LONDON, February 6 — Altana, the world’s first Value Chain Management System, has been selected by NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to screen vendors providing equipment to the alliance.
The agreement reflects NSPA's desire to be an early adopter of industry-leading capability to drive engagement with the defence industrial base, and drive governments’ adoption of novel technology.
"We’re thrilled to be partnering with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency to make the alliance more resilient and provide a foundation for the kind of network collaboration that Altana sees as core to fixing globalisation,” said Altana CEO Evan Smith. “As the world becomes more fractured, it's more important than ever to provide visibility and trust to underpin core networks. We're excited to see this as the beginning of a journey.”
NSPA bridges the gap between NATO's operational requirements, the defence industrial base, and national level procurement departments to generate enduring resilience. NSPA wanted a commercial, off-the-shelf solution to enable the agency to identify the risks of doing business with potential suppliers to the alliance’s defence apparatus.
Altana provides NSPA a platform capability for illuminating product value chains, screening for risk, modeling these networks with artificial intelligence, and collaborating with partners across unclassified data - all powered by the world’s largest body of organized supply chain data.
About Altana
Altana, based in New York, is the world’s first Value Chain Management System, a collaborative, public-private network that enables customers to take command of their extended supplier and distribution networks – from raw material origins to the sale of finished products. By applying artificial intelligence to the world’s largest body of supply chain data, Altana reveals these previously opaque global networks and powers workflows across them. Customers like Boston Scientific, L.L.Bean, Maersk, US Customs and Border Protection, and the UK Department of Business and Trade use Altana to build secure, resilient, efficient, and sustainable global value chains. To learn more, visit: https://altana.ai/.
About NSPA
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) is NATO’s lead organization for multinational acquisition, support and sustainment in all domains. NSPA is headquartered in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with main operational centres in France, Hungary and Italy. The Agency employs over 1,500 staff and oversees more than 500 contractors worldwide.
