Supply Chain Intelligence

See the supplier crisis coming.
Before the line stops.

Tensile monitors financial health, geopolitical exposure, and capacity signals across your entire supplier network — giving procurement teams weeks of warning instead of days of firefighting.

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Velken Automotive Axiom Electronics Dextera Manufacturing Nordvik Industrial ClearPath Systems
Risk Intelligence Signal

Three supplier risks in your current portfolio your ERP doesn't know about — yet

14
Suppliers with financial distress signals detected in the last 30 days
METHODOLOGY: Credit bureau feed + trade payables velocity + news sentiment scoring
3.2×
Faster lead time anomaly detection vs. manual ERP lag
BENCHMARK: Tensile flagging window vs. first late PO receipt in matched cohort
6
Single-source components with no qualified alternate in approved vendor list
EXPOSURE VALUE: $18.4M production at risk if any one supplier fails
Critical Watch List — Tensile Risk Engine · Updated 09 Mar 2026 Live sync
Supplier Risk Score Financial Health Lead Variance Status
Kyushu Electronics Co.
MICROCONTROLLERS / TSMC N7 · FUKUOKA, JP
 28 / 100 Distressed +34 days avg. Critical
TerraFlex Polymers Ltd
INJECTION RESINS · HSINCHU, TW
 41 / 100 Tightening +19 days avg. Critical
Vertex Alloys GmbH
AL BILLETS / 6061-T6 · ESSEN, DE
 62 / 100 Stable +12 days avg. Watch
Mesa Precision Parts S.A.
CNC MACHINED · MONTERREY, MX
 84 / 100 Healthy On time OK
Risk Framework

Six dimensions that predict supplier failure before it shows up in your orders

Traditional procurement monitoring watches delivery performance. By that point, the risk has already materialised. Tensile monitors the upstream conditions that cause failures — financial stress, geopolitical friction, capacity saturation — weeks before a PO slips.

01
Financial health — the signal ERP can't see
Credit bureau feeds, trade payables velocity ratios, and news sentiment scoring on every primary and sub-tier supplier. When working capital tightens, we flag it before the first delivery excuse arrives.
02
Geopolitical and trade policy exposure
Daily correlation of your supplier locations against sanctions lists, export control updates, tariff changes, and conflict proximity indices across 180 countries.
03
Capacity saturation and utilisation signals
Factory-level capacity estimates from shipping frequency data, job listing velocity, energy consumption proxies, and third-party satellite analysis. When a plant is running at 97%, your order will be late.
04
Single-source dependency quantification
Every component is mapped to all qualified suppliers. Single-source dependencies are valued by production exposure and matched against our global alternate supplier database for substitution options.
Risk Dimension Profile KYUSHU ELECTRONICS · JAN–MAR 2026
28
Overall Score
+34d
Lead Variance
100%
Single-source
Financial Health28 / 100
Geopolitical ExposureMedium
Capacity Available12%
On-Time Delivery (90d)61 / 100
Quality Compliance91 / 100
Signal History
Working capital ratio below 1.0 — credit facility reduction detected
2026-02-18 · financial signal · severity HIGH
Plant utilisation estimate 96.4% — Q1 capacity at ceiling
2026-01-31 · capacity signal · severity MED
Lead time variance alert: PO batch Q4-2025 avg +28 days realised
2026-01-14 · delivery signal · severity MED
Dependency Mapping

The components your production line can't survive without and who makes them

Single-source dependencies are the most dangerous and least visible risk in manufacturing procurement. Tensile maps every component to every qualified supplier in your approved vendor list, values the production exposure, and surfaces substitution options when health scores fall.

01
Component-level dependency mapping, not just supplier health
Most risk platforms track supplier entities. Tensile tracks which specific components within your BOM are sourced from which supplier — so you know exactly what production lines stop if a supplier fails.
02
Sub-tier visibility: your suppliers' suppliers
Many Tier 1 suppliers share the same Tier 2 raw material sources. Tensile maps sub-tier dependencies so a single raw material shortage doesn't cascade invisibly across multiple first-tier relationships.
03
Live alternate supplier matching from global AVL
When a critical component's supplier drops below threshold, Tensile immediately queries the global Approved Vendor List database — 84,000+ qualified manufacturers — for substitution candidates meeting your specs.
Component Dependency Map — BOM Layer 1 6 single-source · $18.4M exposed
32-bit Microcontroller (MCU-A4) No alternate
Kyushu Electronics Co. 100% of volume
Injection-moulded housing (PA-66) No alternate
TerraFlex Polymers 100% of volume
Aluminium billet 6061-T6 2 alternates
Vertex Alloys GmbH 65% of volume
Lorne Metals UK 35% of volume
CNC precision housing (±0.02mm) 1 alternate
Mesa Precision Parts S.A. 100% of volume
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Tensile flagged Kyushu's financial distress in November. We had qualified two alternate suppliers and transferred 40% of volume by January. The industry-wide shortage hit in March. We never stopped a line.

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Marcus Holloway
VP Supply Chain, Dextera Manufacturing
Case Study

From disruption to competitive advantage

Dextera Manufacturing's procurement team had a 312-supplier portfolio, six single-source critical components, and no visibility below their Tier 1 relationships. They joined Tensile in Q3 2025.

Four weeks after onboarding, Tensile surfaced financial distress signals in a microcontroller supplier — months before the first PO delay. The procurement team used that window to qualify two alternates and redistribute volume before the industry shortage became visible.

87 days
Warning before first delivery failure
0
Production line stoppages in 2025
$4.2M
Estimated disruption cost avoided
6 → 2
Single-source critical components reduced
Pricing

Supplier-based pricing. No alert fees, no audit surcharges.

Every tier includes full risk monitoring, geopolitical feeds, dependency mapping, and compliance exports. You pay for active suppliers, not for using the platform.

Starter
$1,200/mo
Up to 50 suppliers
Growth
$4,800/mo
50–200 suppliers
Enterprise
Custom
Unlimited suppliers
Real-time supplier risk scoring
Financial health monitoring
Alert routing (email, Slack, Teams)
Geopolitical exposure map
Single-source dependency mapping
Lead time intelligence
ERP / Coupa / SAP integration
Sub-tier (Tier 2) visibility
Bespoke risk model configuration
Dedicated procurement success lead
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The moment you see a supplier crisis coming — instead of reacting to it

Tensile gives procurement and supply chain teams the upstream intelligence their operations have always needed. Book a 30-minute demo and we'll run a live risk scan on three suppliers from your current portfolio before the call ends.

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