“Firms with limited visibility into their supply chain have risks and exposures stemming from sub-tier suppliers who may be vulnerable to disruptions. Sphera’s N-Tier survey results ...

they could not identify risks occurring several tiers up in the supply chain – the so called “n-tier problem.” But COVID supply disruptions turned out, very frequently, to be an n-tier problem.

companies need a tier-N view of the world. A company’s ability to have a high-performing supply chain doesn’t just rely on the company itself; it depends on its suppliers or from whom those suppliers ...

This may be performed by a tier 2, 3 or even “tier-n” supplier — far up the supply chain. Whatever a product’s ultimate origin, it must be fully traceable, and the transformation of components from ...

There can be multiple tiers, and all are connected in a supply chain of command to the OEM – from the largest to the smallest number in the chain. In other words, Tier 2 companies supply Tier 1 ...

"Firms with limited visibility into their supply chain have risks and exposures stemming from sub-tier suppliers who may be vulnerable to disruptions. Sphera's N-Tier survey results demonstrate the ...