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Pricing Model

Subscription, Usage-based, Gainshare

Commercial Flexibility

Performance-based Pricing, Gainshare on Savings, Multi-year Contracts with Annual Expansion, Custom Scoping

Gainshare / Outcome Pricing

Risk Mitigation Outcomes, Compliance Improvement, Supplier Consolidation Savings

Delivery Model

SaaS Platform, Professional Services, Managed Services

Pricing Model

Subscription-based, annual commitments with per-supplier or per-audit fees

Commercial Flexibility

Volume-based Discounts, Multi-year Agreements, Custom Scoping, Gainshare Arrangements

Gainshare / Outcome Pricing

Audit savings, Compliance risk reduction, Sustainability improvement benchmarking

Delivery Model

Hybrid, On-Site, Remote

Typical Integration Time

4–12 weeks for basic platform setup and data onboarding; 3–6 months for full P2P integration and workflow automation; 6–12 months for comprehensive supplier segmentation, managed services deployment, and change management.

Middleware Experience

API integrations, EDI, Cloud platforms

Certified Partnerships

Accenture, Deloitte, EY, KPMG

Proprietary Accelerators

true

Typical Integration Time

1-3 months for platform setup and initial supplier onboarding

Middleware Experience

API integrations, EDI, Web services, Data syndication platforms

Certified Partnerships

Ecovadis, Responsible Minerals Initiative, amfori

Proprietary Accelerators

true

AI-Driven Risk Monitoring

D&B leverages machine-learning models trained on 400+ years of credit and corporate data to identify emerging financial and operational risks in supplier populations; these models detect anomalies in payment behavior, regulatory filings, and market conditions faster than rule-based systems, enabling proactive early warning before supplier failure.

ESG & Sustainability Intelligence

D&B integrates proprietary ESG research (carbon emissions, labor practices, board diversity) with third-party sustainability certifications and public filings; the service includes a carbon tracking module that maps supplier emissions to procurement spend categories, helping clients meet Scope 3 reporting obligations without relying on manual supplier surveys alone.

Real-Time Risk Alerts

The platform monitors news flow, regulatory databases, financial filings, and sanctions lists 24/7, triggering automated alerts when suppliers are sanctioned, face restructuring, or experience management changes; alert severity is contextual, based on spend exposure and strategic importance of each supplier.

Supplier Audit Management

D&B offers managed audit services — both desk-based compliance audits and on-site assessments — coordinated with their risk intelligence; audit findings are integrated into supplier scorecards, creating a feedback loop that informs ongoing risk assessments and supplier remediation plans.

Regulatory Coverage

D&B maintains expertise across OFAC, EU sanctions, FCPA, UKBA, ITAR, EAR, HIPAA, and industry-specific regimes (financial services risk management, pharmaceutical GDP); regulatory updates are pushed automatically, and the service includes guidance on emerging regulations (e.g., critical mineral sourcing, anti-forced-labor rules).

Advanced Analytics & Dashboards

D&B Risk Management Solutions includes executive dashboards showing supplier risk heat maps, spend-at-risk metrics, regulatory breach trends, and ESG compliance rates; dashboards are customizable and exportable, and integrate with Tableau and Power BI for deeper analytics within clients' own BI environments.

Global Supplier Network Insights

D&B's proprietary ownership and corporate family databases reveal hidden supplier relationships, ownership concentration risks, and downstream supply-chain exposures; this visibility helps procurement teams identify single-points-of-failure and geopolitical or financial contagion risks that would be invisible in a simple supplier list.

AI-Driven Risk Monitoring

Sedex integrates machine-learning models to flag emerging labor, environmental, and geopolitical risks in near real-time, surfacing changes in supplier news, sanctions status, and facility compliance trends between formal audits—a capability that supplements traditional periodic auditing.

ESG & Sustainability Intelligence

The platform combines SMETA labor-rights audit data with environmental intelligence (carbon, water, chemical use) and social governance metrics, providing a unified ESG scorecard that aligns with CSRD and corporate sustainability reporting requirements.

Real-Time Risk Alerts

Buyers receive notifications of sanctions hits, labor disputes, facility shutdowns, geopolitical exposures, and compliance deadline approaching, enabling rapid response and supplier communication without waiting for scheduled audits.

Supplier Audit Management

SMETA audit standard is one of the most widely-recognized and trusted frameworks globally; Sedex manages auditor assignment, scheduling, reporting, and document storage, reducing administrative overhead and ensuring consistency.

Regulatory Coverage

Sedex tracks and updates audit protocols to reflect new legislation (CSRD, CSDDD, modern slavery amendments, industry-specific labor laws), and customers receive guidance on regulatory alignment without buying separate compliance-change services.

Advanced Analytics & Dashboards

Dashboard visualizations include risk heatmaps, compliance-gap tracking, supplier scorecards, remediation-pipeline analytics, and benchmarking against industry peers—helping teams prioritize investment and communicate risk to board/stakeholder audiences.

Global Supplier Network Insights

Sedex's largest-in-class shared audit database and benchmarking community provide visibility into supplier performance trends, emerging risk geographies, and industry best practices—insights not available to individual buyers using point solutions.

Revenue Band

$2B–$3B

Case Studies

3 engagements

Estimated Procurement Clients

70–100 large enterprise active engagements globally, with broad adoption across financial services, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing.

Years in Procurement Services

80+ years (Dun & Bradstreet founded 1841; third-party risk and supplier intelligence services launched mid-2010s, now core to D&B's enterprise value proposition).

Active Engagements

70+ large enterprises globally including Fortune 500 companies in financial services, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing.

Revenue Band

$50M–$150M

Case Studies

2 engagements

Estimated Procurement Clients

600+

Years in Procurement Services

25+

Active Engagements

600+