- Before
- “If I put a number in front of the committee, I have to be able to show where it came from.” Waited nine days for a deck whose figures were typed by hand.
- Now
- Reads the movement and the narrative together, re-runs any figure from its sentence, and signs a report with 32 of 32 figures traced.
One quarter, from data close to a signed report
A global medtech manufacturer reports 12 markets across six risk areas — HCP engagement, distributors & agents, public tenders, grants & donations, hospitality & travel, demo & loaner equipment. Q3 2026 closed on September 30 and the Compliance Committee meets on October 15. Here is what happens next, screen by screen, in the working solution.
- 01Oct 6, morning
Where compliance risk moved, as lines
Lena Ortiz · Chief compliance officerLena's home is the movement itself: each risk area a line from Q2 to Q3 on the 1–25 residual scale, with the High band from 13.0 shaded. Brazil, compliance lead Rafael Souza, rose from 11.0 to 13.0 — distributors & agents 12 → 19 and public tenders 10 → 15 in red, the other four flat. Beside the lines the narrative is already written, sentence by sentence.
“Brazil’s residual risk rose from 11.0 to 13.0, the largest rise of the 12 markets (1 of 12); it is now rated High.”
- 02Close the quarter
Eight sources queried, duplicates merged, the lines move
The agentsThe nightly refresh loaded the eight sources on Oct 5 at 22:00. The Query agent runs 214 read-only queries, the De-duplication agent resolves 121 reports into 83 issues, and the Risk movement analyst works out what moved and why. The lines start flat at Q2, move to Q3, and the steep rises turn red while the Narrative writer drafts.
“Q3 2026 drafted · 32 figures, each from a live query · 2 empty results reported.”
- 03One click on a figure
“7 of 19” — the query behind the sentence
Lena Ortiz · Chief compliance officerThe writer explains the steepest move: 7 of 19 distributor due-diligence reviews were overdue at quarter end (Q2: 1 of 19), and the control is now rated Weak. Lena clicks 7 of 19 and the query opens under the narrative, against the third-party due-diligence register, 19 rows, run Oct 6 at 09:14. She re-runs it: same value.
The Query agent reads the sources read-only — it cannot change any score, issue or plan.
- 04Nothing guessed
No investigations closed, so the report says none
Query agentThe last sentence for Brazil reads “Investigations closed in Brazil this quarter: None.” Its query over the investigations case log returned 0 rows, and the screen labels it an empty result, reported. In the same way, Colombia's September monitoring feed was not received, so its figure is written as not available.
An empty result is returned as empty — never a guess, an average of other markets or last quarter’s value.
- 05The issues
121 reports, 83 distinct issues
De-duplication agentThe hotline, internal audit, monitoring and investigations sent 121 reports in Q3. Matched on party, place and kind of allegation within a 45-day window, they are 83 distinct issues: 38 duplicates merged, 31%. Six are under investigation, owner Omar Haddad. In Brazil, 23 reports resolve to 14 issues.
- 06ISS-BR-031
One distributor, four channels, counted once
Rafael Souza · Compliance lead, BrazilAn anonymous hotline report (SPK-26-0917) passes on a claim by an Andara Distribuidora sales manager: the purchasing manager at Hospital Santa Clara is paid “marketing support” for every Corventa order. Spend monitoring found three credit notes to Andara coded that way, R$ 184,000 in total; internal audit found its effective margin at 22% against the 15% in its contract; an investigation (INV-BR-0412) is open. One issue, high severity, worded as an allegation.
“Matched by the De-duplication agent on party, place and kind of allegation within 45 days · similarity 0.94 · confirmed by Rafael Souza on Oct 2.”
- 07All 12 markets
The lines and the narrative follow the scope
Risk movement analystSwitching to all markets redraws the lines as averages of 12 markets and rewrites the narrative. Average residual risk moved from 8.8 to 8.9 and rose in 5 of 12 markets; distributors & agents rose most, 9.4 → 10.3, led by Brazil (12 → 19) and Mexico (13 → 15). Every figure still opens its query.
- 08The report
Five sections for the Compliance Committee
Narrative writerThe quarterly report is written in five sections: what moved the risk, which issues drove it, mitigation status, where to focus and data notes. 42 mitigation plans are open and 6 overdue; Brazil's 15% distributor margin cap (MP-BR-09) is 6 days late. Where to focus says completing the distributor renewals would take the area from 19 to 12 — labelled a projection from the scoring rules.
“32 of 32 figures traced to a live query · 2 empty results reported as such.”
- 09Approve
She signs with the meaning of her signature
Lena Ortiz · Chief compliance officerLena approves the Q3 2026 report with the meaning “I approve this report for the Compliance Committee” and her password. Her name, the date and time and the meaning are recorded with the report, and approval locks this version.
- 10Signed · nine days early
Locked as version 1.0, ready for the committee
Lena Ortiz · Chief compliance officerThe report moves from officer review to approved and is locked as version 1.0; any change now creates a new version. One click sends it to the Compliance Committee, nine days before the meeting on October 15.
“Approved and signed — report locked as version 1.0.”