Case Study: Large Defense Contracting Company achieves supplier consolidation (90K→38K) and weekly risk monitoring with Dun & Bradstreet

Large Defense Contracting Company - Customer Case Study

A large defense and government technology contractor faced growing supply‑chain risk after expanding its global supplier base. The Director of Supply Chain Technology Operations struggled with long data lags—monthly flat files that left them exposed to supplier disruption and sanctions—and an unwieldy supplier registry of more than 90,000 records with suspected duplicates and limited cross‑unit visibility.

They implemented Dun & Bradstreet’s Supplier Risk Manager (with Alerts and Custom Reports) and D&B Direct API integration to feed validated risk and business intelligence into their procurement systems. As a result, the company reduced its active supplier list from 90K to 38K by removing 52K duplicates, gained vetted local supplier data, saved time and resources by eliminating manual data aggregation, and shortened risk‑data latency from 30+ days to weekly updates—improving decision quality and reducing disruption risk.