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I’ve used D&B Risk Analytics for several years to monitor the suppliers in my portfolio (and find it very helpful), and the alerts are clear indicators of elevated risk. However, I’m struggling to get timely attention and concrete follow‑up from my broader supply‑chain team.

What I need help with

  • Best‑practice guidance for selecting and tagging suppliers
    I’m comfortable using the tag feature technically; the challenge is deciding which suppliers to tag so the alerts resonate with the people who actually need to act.
    • How to identify the “high‑interest” subset of vendors for each stakeholder group?
    • How to balance coverage (e.g., all vendors from the past year) with relevance to avoid alert fatigue?

  • Templates or sample reports that turn raw alerts into actionable recommendations and drive early mitigation.

Any tips, examples, or resources would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

​@Christopher Davis 

Hi Christopher, what I have noted in my custom training sessions across a large number of accounts were that they segment Tags by Category, Commodity, Taxonomy. Some, however, keep it really simple and create tags based on $$$ spend, so a tag for $100K+ Vendors as an example. 

For Alert Fatigue, you can create specific Alert Policies for specific Tags and only select what is relevant. I I would recommend watching the Composite Risk Scorecard and setting a value at Below 41, that captures companies that are mod/high risk on up.  Our Implementation Team had created this Alert workflow document that may help: Best Practices for Alert Handling (D&B Risk Analytics Supplier Intelligence) | Community    We have a Tag 30 min Power Up session next week under Live Training. Please feel free to drop in and we can cover questions and also in the Open Office Hours session. 

​@Christopher Davis 

Hi Christopher,

You may also want to look at using Comments to send your team members notifications when risk changes occur with your suppliers. You can also add documents that may help support you concerns.

 

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