RapidRatings Knowledge Center & Articles

“The economy will need to radically improve, and the tariff-driven trade wars would need to be resolved immediately for a calm 2026. Neither is going to happen.”

Technology companies face a distressing reality: one in four suppliers are financially distressed.

A financially unstable supplier may disrupt a supply chain long before bankruptcy is even considered. One vulnerable supplier can cause serious repercussions for companies throughout a supply chain’s ecosystem.

For those who were watching closely, Luminar’s imminent bankruptcy isn’t sudden at all.

This issue's key takeaways: Macro-level trends and a challenging economic landscape have strained supply chains. In Europe, public and private company financial health has gone down. Financial health informs all risk domains...