Manufacturing compliance solutions
Expose manufacturing compliance risks early
Tariff errors, classification mistakes, and compliance blind spots compound silently — connect tax, trade, legal, and risk workflows before the next audit, penalty, or delay exposes what you missed
The hidden cost of disconnected compliance
When tax, trade, legal, and risk operate in separate systems, you can easily lose visibility, control, and margin.
54%
of manufacturers say compliance silos damage customer experience 1
74%
of manufacturing executives report that supply-chain due diligence requirements are already impacting their business 2
54%
of executives say disconnected compliance increases financial exposure 1
1 Forrester Consulting, "AI Meets Governance and Compliance: Enabling Cross‑Functional Intelligence to Accelerate Strategic Execution," October 2025, commissioned by Thomson Reuters. Forrester TLP report, when sorted by industry.
2 Thomson Reuters Institute, 2024 Global Trade Report: Supply chain vulnerabilities & trade complexities dominate concerns
Move faster with less friction
Manufacturing challenges don't fit neatly into one function. Supplier onboarding affects procurement tax. Contract review impacts trade compliance. Product classification drives tariff strategy. Transfer pricing shapes tax provision. They're all connected — your systems should be, too.
We connect tax, trade, legal, and risk into a unified compliance network. Through the ONESOURCE+ portfolio, manufacturers reduce complexity, improve visibility, and act faster with confidence.
Connected workflows
Rebuilding the same data in five different systems wastes time and resources
Connect workflows across tax, trade, finance, legal, risk, and compliance to reduce manual handoffs, duplicate work, and inconsistent execution.
ONESOURCE+ impact:
- Supplier onboarding moves faster
- Contracts move more easily to approval
- Trade and tax activities stay coordinated
- Compliance tasks face fewer bottlenecks in operations
Achieve better results:
80%
50%
faster contract review cycles 1
reduction in product classification time 1
Shared intelligence
Decisions made on incomplete information are expensive guesses
Gain greater visibility with intelligence across suppliers, products, tax obligations, legal requirements, and risk signals.
ONESOURCE+ impact:
- Better visibility into supplier risk
- Clearer view of tariff and cross-border exposure
- Stronger insight into tax and legal obligations
- Faster response before issues escalate
Achieve better results:
92%
fewer false positives in supplier screening 1
Intelligent automation
Compliance does not have to stay chaotic or reactive
Apply AI and automation to high-volume manufacturing workflows, including classification, contract review, due diligence, tax determination, and regulatory research.
ONESOURCE+ impact:
- Classification happens faster
- Contract reviews face fewer bottlenecks
- Due diligence scales without adding headcount
- Tax obligations are handled more consistently in networks
Achieve better results:
2.5x
faster free-trade agreement (FTA) qualification processing 4
Trusted expertise
AI without authoritative content is just fast guessing
Combine proven AI with trusted content and domain expertise across tax, trade, legal, and risk to support higher-stakes manufacturing decisions.
ONESOURCE+ impact:
- More confidence in tax determination
- Better support for product classification
- Stronger readiness for forced labor compliance
- Better decisions across jurisdictions and supplier networks
Achieve better results:
15%
$250M
reduction in outside counsel spend 1
in duty savings in a Fortune 100 automotive case study 3
Sources:
- Forrester Consulting, "AI Meets Governance and Compliance: Enabling Cross‑Functional Intelligence to Accelerate Strategic Execution," October 2025, commissioned by Thomson Reuters. Forrester TLP report, when sorted by industry.
- Thomson Reuters Institute, 2024 Global Trade Report: Supply chain vulnerabilities & trade complexities dominate concerns
- Thomson Reuters, December 11, 2024, Corporate Tax and Trade Portfolio Value Proposition: Fortune 100 Global Car Manufacturer, FTZ optimization
- Thomson Reuters, March, 2026, J.M. Huber customer case study
Explore manufacturing solutions built for the way you do business
- Tax
- Trade
- Legal
- Risk
Stop overpaying, stop scrambling
Help manufacturing tax teams manage high-volume transactions and close with greater accuracy, control, and efficiency.
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Transactional compliance
Improve indirect tax consistency across purchasing, invoicing, and filing in complex manufacturing environments.
Periodic financial close
Reduce manual reconciliation and support a more accurate, efficient tax close across entities and jurisdictions.
Keep goods moving and costs down
Help trade and supply-chain teams manage cross-border movement more efficiently as tariff shifts, classification demands, and regulatory change put more pressure on global operations.
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Cross-border trade
Strengthen classification, customs, and duty-related workflows so goods move faster and compliance keeps pace with change.
Get faster contracts, smarter research, and lower spend
Help legal teams support manufacturing operations more efficiently across supplier agreements, compliance questions, outside counsel oversight, and high-volume contract workflows.
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Legal research and advisory
Give legal teams faster access to trusted guidance when operational, regulatory, or compliance questions arise.
Spend and matter management
Improve visibility into legal work and outside counsel costs to help control spend and support better business decisions.
Due diligence and compliance
Assess suppliers, partners, and transactions more efficiently to reduce legal and compliance risk before issues escalate.
Draft, review, and legal analysis
Accelerate contract-heavy workflows by improving how legal teams draft, review, and analyze supplier and business agreements.
See the risk before it becomes the problem
Help risk and compliance teams monitor suppliers and third parties more proactively so they can identify concerns earlier and act with more confidence.
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Continuous monitoring and fraud detection
Track emerging supplier and third-party risks more continuously to reduce exposure across manufacturing operations.
Investigations
Investigate red flags, adverse activity, and third-party concerns more efficiently when issues require deeper review.
Onboarding due diligence and fraud prevention
Strengthen supplier and third-party onboarding with better screening and due diligence at the start of the relationship.
Why manufacturers trust Thomson Reuters
100% of Fortune 100 manufacturers use our solutions
Leading companies, including Ford, GM, Stanley Black & Decker, and Cisco, rely on our products to help manage their operations.
4,200+ manufacturing clients supported
We support manufacturers across automotive, industrial, chemical, agricultural, consumer goods, and defense sectors with proven scale and reach.
220+ countries and territories covered
Global trade content is updated in under one business day on average. Your manufacturing operations don't wait for content updates — neither should your compliance platform.
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Frequently asked questions
We connect tax, trade, legal, and risk functions rather than solving only one part of the manufacturing compliance challenge, helping organizations reduce duplication, gain visibility, and work more efficiently across functions. Working with one vendor across your compliance functions streamlines procurement requirements.
We’ve designed our solutions to complement your existing environment through integrations and APIs, helping manufacturers connect workflows with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and other core platforms without requiring replacement.
Common fit areas include supplier onboarding, tariff and duty optimization, product classification, tax provision, global tax determination, e-invoicing and filing, contract review, and third-party risk monitoring.
This approach is relevant for leaders and teams across finance, operations, IT, legal, tax, trade, procurement, and risk.
ONESOURCE+ is the Thomson Reuters framework that brings together connected tax, trade, legal, and risk capabilities into a single intelligent compliance network.
References
- Forrester Consulting, "AI Meets Governance and Compliance: Enabling Cross‑Functional Intelligence to Accelerate Strategic Execution," October 2025, commissioned by Thomson Reuters. Forrester TLP report, when sorted by industry.
- Thomson Reuters Institute, 2024 Global Trade Report: Supply chain vulnerabilities & trade complexities dominate concerns
- Thomson Reuters, December 11, 2024, Corporate Tax and Trade Portfolio Value Proposition: Fortune 100 Global Car Manufacturer, FTZ optimization
- Thomson Reuters, March, 2026, J.M. Huber customer case study