The End of the Audit How “Automated Trust” is Rebuilding Global Trade
1. The Hook: The Hidden Cost of Not Knowing
The global supply chain is currently fractured by a pervasive “Crisis of Trust.” For decades, the movement of high-value commodities has relied on the expensive, periodic, and often fallible snapshots provided by centralized auditors like SGS or Bureau Veritas. In this legacy model, buyers are forced to gamble on producer self-reporting, while producers in remote corridors remain locked out of global markets because they cannot afford the high fees of proving their quality.