Supply Chain Risk Analysis System with Visual Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for evaluating a company's risk in supply chains are limited as they only consider financial information, neglecting non-financial aspects such as morality, social contribution, and ethical management.
Innovation Solution
A method that calculates a risk score for companies and their cooperators using both financial and non-financial information, converting the results into visual formats like bar graphs, tracking graphs, and network diagrams, and provides real-time communication services when issues arise, allowing for the management of supply chains through a chat room.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If only financial information is used to evaluate company risk, then the evaluation process is simple, but non-financial aspects such as morality, social contribution, and ethical management cannot be assessed
Solution Approach 1:
The evaluation system is segmented into multiple independent modules: financial information analysis module, non-financial information analysis module, risk score calculation module, and visual information generation module. Each module processes specific types of data independently, allowing comprehensive evaluation while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The evaluation system is designed as a multi-functional platform that can process both financial and non-financial information, generate multiple types of visual outputs (bar graphs, tracking graphs, network diagrams), and provide real-time communication services. This universal design allows a single system to address diverse evaluation needs without requiring separate specialized systems.
2Loss of information
If comprehensive visual information is provided for risk scores, then decision-making is enhanced, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system generates multiple visual copies of the same underlying risk data in different formats (bar graphs for comparison, tracking graphs for trends, network diagrams for relationships). Each visual representation is a simplified copy that highlights different aspects of the same risk information, allowing decision-makers to choose the most appropriate view without processing complex raw data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms one-dimensional risk score data into multi-dimensional visual representations by adding spatial dimensions (graphical layouts), temporal dimensions (tracking over time), and relational dimensions (network connections). This dimensional transformation makes complex risk information more intuitive and easier to comprehend.
3Loss of time
If real-time communication service is provided between company and cooperator, then issue response time is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication service is merged with the existing risk evaluation system, allowing chat rooms and real-time messaging to be integrated alongside risk analysis functionality. This combination enables issue discussion and risk evaluation to occur within a single unified platform, reducing the need for separate communication tools while maintaining system manageability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an automated intermediary that mediates communication between the company and its cooperators, managing chat rooms and message routing automatically. This intermediary layer handles the complexity of real-time communication protocols, user authentication, and message management, allowing rapid response times without requiring direct complex peer-to-peer system integration.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a method for analyzing a risk of a cooperator supply chain. The method calculates a risk score based on text data associated with an evaluation target company, provides visual information on the risk score of the evaluation target company through a bar graph, a tracking graph, a scatter plot graph, a network diagram, and a map diagram, and generates a chat room for managing a supply chain between the evaluation target company and the cooperator to support real-time communication.