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7. Gaining insights about your supply chain maps

Check out the dedicated Insights tab for more details for all mapped supply chains, highlighting the relationships between supply chain actors, as well as overviews of mapped and collaborating suppliers.

Those insights are divided further into four views in the "Insights" dropdown:

(1) Overview

(2) Global diagram

(3) Mapped companies

(4) Collaborator companies

A deep dive into those is given in the next section(s).


(1) Overview

The Overview puts the key figures for all your supply chain maps on one page.

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What it shows

Mapped supply chains

The total number of supply chains created, across all active projects.

Total mapped companies

The number of unique suppliers mapped in your supply chains.

Total collaborations

The number of collaborations across your supply chains. A company that collaborates at several positions is counted once per position, so this number can be higher than the number of collaborator companies.

Collaborator companies

The number of distinct companies collaborating on your supply chains. It matches the Collaborator companies list.

Facility processes

The total number of facility processes (production steps) recorded.

Connection health

shows how many of your mapped companies have an active connection (Connected) and how many do not (Not connected). The Connection rate bar shows the connected share as a percentage.

Network usage

shows the share of active companies in your network, both as a percentage and as a count (for example, 39 / 191)

Recently active supply chains

lists your supply chains with the date each one was last active, most recent first.

Most active supply chains

is a bar chart of mapping activity per supply chain. Hover over a bar to see the supply chain’s name and its activity count.

Supply chain progress

shows how your supply chains are spread across the statuses: In progress, In review and Completed. It gives the number and percentage for each status, with the total in the middle.

Mapping depth

shows how many supply chains are mapped at each depth level, from Tier 0 — Brand to Tier 4 — Raw material. Each bar shows the count out of all supply chains, for example 24 / 71 at Tier 4. A lower count at a deeper tier means fewer supply chains are mapped down to that level.

Supply chains by mapped companies

shows one dot per supply chain. The higher the dot, the more companies are mapped in that supply chain.

Companies by country

shows the share of your mapped companies in each country. The countries with the most companies are listed by name, and the rest are grouped under Others.

Single vs multi-supplier facility processes

shows the ratio of facility processes carried out by only one supplier (Exclusive suppliers) to those carried out by more than one (Shared facility processes).

Critical suppliers

shows the suppliers that appear in the most supply chains, with the number of supply chains for each.

Facility process overview

shows the number of suppliers per facility process. Each tile is one facility process, and bigger tiles mean more suppliers. Hover over a tile to see the exact number, for example “Cut make trim (CMT): 14 Supplier(s)”.


(2) Global Diagram

This tab visualizes all mapped supply chains in one diagram. It provides a comprehensive, visual representation of the interconnectedness between different supply chains, helping to identify key relationships, dependencies, and potential risks or opportunities across the entire network. It enables better coordination, decision-making, and optimization by showing how supply chain actors interact within a broader context.

The first time you open it, a short tour explains how to pan, zoom and expand the graph.

Use the filter function to find a certain supply chain actor and identify who mapped them (= green arrow) and whom they mapped (= blue arrow).

In general, the more arrows go to and from a mapped supply chain actor, the higher their relevance. To do so, click "Filter", choose "Company", search for the company, select it and click "Apply". You can also filter by "Supply chain" or by "Created" date (default: last 6 months).

Active filters are shown as chips above the diagram; click the x on a chip to remove it.

Alternatively, click on any supply chain actor in the overall diagram to see their relationship to others. Feel free to zoom in/out to explore the whole diagram and re-locate nodes according to your preference. For this, simply click a node, hold and move it.


(3) Mapped Companies

This tab provides a centralized, organized view of all suppliers involved in the supply chain, making it easier to track, manage, and analyze supplier involvement and relationships. It serves as an alternative visualization of the global diagram and also helps in identifying key suppliers (see "Supply chains" and "Mapped by" columns) and monitoring their relationship to your own company (see "Connection type" column: "Supplier", or "Connect" for companies that aren't connected yet).

You can narrow down your scope of insights by filtering based on company, country, and supply chain.

Via the eye icon in the "Actions" column, a right side window unfolds displaying additional information: the company's facility processes, the supply chains it is part of, who mapped it and which companies it mapped.


(4) Collaborator Companies

This tab provides a centralized, organized view of all supply chain actors that have contributed to the further mapping of your supply chain(s). With such an overview, you are able to acknowledge and track companies that have played a role in expanding or refining your supply chain network.

It helps to monitor the progression of mapping efforts, and recognize collaborative efforts (see # supply chains and # added suppliers column), ensuring accountability in the supply chain mapping process.

You can narrow down your scope of insights by filtering based on company, country, and supply chain.

Via the eye icon in the "Actions" column, a right side window unfolds displaying additional information about

  • which supply chains the respective company is part of

  • which companies have mapped the respective company

  • which companies have been mapped by the respective company

Some listed companies may be not part of your network yet (see connection type column). To add them as suppliers, simply select the non-linked companies and click the connect button at the top of the overview.

Tip: In the general supply chain map overview, you can quickly have a glance on collaborating companies per supply chain via the column "Collaborators".

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