Supply Chain Management

Strategic Blue relies upon external suppliers in the provision of its products and services to customers. These suppliers are used to support the Strategic Blue operation. The effectiveness of these third parties has the potential to directly affect customer satisfaction in our products and services and so must be managed carefully to ensure that quality standards are maintained.

Our key criteria for the selection of suppliers is:  

1. Information Security
2. Quality & Performance
3. Value for Money
4. Alignment to Corporate Objectives:
   • Sustainability
   • Corporate Social Responsibility
   • Modern Slavery Statement

Key Suppliers

• AWS ESG Guidance
• AWS Carbon-free Energy
• Google Sustainability
• Google Carbon-free Energy
• Fora Office Management

We have contracts in place with all our stakeholders and suppliers to allow action to be taken should any data be breached. Each of these reinforces our commitment to data protection and data security. 

• Employment contracts and an Acceptable Use Policy for staff
• Sub-contractor vetting and contracts for maintaining data confidentiality
• Partnership agreements with cloud providers which cover non-disclosure and data protection.
• Non-Disclosure Agreements with customers to maintain data confidentiality for the data we hold.

 We have a HIPAA agreement in place with AWS for any US healthcare customers.