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Description

Supplier Risk: Mapping, Assessment and Contingency Planning

Anticipate a supplier failure instead of discovering it on the day supply stops

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • All levels
  • Up to 6 participants

A supplier entering insolvency, a plant at a standstill, a subcontractor losing its approval: a supply breakdown is paid for immediately in production output and reputation. Yet the warning signs were often there beforehand, scattered across late deliveries, changes of contact person and publicly available information.

Two days to organise your monitoring: map critical suppliers, combine financial, industrial and compliance risks, build an assessment grid that holds up over time and prepare fallback solutions. The programme suits both a buyer starting out and a manager seeking to structure an existing approach.

Learning objectives

  • Map suppliers according to how critical they are to the business
  • Identify the risk families attached to each supplier
  • Make use of the signals available before a failure occurs
  • Build an assessment grid and review rhythm that are sustainable
  • Prepare fallback solutions for critical purchase categories

What makes this programme different

The mapping is built on the participant's actual supplier portfolio
Weak signals are explored through real situations brought by the group
A continuity plan is drafted for a critical purchase identified during the session

Programme

1Mapping Criticality

Not all suppliers carry the same weight

  • Combine spend weight with difficulty of substitution
  • Identify sole-source suppliers and hidden dependencies
  • Identify subcontractors located upstream of the direct supplier
  • Classify the portfolio into monitoring levels

2The Risk Families

Financial, industrial and compliance

  • Read the financial signals available on a supplier
  • Assess industrial capacity and dependence on the customer
  • Evaluate compliance and reputational risks
  • Take account of the geographic concentration of sources

3Assessing and Monitoring Over Time

A grid that stays alive

  • Build a weighted and shared assessment grid
  • Set the review frequency according to criticality
  • Organise feedback from production and quality teams
  • Formalise improvement plans with the supplier

4Preparing for Failure

What you do on the day it happens

  • Identify purchases requiring a fallback solution
  • Qualify an alternative supplier before the need arises
  • Secure drawings, tooling and safety stock
  • Organise the crisis team and internal communication

Who is it for

Buyers and supply planners, along with quality or supply chain managers responsible for supplier monitoring and evaluation.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.