1. Getting Started
Log In: You'll receive your login details via email, or your company might use Single Sign-On (SSO).
If you got an email, click the link to set your password.
Profile Settings: Update your personal details (name, position, department) and choose your preferred or contracted Alert perspective (e.g., LKSG, CSDDD, Disruption).
Collections: These are groups of suppliers. In the 'Network' tab, you can choose which supplier collections you want to follow.
My Collections: These are collections you actively follow and that are enabled to received alerts on the Targets there.
Company Collections: All other collections your company uses. You can add these to 'My Collections' if needed.
Notifications: For each collection, you can set how you receive alerts: on your 'Feed', or via 'Email' (Realtime, Daily, or Weekly summaries).
Overview: This is where all identified risks (alerts) for your suppliers are displayed.
Filtering: Use the options on the left to customize what you see (e.g., by Alert Priority, Event Group, Collection, or Timeframe).
Alerts: Each alert is a summary of a news/social media report related to a supplier.
Alert Priority: Alerts have 4 priorities (Low, Mid, High, Critical/Red Flag). Critical (Red Flag) alerts indicate the most severe risks.
Taking Action: From an alert, you can 'Create Incident' to track it in your 'Incident Watchlist' and assign it to colleagues or teams for follow-up.
Dashboards (Right Side): Quick overviews of risky suppliers, 'Top Affected' suppliers, and your 'Watchlist' actions.
Every supplier (called a 'Target') has its own page.
360° Scorecard: This shows the overall risk score for a supplier, calculated from various components.
Peer Score (30%): Initial risk based on country and industry.
Alert Score (40%): Based on active alerts for the supplier.
Self-Assessment Score (20%): Based on supplier responses to questionnaires.
External Data Score (10%): Can include data from other platforms or certificates.
Sites: View all of a supplier's locations on a map.
Assessments: Access supplier questionnaires. You can also send out new self-assessments (recommended via a collection).
Actions: View and manage actions planned for a supplier.
Suppliers (Tier-N): See identified supply chains. You can filter by Tier-1 or remove the filter to see deeper tiers (Tier-N). This uses Bill of Lading (BOL) data and Prewave Predictions.
Certificates: View or upload supplier certificates.
Data: Configure metadata for suppliers (e.g., spend volume, supplier ID).
Grievance Reports: If you're a 'Grievance Manager' role, you can see and manage anonymized reports submitted by users.
Visual Overview: See alerts and suppliers displayed geographically on a world map.
Use Cases: Identify affected areas, display country risks, and find cluster risks in your Tier-N supply chain.
Live Risk Analysis: Provides a quick overview to compare suppliers and identify risks across your supplier base.
New Risk Analysis: For Due Diligence (e.g., LkSG), this provides in-depth analysis and allows you to define measures and actions.
Risk Dashboards: Visualizes suppliers by 'Action Priority' (Critical, High, Mid, Low, No Priority) based on their Impact and 360° Score.
7. Due Diligence
Supplier Scoring: Prewave generates scores for every uploaded supplier.
Action Planner: Get a complete overview of suggested actions for your supplier portfolio based on scores and alerts.
Self-Assessments: Manage and send out questionnaires to suppliers.
Task Lists: Track all your open to-dos, including alert statements and self-assessment updates.
Notification Bell: See incoming updates from suppliers (like filled-out assessments).
Site Group: The main company (e.g., Volkswagen, connecting all its factories).
Site: A specific location or factory of a supplier.
Target: Any entity (supplier factory, mine, office, border-crossing) with a specified location.
Action Priority: A score (based on Impact and 360° Score) indicating how urgently action is needed.
Impact: Your influence on a supplier, calculated by comparing your spend volume to their revenue (Sustainability use case)
Alerts: Media reports analyzed by Prewave, with attached info tags like company, location, and event type.
Red Flag: The highest alert priority (4 red dots) for the most severe risks.
Commodity: Raw materials, agricultural products, or manufactured products that can be bought and sold.