AI agent for supply chain managers
Supplier Concentration Risk Agent
A map of single-source risk with the largest exposures reduced.
What it does
A single supplier failure can stop output, and many businesses have not mapped which parts rely on one source. This agent reads purchasing data, groups spend by supplier and part, flags single-source items, checks alternates in the approved list and estimates the impact of a loss. It rechecks after sourcing changes. It decides by the share of spend and the lack of an approved alternate. The manager approves outreach to new suppliers. After sourcing changes, it reruns the map to confirm the exposure fell and nothing new became single-source. It never contacts a supplier on its own. Edge case: a part has two suppliers but both buy from the same factory, so the agent flags a hidden single source.
How it works
Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.
Read the steps as a list
- Quarterly review
- Read purchasing data and group spend by supplier and part
- Flag items with one supplier or over 80% share
- Check the approved list for alternates
- Estimate the impact of a loss in revenue and weeks
- Rank exposures
- Manager approves outreach to new suppliersThe agent waits here for your OK.
- Recheck after sourcing changes
- Does each high-impact part now have an alternate?If not: redraft the outreach list for the remaining parts. Back to step 3.
- Supplier risk map
How it decides
It flags a part as single-source when one supplier provides over 80% and no approved alternate exists. It estimates impact by revenue and lead time.
- Flag over 80% share from one supplier
- Check shared upstream sources
- Rank by revenue at risk and lead time
- Do not count an unapproved alternate
Make it yours
Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.
- Share threshold (default 80%)
- Impact ranking
- Parts in scope
- Review frequency
- Outreach template
What keeps you in control
It always asks you first
- Manager approves outreach to new suppliers
Hard limits
- Never contact a supplier
- Never change an approved list
It stops when
- Done: high-impact parts have alternates
- Stop: no alternate exists in the market
Set it up
We guide you through the set-up, step by step
Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.
- One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
- The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
- A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide