Avetta enhances AI integrations to strengthen supply chain safety and risk management

Avetta has upgraded its platform with real-time integrations with DISA Global Solutions and FMCSA, aiming to improve supplier qualification and transportation safety amidst rising operational risks.

Avetta, a supply chain risk management software provider, has announced enhancements to two key integrations within its AI-powered Avetta One platform, aimed at improving clients’ ability to make faster and better-informed decisions regarding supplier worker readiness ...

and transportation safety. The company said in a statement that it had deepened its existing integration with DISA Global Solutions to include background checks alongside drug and alcohol testing, and upgraded its integration with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to an API-based model for real-time visibility into motor carrier performance.

According to Avetta, these enhancements address critical risk areas in today’s complex operational environment, where a significant number of workers admit to falsifying qualifications and where transportation remains one of the riskiest links in supply chains. The firm highlighted that in the United States alone, over half a million large truck accidents occurred in 2023, resulting in more than 5,400 fatalities and over 150,000 injuries. Dawn Andre, Avetta’s Chief Product Officer, stated that smarter and faster actions are required to mitigate these risks, with the improved integrations intended to eliminate blind spots and speed up confident decision-making.

The expanded DISA integration allows clients to request and retrieve background check results automatically, manage them in real time, and set custom pass/fail criteria to meet client-specific standards. Shane Solheim, Senior Vice President of Global Channel Partnerships at DISA, emphasised that the integration provides a unified platform for organisations to build and maintain safe and qualified workforces, streamlining supplier prequalification processes.

The upgrade to the FMCSA integration reportedly reduces data latency, giving clients timely insights to proactively identify at-risk motor carriers and reduce transportation-related incidents and costs from within the Avetta platform.

These developments come amid Avetta’s broader strategy to enhance supply chain risk mitigation through AI and expanded partnerships. Earlier this year, the company partnered with the National Safety Council to introduce the Safety Maturity Index, aimed at identifying health and safety weaknesses in supply chains. Additionally, Avetta recently launched a global partner program designed to integrate best-in-class technology and services, further boosting the flexibility and reach of its platform.

While the company promotes these integrations as vital to improving safety and compliance, supply chain risk management remains a challenging sector due to the complexity and scale of global operations. Independent research has recognised Avetta for its leadership in supply chain sustainability software, highlighting its capabilities to track emissions, conduct ESG assessments, and promote diversity principles. However, the practical impact of such integrations on reducing real-world accidents and compliance failures requires ongoing scrutiny, particularly as supply chains face evolving regulatory and operational risks.

Overall, Avetta’s latest platform enhancements reflect an industry trend towards leveraging AI and real-time data to tackle longstanding safety and compliance challenges in supply chains, particularly relating to worker qualifications and transportation risks. How effectively firms adopt these tools and integrate them into wider risk management frameworks will be crucial to achieving safer and more resilient supply chains.

Source: Noah Wire Services