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SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING: HOW TO GET STARTED

Supply chain mapping is an essential part of responsible sourcing. Learn what
supply chain mapping is and how to get started with our helpful overview.





WHAT IS SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING?

Mapping your supply chain means gathering information about your suppliers,
their own suppliers, and the people who work in your supply chain to create a
global map of your supply network. This information can be held in a single data
platform for ease and to facilitate analysis.

Supply chain mapping isn’t just a one-off exercise – it’s an ongoing activity as
you get more information and as your supplier base and supply chain changes.


WHY IS SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING IMPORTANT?

Mapping the supply chain can help your business learn more about how their
products or services are produced, where, and by whom. It is the foundation for
building a risk management, due diligence, and responsible sourcing programme in
your supply chain.

The process of supply chain mapping brings numerous benefits to a business that
go far beyond simply providing visibility and meeting legal requirements.


WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING?

 * Create supply chain transparency and visibility.

Investors and consumers expect a business to know how and where their products
are made.

 * Identify and understand inherent risks within the supply chain and protect
   operations and reputation against them.

For example, some countries have higher rates of exploitative practices like
child labour and are therefore higher risk to source from. Knowing where
suppliers are located helps to understand the magnitude of these risks.

 * Make informed business decisions and prevents risks.

Using insight about their supply chains, businesses can prevent and reduce risk,
build long-term supplier partnerships, upskill, and support suppliers.

 * Take action to remediate issues and protect workers.

Having more information about suppliers and workers allows a business to
understand the human rights and environmental impacts their decisions may have
throughout their supply chain.

 * Comply with legislation.

Modern Slavery Acts and other laws require companies to demonstrate how they
address modern slavery, including within their supply chains. To do this
effectively companies must know who their suppliers are, the risk of modern
slavery, and what action is being taken to prevent and remediate it if or when
identified.

 * Supports reporting on ESG criteria and attracts investors.

Environment, social, and governance criteria (ESG) are of increasing interest to
investors seeking to understand the potential environmental and social risks of
an investment prospect. Incorporating supply chain mapping into a comprehensive
due diligence programme is key to reassuring investors that businesses
understand their supply chains and have true visibility of the risks within
them.





HOW TO MAP YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN

There are four key steps in the supply chain mapping process.

 1. Learn where suppliers and their suppliers are located by working with
    procurement and using existing supplier lists.
 2. Integrate information on your suppliers from different sources using a
    spreadsheet or data platform. Supply chains can change rapidly; a system for
    managing supplier data will help you to keep information current and in one
    place.
 3. Conduct an initial risk assessment to help you prioritise where to focus
    next.
 4. Use several tools to research your suppliers. Collect information about what
    is happening at supplier worksites, and research the inherent risks
    associated with the countries and sectors they operate within.

Continue this process as your supply chain grows – the more information you
have, the more insight you’ll gain. Once you have a good idea of your top tier
sites, start looking at the sites that supply to them, i.e. their suppliers. If
you use several wholesale agents, you may want to start this earlier in your
supply chain mapping process.

Tips for getting started

 * Identify who will be responsible for pulling together information about
   suppliers and capture what you already know in a single place. Speak to
   stakeholders across your business and various departments, look at suppliers’
   invoices, and check the addresses on their websites.
 * Use tools like the Sedex Self-Assessment Questionnaire(SAQ) for
   suppliers, SMETA audits and pre-screening risk tools as part of this process.


GET HELP WITH MAPPING YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN

At Sedex, we can help your business get started with supply chain mapping,
offering support through our tools and data platform.

Sedex can help you gather information on suppliers
This includes where they are located, the activities occurring at different
sites, and the people they employ. We offer tools such as our self-assessment
questionnaire for capturing data about suppliers’ and businesses’ own sites.

Sedex can facilitate supplier engagement and onboarding
The Sedex platform holds all this information in one place to build an
interactive map with reporting. Sedex supplier members can share the data with
multiple customers to avoid duplication of effort.

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