Mapping all 45 supplier candidates geographically revealed extreme concentration: approximately 40% were clustered in a single manufacturing hub. This geographic risk was invisible in spreadsheet-based supplier tracking but immediately obvious on a map — and it directly influenced our diversification recommendations.
Supplier Geographic Heat Map
45 suppliers mapped — one city accounted for 40% of the total.
Key Result
40%
of suppliers concentrated in one geographic cluster
Evidence Type
Product Category
Engagement Tier
GrowthPublished
Mar 26, 2026
Engineering Story
Why Only CORIO
Supply chain resilience requires geographic diversity — a fact that only becomes visible when you map the entire supplier universe instead of evaluating candidates one at a time.
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