Vendor Risk Intelligence Platform

Score every vendor.
Defend every decision.

VendorGuard scores, assesses, and delivers a payability verdict on every vendor, before a payment is approved. Natively inside Oracle Fusion.

RISK-SCORED · WORKFLOW-DRIVEN · AUDIT-READY
01 · The challenge

Paying vendors is routine.
Knowing whether you should is not.

Most organisations manage hundreds of vendor and supplier relationships, each carrying financial, compliance, and reputational risk, managed manually today, without a structured audit trail.

NO STRUCTURED DUE DILIGENCE

Onboarding is fast. Diligence is not.

Vendor onboarding is high-volume and fast-moving. Due diligence is manual, inconsistent, and leaves no audit trail.

NO CROSS-FUNCTIONAL OWNERSHIP

Everyone touches vendor risk. Nobody owns it.

Procurement approves vendors. Finance pays them. Compliance reviews them. No single team owns the full risk picture.

NO OBJECTIVE PAYABILITY DECISION

Payment decisions rest on judgment.

The decision to pay relies on individual judgment, not a scored, evidence-backed verdict.

NO REGULATORY DEFENSIBILITY

Nothing structured to show auditors.

When auditors ask for due diligence records, there is nothing structured to show.

02 · The status quo

The same six steps, done two very different ways.

Today
With VendorGuard
Vendor onboarding
Manual, inconsistent, no standard process
Structured onboarding with risk scoring from day one
Due diligence
Ad hoc, undocumented, person-dependent
Workflow-driven assessment with mandatory gates and audit trail
Risk assessment
Informal, based on relationships and gut feel
Algorithmic initial score, refined through structured controls
Cross-team ownership
No clear owner, finance, procurement, legal in silos
Role-based steps with defined accountability at every stage
Compliance evidence
Nothing to show auditors when asked
Every action, document and decision captured and time-stamped
Payment decision
Approved informally, no documented rationale
Scored payability verdict, Payable, With Risk, or Blocked
03 · The platform

One platform. Every stage of vendor risk.

Scoring, workflows, controls and accountability are the engine, payability is one of its outputs, delivered natively inside Oracle Fusion.

1

Vendor Registry

● LIVE
2

Risk Scoring

● LIVE
3

Workflow Engine

● LIVE
4

Controls Library

● LIVE
5

Accountability

● LIVE
6

Payability Verdict

● LIVE

Audit Trail & Evidence

Every action, document and decision time-stamped.

Screening & Verification

Registration, tax, bank and sanctions checks.

Integration Layer

Reads Fusion suppliers in, writes the verdict back.

ON THE ROADMAP   Continuous Monitoring & Re-assessment  ·  Dashboards & Analytics
04 · Inside the platform

The live platform, not a mock-up.

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VendorGuard case assessment screen showing risk score, steps and controls
Every vendor assessment generates a case. The score, step progress, mandatory actions, and control statuses are visible at a glance, fully auditable.
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VendorGuard workflow templates screen showing six risk-tiered templates
Six published workflow templates, one per risk tier, Negligible to Critical. Each template defines the steps, tasks, and mandatory actions that activate automatically based on the vendor's initial risk score.
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VendorGuard industry controls library configuration screen
Controls are pre-loaded per country and industry. Each control has a type, weight, mandatory flag, and evidence requirement. Responses (Yes / Partial / No) are scored and feed directly into the residual risk score.
05 · How it works

Five steps from onboarding to a documented payability verdict.

01

Find or create

Search the global registry or register a new third party.

02

Inherent risk score

The algorithm scores the vendor's initial exposure from profile data, setting the workflow tier.

INHERENT RISK SCORE
03

Workflow opens

The matching risk-tier workflow kicks in. The case is assigned to roles.

04

Controls assessed

Industry checklist attached. Each control scored (Yes / Partial / No) and evidenced.

RESIDUAL RISK SCORE
05

Verdict

The case closes. A payability decision is rendered and documented.

06 · Risk-adaptive workflows

Depth of scrutiny, proportionate to the risk.

Every vendor assessment runs through a structured workflow. The initial risk score determines which tier applies.

LOW RISK

Simplified Assessment

A lighter workflow for vendors with a low initial risk score. Fewer steps, fewer gates, appropriate scrutiny without unnecessary overhead.

MEDIUM RISK

Standard Due Diligence

A balanced workflow for vendors requiring closer review. More steps, broader role involvement, and additional action types to cover the risk profile.

HIGH RISK

Full Scrutiny

A thorough workflow for high-exposure vendors. Maximum step coverage, mandatory senior sign-off, and complete documentation requirements at every stage.

Default templates activate on setup, fully editable to match your compliance process.  LIVE: 6 RISK-TIER WORKFLOW TEMPLATES · NEGLIGIBLE TO CRITICAL

07 · The outcome

A single, scored, auditable verdict.

When the case closes, all steps complete, all controls assessed, the platform renders a verdict your organisation can defend.

PAYABLE

All mandatory steps and controls cleared. Risk score within acceptable threshold. Vendor is cleared for payment.

PAYABLE WITH RISK

Assessment complete with documented caveats. Risk is acknowledged. Payment may proceed under defined conditions.

NOT PAYABLE

Risk score exceeds threshold or critical controls have failed. Payment is blocked until the case is resolved.

08 · Oracle Fusion integration

Native embedding inside Fusion.

VendorGuard surfaces the payability verdict directly on the Supplier record and the Invoice Details page, without leaving Oracle Fusion.

No context switching

The verdict is visible inside Fusion Payables. The payment team never leaves the application.

Decision at the right moment

Vendor risk surfaces at the exact point a payment decision is being made.

No middleware required

Deployed as a Visual Builder Studio extension within Oracle Fusion itself.

  • 01

    Visual Builder Studio extension

    A VBS extension deployed within Oracle Fusion adds a native panel to the Payables → Suppliers page.

  • 02

    Supplier context passed automatically

    When a Supplier record is opened, the extension passes the supplier identifier to VendorGuard's REST API and retrieves the current verdict.

  • 03

    Verdict rendered in-page

    The payability status is displayed natively within Fusion, in context, at the point where the payment decision is made.

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VendorGuard verdict panel embedded on the Oracle Fusion Invoice Details page
The VendorGuard verdict on the Invoice Details page, payability badge, inherent & residual risk, verification checklist, and recommended action, at the exact moment a payment is actioned.
09 · Getting started

Your suppliers. Assessed. In steps.

STEP 1

Tenant setup

Workflow templates, control library, and roles configured to your compliance process in a single session.

STEP 2

Import your supplier list

Upload via CSV or direct integration. Every vendor lands pre-profiled and ready for assessment.

STEP 3

Oracle Fusion integration

VBS extension deployed. The VendorGuard verdict panel is live on Supplier records the same day.

STEP 4

Cases open automatically

Workflows trigger on import. Cases assigned, steps activated, your team begins assessing immediately.

STEP 5

Live payability verdicts

Real verdicts on your real supplier base. Your organisation knows who it can pay, and why.

See VendorGuard on your own supplier data.

A working session with our team: your compliance process, your supplier list, a live tenant, and real verdicts by the end of the walkthrough.

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