Supply Chain Assessment
Know the Country You're Sourcing From
Our Supply Chain report brings you up to speed on risks and drivers of the local market.
Aimed at companies who now source from the country or are considering sourcing from the country. The Supply Chain Assessment delivers intelligence on broad risks and opportunities.
Who is this for?
- Monitoring contextual changes for those sourcing from a country
- Prospecting on risks and opportunities for those looking for the right country to source from
- Understanding the extent of first and second order risk in the supply chain, for direct and indirect sourcing
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Assessment Sections
The following report sections are included in each Supply Chain Assessment report.
Beliefs
Beliefs are key drivers of the local economy and business environment across 20 different domains. These are intangible bits of local wisdom that, taken as a whole, create real understanding of the local environment.
Domains analyzed include:
- Competitiveness
- Demographics & Human Capital
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Environment
- Financial System
- Firms
- Food & Water
- Geopolitics & Defense
- Governance & Law
- Health
- Households
- Information Dynamics
- Infrastructure & Urbanization
- Macroeconomics & Growth
- Non-Interstate Conflict & Security
- Politics
- Social Cohesion
- Societal Resilience
- Technology & Innovation
- Transportation & Logistics
~55-60 pages in length
Risk Environment
Which risks show up the most in this market? Which risks are most impactful? We've gathered data--across 26 risk categories--on what people on the ground were talking about, writing about, and worried about over the last 12 months.
This section is comprised of three sub-sections:
- Risk Frequency: Which risk categories were most talked about and most written about?
- Risk Subcategories: A detailed breakdown of risks by category and sub-category over the last 12 months.
- Risks Prioritized: Which risks are most impactful and most important to mitigate in this market?
~10 pages in length
Risk Events
What risk events actually occurred over the last 12 months? We outline all the major ones across 26 risk categories.
- Accidents
- Climate Change
- Communal and Religious Strife
- Corporate Corruption or Fraud
- Crime
- Critical Infrastructure Failure
- Cyber Attacks and Data Loss
- Epidemics and Pandemics
- Extreme Weather Events
- Geopolitical Conflict and Disputes
- IP Protection
- Man-made Environmental Disasters
- Natural Disasters
- North Korea
- Political Scandal or Corruption
- Pollution
- Privacy
- Product Recalls
- Protest, Demonstration, Dissent
- Regulation
- Regulatory Enforcement Actions
- Shifting Geopolitical Alliances
- South China Sea
- Strikes and Work Stoppages
- Supply Chain Issues
- Terrorism
~40-50 pages in length
Risk Across Operating Domains
How does the risk environment in country impact the market in different ways? How does that risk cascade through the system?
We analyze the first and second order impacts of each of the 26 risk categories across 20 different operating domains. This will help you think about how the events you see around you may play out in your target country.
~8-9 pages in length
Current Issues
What's happening right now? What is everyone on the ground talking about, writing about, and concerned about right now?
Current Issues are derived from the "Developments" of the past two weeks--what was reported on in our country intelligence Daily Briefings over that period. We select only those developments spanning the whole of the last week (or longer) for inclusion.
~5-8 pages in length
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