The moment your company starts using more than one vendor, you begin to make a realization: Managing them, their needs, and your relationships takes serious coordination. At first, you may try using ...

A vendor management program that is grounded in the contractual agreement negotiated between an outsourcing provider and buyer is undoubtedly an enabler of a successful outsourcing solution. The ...

As the entire industry is facing the shift to a more formalized reporting system for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs, the most important components of the programs can no longer ...

There are signs that inflation is starting to rise in the U.S. economy. With the Covid-19 pandemic starting to fade, the demand for goods and services is rising quickly. There is also the issue of ...

Law firms providing mortgage servicer clients default-related legal services are vendors, and financial services companies need to treat them as such. Not only that, law firms often interact directly ...

Many articles and conference presentations focus on how to choose IT vendors, what to include in contracts and the need for oversight of these vendors after the contract is signed. Because of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Annie is the founder of Lips, an inclusive creative sharing platform. Technology, and especially artificial intelligence (AI), is ...

Startup launches VRM Agent, the first in a line of planned AI agents to automate governance, risk and compliance tasks. Risk and compliance startup Drata today debuted its AI Agent for Vendor Risk ...

The General Services Administration could soon start requiring on-site assessments of certain federal contractors under a new program to scrutinize risks to the supply chain. Tucked into the draft of ...