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            Supply chain

            This article covers the following topics:

            1. Overview
            2. Visualising supply chain
              • Chart view
              • Map view
            3. Global to customised supply chain


            Overview




            A supply chain is a sequence of stages involved in the production of a product. Starting from the raw material phase, the product undergoes various steps until reaching the manufacturing stage. Our system intelligently assigns a template supply chain to the product based on its subcategory. This provides you with a foundational dataset to build upon when customizing your own supply chain. 


            Each supply chain consists of three key elements: Components, suppliers, and transportation between two components. To customize a supply chain, you would provide specific details for each component within the supply chain. 

            Once a supply chain is established, you can create a profile for it. This profile is then added to your library, making it available to use for other products 


            Supply chain can have variations if the chain has the same components, process and supplier but differ in following four things: 

            • Colour variation – When colour shades vary 

            • Fabric composition - When the fabric composition is different 

            • Process parameter variation – When parameters like energy, electricity and water usage vary 

            • Addition / deletion of auxiliary components - For example, when one chain has has 2 buttons, and the other has 3 of the same kind. 


            Visualising supply chain  


            There are three distinct views that enable easy interaction with your supply chain data. These include chart view, where the supply chain is represented using block-like elements, map view, which displays your supply chain links on a map, and form view, which presents your supply chain data using a form-like visual.  



            Note: In the chart view of the supply chain screen, you can navigate to product, manufacturing, distribution, use phase, end of life and documents using the hot buttons found on the left panel of the screen.




            Chart view


            Primary actions on the supply chain:  


            • View summaries of suppliers, components and processes involved in the supply chain  

            • Calculate footprint

            • Ability to view/hide additional data related to supply chain for example flow quantity, accuracy score, supplier distribution, block images and flow name


            Each chain is made of three main blocks: 

            • Components 

            • Suppliers 

            • Transportation between suppliers 




            Breakdown of the main blocks: 

            • Component breaks down into ancillary component block.  

            • Supplier breaks down into secondary supplier and sub-contractor blocks.  

            • Transportation breaks down into different modes of transportation. 



            Component block:


            When customizing your supply chain, identifying details about the component is important to ensure supply chain accuracy.



             Each component has at-least one supplier linked. Therefore for each component you will be required to provide details for the component itself, its supplier and the manufacturing processes.  


            Action items: 


            • Add component: This will open the add component pop-up.  

            • Unlink component: Depending on whether the component is mandatory or non-mandatory, the component can either be replaced or unlinked from the chain.  

            • Replace component: This will open the replace component pop-up 




            More options: 

            • View secondary suppliers: This will expand the chain to show all the connected suppliers 

            • View ancillary component: This will expand the chain to show all the connected components 

            • View facilities: This will expand the chain to show all the connected facilities 

            • View footprint: This will open up the footprint pop-up


            Supplier block:

            There is at-least one supplier attached to every component. In order to identify the manufacturing process used in making the component, it's important to define the supplier and the facilities they used to produce it.

             


             If there are more than one supplier involved in producing the component, the production share will be shared by those suppliers.   


            Action items: 

            • View profile: This will open the supplier profile containing all the information about the supplier
            • Manage profile: This will take you to the supplier summary step under component customization where you can replace the supplier and manage their facilities.


            More options: 

            • View secondary suppliers: This will expand the chain to show all the connected suppliers
            • View ancillary component: This will expand the chain to show all the connected components
            • View facilities: This will expand the chain to show all the connected facilities
            • View footprint: This will open up the footprint pop-up


            Transportation:


            Transportation is the distance and mode used between two components. 

             


            There can be multiple modes of transportation between two components. On the supply chain view screen you will see the primary mode and on hover you can see the remaining modes. The details of transportation will be provided by the input supplier of that component.  


            Action items:
            • View mode of transportation: Transportation modes can be viewed by hovering over the chip.
            • Edit transportation: This will open up a pop-up where you can edit mode of transportation at once.

            Map view

            Map view should show data about suppliers, their facility location on the map, details about the components the supplier manufactures at each of these facilities and the mode of transportation between the facilities.






            Global to customized chain




            When a product is added to the system a template supply chain is attached to it. This template supply chain is built on global datasets created by Green Story.



             The template chain uses the following data:  

            • Average weights of the product and various components (this is governed by the products category and subcategory)

            • Global Supplier mix for all process steps 

            • Most common process technologies used in the geographies included in the global supplier mix 

            • Average user behaviour in these geographies 


            To customize the supply chain, you can update the following details: 

            • Change product weight

              • This can be done from the product details page. Learn more 

            • Change material composition for each input to the product.

              • Every component which is an input to a product contains a material composition. You can update the material composition to ensure the correct process are pulled for the supply chain. Learn more 

            • Supplier and their facilities - If not available, at least provide the region or at least the country  

              • If you are unaware of the supplier details, you can provide the region or country the supplier is based in. This will help the system pull process data for that geography.  Learn more 

            • Select actual process technologies used for the component Learn more

            • Update energy sources used by the supplier (Default is always grid electricity)  Learn more

            • Update the paraments and its sources used in a process by a supplier. This will increase the accuracy of the footprint calculation  Learn more

            • Update the input parameters and loss rates for the process  Learn more

            • Add primary components like button/zipper not included in the default templates  Learn more







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