GPRC for Third-Party and Supply Chain Risk Management
Command and Control on the Bridge of the Enterprise with GRC 7.0 – GRC Orchestrate
“Captain, sensors are detecting increased fluctuations in the warp field. I recommend we adjust our alignment.” — Commander Spock
In the expansive landscape of modern business, the ability to manage risk and performance across an extended enterprise of third parties and suppliers is not simply important, it is mission-critical. Just as the bridge of the USS Enterprise coordinates navigation, operations, security, and engineering to sustain its mission, organizations today require a unified command center to orchestrate third-party governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) that adds in performance (GPRC).
In this first article of our series exploring G[P]RC, we examine how organizations must move beyond fragmented checklists, static workflows, and reactive monitoring. Instead, the new paradigm — powered by GRC 7.0 – GRC Orchestrate — emphasizes enterprise architecture, business process modeling, digital twins, agentic AI, analytics, and intelligent systems that align governance and performance with proactive risk management and compliance.
Because the extended enterprise is no longer simply managed—it must be orchestrated.
The Legacy Problem: Navigating Without Sensors
Traditional third-party and supply chain risk management often looks like a . . .
[The rest of this blog can be read on the Corporater blog, where GRC 20/20’s Michael Rasmussen is a Guest Blogger]