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Network Atlas

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Overview #

Network Atlas shows your whole network on one interactive map: vendors and products from your supply lists, with a risk level for each vendor and product. Trace any chain, test what-if scenarios and download a report with recommended actions. Distribution lists (your customers) in Network Atlas are coming soon.

Risk levels are Low, Moderate, High or Critical. A vendor’s risk uses its Vendor Management data: internal risk rating, incidents, insurance, documents and how complete its assessment is. A product’s risk combines the risk of its vendors with how concentrated its sourcing is across suppliers and countries.

Plans #

Included on Pro and Premium. Vendor risk scores are most complete with the Vendor Management add-on. See Tiers and Features.

When to Use It #

Use Network Atlas when:

  1. You want to see every dependency between your vendors and products in one place.
  2. You need to know which products are most at risk and why.
  3. You want to test a scenario, such as a broken route or a jump in demand, before it happens.
  4. You need a report to share with your team or management.

Step-by-Step Guide #

  1. Open Network Atlas from Network Analysis in the menu.
  2. Filter the supply lists, vendors or products you want to see.
  3. Explore the map. Hover a record to trace its chain, and click a connection to read the entries behind it. Use the options to change the layout direction, the line style and whether products are grouped.
  4. Run a what-if. Pick a mode: Break connection (remove a path), Strain route (mark a vendor-product route as strained), Demand increase (see where stock-out risk appears) or Demand drop (see where overstock risk appears).
  5. Create a link if a vendor is missing for a product. This is the only action that changes your lists.
  6. Open the report for a summary, recommended actions, the product risk landscape and the methodology, and download it as a PDF.

Best Practices & Tips #

Do: #

  • Keep your supply lists and vendor locations complete; the map is only as good as the data behind it.
  • Start with Critical and High products in the report.
  • Use Vendor Management assessments to make vendor risk scores more reliable.

Don’t: #

  • Treat a what-if result as a forecast; it shows exposure, not certainty.

FAQs #

  • Do what-if modes change my data?
    • No. Break connection, Strain route and the demand modes only change what you see. Creating a link is the only action that saves a change to your lists.
  • Why does a vendor have a low-confidence score?
    • Some risk inputs are missing, for example no incidents, insurance or assessment recorded in Vendor Management.
  • Can I share the results?
    • Yes. Download the report as a PDF.
  • Which plans include Network Atlas?
    • Pro and Premium.
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