Due Diligence, The Old Way
One supplier, checked by hand, takes a whole week and a beard.
The story
Pat starts a quick check on a new supplier at 9:00 on Monday. By Thursday there are dozens of browser tabs, a spreadsheet on version 23, a full beard and a conclusion of “seems fine?”. Then the tape rewinds and the same check runs in Senserity in minutes, with a very different answer.
What it shows in Senserity
- One search replaces a week of checking registers by hand
- Nine risk categories assessed and rolled into a single A–E grade
- Red flags such as overdue accounts and directors linked to past insolvencies
Transcript
The film has music and sound effects but no narration. Its words are on-screen captions, shown here in quotation marks with a description of each scene.
- 0:00
A tidy desk. The clock reads Monday 09:00. Pat cracks his knuckles beside a fresh, steaming coffee.
“New supplier. Quick check before we sign.”
- 0:03
Browser tabs open one after another, Companies House, the Gazette, HSE, the ICO, until each is a sliver.
“Companies House. Then the Gazette.”
- 0:07
A spreadsheet called supplier_check_FINAL_v7.xlsx grows column after column. The coffee goes cold and sticky notes appear.
“Then sanctions. Then the courts.”
- 0:11
The seasons change through the window. Pat grows stubble, a moustache, then a full beard, and the clock races to Thursday.
“Then the other thirty sources.”
- 0:15
Pat types “Seems fine?” into the last cell of FINAL_v23, turns to camera and raises an eyebrow. The music stops; only the clock ticks.
“Conclusion: seems fine. Probably.”
- 0:17
The whole scene rewinds like a tape: the seasons reverse, the beard shrinks, the notes peel off and the clock spins back to Monday 09:00.
“Hang on. There’s a better way.”
- 0:20
A blue beam sweeps across the screen. Same desk, Pat clean-shaven, fresh coffee. Senserity searches for Meadowbrook Facilities Ltd and nine category cards fill in by 09:05.
“Same supplier. In Senserity.”
- 0:26
A grade card stamps down: D, 64.1 out of 100, High Risk, with two flags, accounts overdue and a director linked to three insolvencies. The spreadsheet is deleted.
“Turns out, not fine.”
- 0:29
End card: the Senserity logo, senserity.co.uk and a Start a free trial button, with the coffee mug steaming in the corner.
“34 sources. 780+ checks. One grade.”
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