Ingestion and Trust

Bring operational context into ApertureRisks without slowing the team down.

ApertureRisks connects disruption signals to the records your supply chain already runs on: suppliers, POs, BOM items, contracts, lanes, facilities, evidence, customer commitments, and margin exposure. Start with a secure CSV file today. SFTP is available under qualified Enterprise scope, and native API connectors are planned.

Ingestion paths

Three practical ways to connect the operating record.

The first scan should not require a full transformation project. ApertureRisks can begin with a clean file export today; scheduled or systems-integrated refreshes require written qualification before they are considered available.

Secure CSV upload

Available

Start with supplier masters, open POs, BOM files, contracts, facility lists, lane records, or evidence registers exported from the systems your team already uses.

Automated SFTP drop

Qualified Enterprise Scope

Recurring exports for supplier, PO, ASN, carrier, lane, evidence, or facility records are available only after written technical and security qualification. Not a general-availability capability today.

Native API path

Planned

Connecting ERP, procurement, TMS, WMS, supplier, or evidence systems for continuous refresh is on the roadmap and subject to written technical qualification. Not currently available.

Source systems

Connect categories, not logos.

ApertureRisks is designed to ingest operational context from the systems that hold the truth. ERP, procurement, TMS, WMS, supplier, contract, evidence, and finance platforms are source categories unless a client-specific integration is formally configured.

This avoids implying partnerships while still showing buyers exactly where the platform fits in their architecture.

ERP
Procurement
TMS
WMS
Supplier portals
Contract systems
Evidence repositories
Finance extracts

Data fields

The records needed to prove exposure.

The platform does not need every field on day one. These are the fields that make the output stronger because they connect signals to suppliers, business exposure, confidence, and action ownership.

Supplier master

Supplier name
Supplier ID
Parent supplier
Country
Facility location
Category
Criticality

PO and contract context

PO number
Supplier ID
Order value
Promise date
Contract owner
Customer commitment
Margin or exposure estimate

BOM or SKU context

SKU
Component
Supplier link
Product family
Single-source flag
Alternate source
Critical product indicator

Lane and facility context

Origin
Destination
Port
Carrier
Facility
Route
Mode
Lane owner

Evidence context

Document type
Status
Expiration date
Audit date
Owner
Evidence gap
Follow-up priority

Trust layer

Every claim should be tied to a record or labeled as a gap.

Enterprise buyers need more than another dashboard. They need to know what data was used, what is missing, and why the recommended action is defensible.

Scoped data intake

ApertureRisks starts with the smallest data package needed to answer the exposure question. Public forms do not collect sensitive operational files.

Evidence-labeled output

Each exposure claim is labeled by confidence and relevance so leaders can tell the difference between verified, inferred, and unsupported context.

Traceable decision records

Decision briefs preserve the source, freshness, exposure basis, recommended action, and owner so teams can defend why a response was prioritized.

No partnership overclaim

ERP, procurement, TMS, and WMS names are treated as source-system categories unless a formal integration is active for that client.

Fast path to the first decision brief.

When clean files are available, the first exposure baseline can be scoped quickly. The timeline depends on file quality, supplier count, required systems, and whether legal or security reviews are required.

Day 0

Scope the exposure question

Confirm the buyer priority, required data fields, security path, and the business decision the scan must support.

Days 1 to 2

Ingest and normalize files

Load available supplier, PO, BOM, contract, lane, facility, and evidence records. Normalize names, locations, IDs, and missing fields.

Days 3 to 5

Return a decision baseline

Deliver an exposure baseline with confidence scoring, gaps, Exposure Score priorities, and first recommended actions when clean files are available.

Next step

Bring one supplier file and one operating file. We will show what can be proven.

Start with supplier plus PO, BOM, contract, lane, facility, or evidence context. The first value is not perfect data. The first value is knowing what is verified, what is inferred, and what still needs evidence.