Supply Chain Compliance Assessment
Monitoring supply chain compliance requires skills and experience
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires organizations to monitor their third parties' compliance with their legal and contractual obligations. The EDPB (European Data Protection Board) has made it clear that it is not enough to impose contractual obligations on third parties – organisations must also document how they ensure compliance.
DQM GRC can run your audit programme to give you confidence that risks arising through your supply chain have been identified and minimised. We can design an audit program around your risks and controls and seek answers from your suppliers and processors about their practices. You will receive a report that identifies areas of good practice and highlights deficiencies, with recommendations for addressing or mitigating them.
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How does this service work?
DQM GRC consultants are experienced in working with third parties to minimize supply chain compliance issues and risks. Here are some examples of supply chain audit services we provide:
Ensure that third parties process data in accordance with contractual requirements.
Created and reviewed a risk-based approach to monitoring supply chains. This may involve stratified questionnaires, depending on the services provided.
An independent review of the third party was carried out and a report was provided with recommendations for improvement.
Our professional auditors will work with you to develop a customized audit plan to meet your needs and requirements:
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Audit Template
We will create one or more customized review templates and/or questionnaires for your approval based on your contractual terms and data sharing agreement.
This process includes establishing audit frameworks and standards to ensure our audits have appropriate sensitivity to areas of non-compliance.
2.
test review
We will conduct a test review to ensure that the review template works as expected and the report meets your requirements. The DQM GRC Review Team will liaise with the agreed test subjects and process the completed programme details. Any modifications to the standard template will be done after review.
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Audit plan
We will work with you to design an appropriate audit plan and schedule. This includes defining the scope and frequency of audits (usually based on the level of risk associated with third parties).
Annual audits of high-risk organizations in the supply chain are generally recommended. In some cases, multiple reviews may be required - for example, at the end of a contract, after a cyber incident, or to ensure remedial action has been completed following a previous review.
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audit
We will conduct the review according to the agreed plan. In our experience, scheduling is more efficient when done by the DQM GRC team. Contact information for the identified audit objectives will be provided during the planning phase of the program. The team will then work with the agreed contacts to schedule the audit within the agreed time frame and gather any necessary pre-audit information.
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Periodic review
We will work with you to monitor the ongoing effectiveness of the audit. The frequency of this review cycle will be agreed in advance, but will also be triggered by changes to contracts or data sharing agreements or known breaches and incidents, and will occur at least annually.
Supply Chain Audit Process
Your auditor usually takes two days to complete the audit. This will involve a combination of interviews with key figures, document reviews and sample checks.
Our goal is to provide you with a written report within ten business days of the review.
For lower risk contracts, you may prefer to send a questionnaire, which the third party can complete on their own and return to us for review.
We generally allow third parties to complete and return questionnaires within three weeks. We aim to provide you with a written supply chain audit report within ten working days of receipt of the completed questionnaire.
If you prefer, our consultants can work with your auditees to help them resolve non-compliance issues. We maintain strict independence between our audit and advisory teams.
Service benefits
Assure stakeholders and customers that your supply chain complies with their contractual and legal obligations.
Get value for money from your suppliers by making sure you get what you pay for.
Let's deal with the difficulties associated with supplier contracts.
Use the expertise of the DQM GRC audit team to conduct audits and provide an independent, risk-based view of the organizations you work with.
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