A defense contractor faced escalating supplier risks and limited supply chain visibility across hundreds of transportation hubs. The contractor utilized Altana's product network to gain full sub-tier visibility, identify affected suppliers, and implement strategic resilience approaches to mitigate risks and avoid penalties from missed uptime targets.
Before the Product Network
- Defense contractor was working across hundreds of transportation hubs, faced escalating supplier risks, and had limited sub-tier visibility
- The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and other unexpected disruptions exposed hidden single-point-of-failure vulnerabilities across multi-tier supply routes
- Looming International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILA) strike threatened cascading supply chain disruptions — necessitating full sub-tier visibility into suppliers and materials.
With the Product Network
- Gained full sub-tier visibility and developed a port-flow risk dashboard based on product-level data, modeling supplier flows through ILA-operated ports to identify affected suppliers
- Enabled four strategic resilience approaches: supplier diversification, event-based risk alerts, network analysis, and smart inventory planning
- Equipped business continuity teams to prioritize mitigation actions and offset penalties tied to missed uptime targets
