruptions, compliance violations, and lasting damage to stakeholder confidence. 

Without context, you’re stuck reacting to noise instead of solving real problems. 

Industry Benchmarking and Risk Trends: Turn Risk into your Competitive Advantage  

Our new solutions don’t just provide data they provide the context needed to make strategic decisions, differentiate between routine fluctuations and emerging threats, and demonstrate supply chain resilience to stakeholders with confidence. 

By leveraging our proprietary AI, Industry Benchmarking and Risk Trends offer insights that help you understand where you stand, what’s shifting, and where to act. 

Industry Benchmarking: Built on our revolutionary Industry Categories system – an AI-powered classification that simplifies NAICS and SIC codes into plain-language and intuitive categories – Industry Benchmarking delivers unprecedented comparative insights: 

  • Compare your supplier risks scores against industry peers across Cyber, ESG, and Finance dimensions 
  • Focus on the biggest risks, save time and resources by identifying which suppliers need attention first 
  • Hold suppliers accountable and drive meaningful improvements: 
  • highlight where suppliers are lagging  
  • provide insights for negotiations 
  • Demonstrate supply chain resilience to stakeholders with concrete evidence of performance compared against your industry 

Industsry Benchmarking

Risk Trends: See what’s changing. Risk Trends provides the historical context needed to understand how risks evolve over time. 

  • Uncover patterns and predict vulnerabilities with 12 months of historical data on Cyber, Catastrophic, and ESG risks 
  • Pinpoint critical risks faster with daily, monthly or quarterly trends with customizable time frames and the ability to spot critical patterns with 90-day comparative analytics 
  • Act with confidence with real-time insights ensuring you are not just reacting to disruptions but anticipating them 

AI-Driven Insights: Both solutions use our proprietary AI models to deliver clarity at scale, analyzing over 230 million global entities and 11+ billion supplier relationships we process more than 125 billion data points monthly to uncover patterns and benchmarks that were previously impossible to access.  

This vast coverage provides forward looking analysis to stay ahead of complex supply chain disruptions. 

Together, these solutions address critical challenges that have long plagued procurement and supply chain risk management teams: 

  • Early Warning Detection: Previously, gradual risk increases could go unnoticed until they reached critical levels. Now, Risk Trends helps you identify concerning patterns months before they escalate into crises. 
  • Strategic Resource Allocation: Instead of reacting to every risk spike, you can now differentiate between temporary anomalies and systemic issues, industry norms and suppliers below industry standards – ensuring resources are directed where they matter most. 
  • Stakeholder Confidence: When board members or regulators request risk analyses, you no longer need weeks to compile manual reports. Both solutions provide instant, comprehensive insights that demonstrate your proactive approach to risk management. 

Real-World Impact: Transforming Risk Management Through Intelligence 

Consider these scenarios where Industry Benchmarking and Risk Trends makes all the difference: 

  • A procurement manager spots a steady twelve-month decline in a supplier’s compliance scores, enabling preventive action before regulatory issues arise 
  • A risk analyst identifies an emerging pattern of cyber vulnerabilities across specific industry segments, allowing for targeted intervention 
  • A supply chain director uses benchmark data to optimize risk mitigation investments across their supplier portfolio 

With this foundation, interos.ai is helping supply chain leaders move from reactive crisis management to proactive, strategic decision-making. 

  • You can pinpoint how your supply chain risk stacks up against the industry standards in seconds 
  • You will spot vulnerabilities in ESG compliance months before they impact your brand reputation 
  • You have the confidence to brief your leadership team with insights grounded in data and context 

That’s the world we’re building with Industry Benchmarking and Risk Trends. 

The Next Evolution in Supply Chain Risk Management 

At interos.ai, we believe the future of supply chain management lies in clarity and understanding.  

Effective risk management requires both breadth and depth of insight. Industry Benchmarking and Risk Trends deliver this by combining comprehensive historical analysis with precise industry comparisons. 

Industry Benchmarking and Risk Trends are more than tools — they’re the cutting-edge foundation to remove risk from your supply chain, at scale 

By delivering the context behind your data, these solutions help you uncover vulnerabilities, anticipate challenges, and stay ahead in an increasingly complex world. 

Are You Ready to Turn Risk Into Your Competitive Advantage?  

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