Resilinc

"GM has invested in new analytic tools that help them analyze the risks associated with suppliers and catastrophic events. They worked with Resilinc to develop these tools. Resilinc is a cloud provider of supply chain resilience solutions. Resilinc helped them geocode supplier’s plants and logistics hubs across their multi-tier supply chain. What this allows GM to do is to draw a circle around an event like an earthquake and answer the question “Which of our suppliers are located within 100 miles of the epicenter? Within 200 miles?" GM can also look at suppliers located within the flood plain of a river and ask questions like "Are all of our key suppliers of a particular component located in that flood zone? What happens if they all go down at once?So is all this work paying off at GM? In 2011, following the tsunami, 6 weeks after the disaster GM was still finding suppliers located within the affected area. A few weeks ago Japan had a magnitude 7.0 quake. Within 6 hours GM understood the supplier impacts from that quake."

"Managing supply chain risk starts with a great partner like Resilinc, whether it be at the supplier level or at the product part number level, the mapping is extremely important to develop that trust through the supply network. Resilinc helps us understand the sub-tiers to understand the underlying risk. We do a lot of what-if scenarios and mock drills, events happen when they happen - it is important to be prepared at all times."

"Tools such as Resilinc’s map each supplier’s footprint and the origin of their parts and rank supplier locations by their revenue impact, financial risk, location risks, and a “recovery score.” Users can then see which products or processes are most severely impacted by potential disruptions and use this information to prioritize on which plants, products, and processes to focus monitoring and recovering planning."