AGENT 75 / 11 · RETAIL & E-COMMERCE · SPEND ANALYSIS & SOURCING

Supplier Concentration Risk Agent

Analyzes spend distribution across every category and flags single-source dependencies, then weighs expected disruption cost against the cost of qualifying a second source.

READS FROMSpend data across suppliers and categories

MCP SERVERProcurement Data Server

MODELRouted to reasoning-tier open model

HANDS OFF TOVendor SLA Compliance Auditor

RUN THE AGENT

Set your category spend, model the concentration risk

Adjust single-source share and disruption probability and the agent recalculates the dual-sourcing case instantly.

ASSUMPTIONS

Spend categories tracked 45

Categories with a single-source dependency 28%

Average category spend (£) 420000

Annual disruption probability, single-source category 6%

Disruption cost as % of category spend 22%

Cost premium of maintaining a second source 3%

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Single-source categories flagged

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Spend at concentration risk

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Expected disruption cost / yr

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Net value of dual-sourcing

Metric	Value

HOW IT WORKS

What the agent actually does

1. Map spend to suppliers	Analyzes spend distribution across every category and supplier in the procurement system.
2. Flag concentration	Identifies categories with a single-source or highly concentrated dependency.
3. Quantify the exposure	Estimates expected disruption cost against the cost of qualifying and maintaining a second source.
4. Hand off	Recommends dual-sourcing candidates to category managers, and confirmed at-risk suppliers to the Vendor SLA Compliance Auditor for closer monitoring.