Honeywell transformed its vendor compliance programme with Avetta, scaling across 10 countries, tripling adoption and embedding safety into every layer of its operations.
The Challenge of Cross-Border Supply Chain Management
As part of a longstanding global partnership, Avetta has supported Honeywell in advancing vendor compliance initiatives across multiple regions including Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Managing a vast network of global vendors across 10 countries in Europe (including the UK, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany) posed significant challenges for Honeywell. Variations in local regulations, cultural expectations, and documentation standards made it difficult to ensure consistent safety compliance across the supply chain.
Honeywell needed a scalable, reliable solution to vet vendors rigorously and embed safety into every layer of its operations.
The Avetta Solution
Honeywell partnered with Avetta to transform its vendor compliance programme.
Mark Lombard, Europe HSE Director at Honeywell, says: “We use Avetta to make sure that we work with vendors who have the same principles of safety embedded in their day-to-day operations. We don’t want to work with anyone who doesn’t take safety seriously or who doesn’t look after the welfare of their workers.”
The Avetta platform enables Honeywell to vet vendors across multiple countries, tailoring question sets and audit processes to meet local requirements. “Implementing Avetta across a number of countries is not without its challenges… But fundamentally, working closely together has got us to a position where we’ve got a really great question set, a really great suite of auditing,” Mark explains.
Benefits Experienced
The partnership has delivered measurable results:
- Rapid growth in compliance: Honeywell tripled vendor compliance from 20% to over 60% in just 18 months, with a target of 80% by year-end. “Next year [2026] is going to be no Avetta, no exemption, no PO,” Mark states, underscoring the company’s commitment to full adoption.
- Stronger internal collaboration: “Safety isn’t just safety’s job; it’s everyone’s responsibility,” says Mark. The Avetta implementation has fostered deeper collaboration between HSE and supply chain teams, elevating safety awareness across the business.
- Improved vendor relationships: “We’ve got a number of supply chain partners we can really trust,” Mark notes. Avetta’s audit functionality ensures vendors meet high standards, reducing risk and strengthening partnerships.
- Flexible, localised implementation: Honeywell worked with Avetta to tailor the platform for each country’s regulatory landscape. “There’s always regulations changing… but we’ve always partnered closely on it,” says Mark.
The Power of Partnership
Honeywell plans to expand its use of Avetta, including worker management. “We’re excited to extend how much of the Avetta platform we use and make sure all of our vendors are on board,” Lombard shared.
For organisations considering Avetta, Lombard offers a clear endorsement: “I would recommend Avetta to others because it’s much more than a box-ticking exercise. There’s a full audit programme… it gives real assurance that we’re working with vendors with the highest possible safety standards.”
With Avetta, Honeywell is not just managing risk – they’re building a culture of safety, trust, and operational excellence across Europe and beyond.
