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1. New U.S. Supplier Evaluation Risk Rating Version 7.1
Customer Presentation
September 2009
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9. D&B Confidential and Proprietary. This information is intended only for D&B customers pursuant to their D&B Master Agreement and for D&B associates. ? Dun & Bradstreet 2009 9 Supplier Evaluation Risk Score Overview The SER is a statistically based score that predicts the likelihood that a supplier will seek legal relief from creditors or cease operations without paying creditors in full over the next 12 months
The SER is based on a 1-9 scale:
A SER of 1 is assigned to suppliers having the lowest risk of financial stress
A SER of 9 is assigned to suppliers having the highest risk of financial stress
The SER is derived from the D&B Global Failure Risk Score, which is known as the Financial Stress Score (FSS) in the US
Within the US, the SER has been enhanced to leverage the benefits of the new FSS
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13. D&B Confidential and Proprietary. This information is intended only for D&B customers pursuant to their D&B Master Agreement and for D&B associates. ? Dun & Bradstreet 2009 13 The previous risk class distribution was relevant in the past when business failure rates were much lower than they are today. Classifying 80% of all business as Class 1 - Low Risk was reflective of the fact that overall, businesses failure rates were very low and the majority of businesses were not at risk of failure. However, the current economic times are different. First, the risk of business failure is significantly elevated; Second, we have seen an increase in the use of predictive scores to isolate the highest and lowest risk businesses; And third, our customer demand for a simplified risk indicator that is easy to interpret is growing. The new risk class distribution addresses these three areas.The previous risk class distribution was relevant in the past when business failure rates were much lower than they are today. Classifying 80% of all business as Class 1 - Low Risk was reflective of the fact that overall, businesses failure rates were very low and the majority of businesses were not at risk of failure. However, the current economic times are different. First, the risk of business failure is significantly elevated; Second, we have seen an increase in the use of predictive scores to isolate the highest and lowest risk businesses; And third, our customer demand for a simplified risk indicator that is easy to interpret is growing. The new risk class distribution addresses these three areas.
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