RESILIRE Co., Ltd., a supply chain risk management platform "RESILIRE" is a cloud service to prevent damage to supply chains due to natural disasters.It has been introduced to major pharmaceutical companies, automakers, and trading companies since the release of the beta version in June 2020.We asked Mr. Yudai Tsuda about the current state of corporate supply chain risk management and the characteristics of resilire services.
In recent years, natural disasters associated with climate change have occurred frequently around the world, causing a huge economic loss.
In particular, new colonavirus infections, such as the local, are not localized, such as natural disasters, but continuously hinder the supply chain.
It is said that if any of them are out of stock, hundreds of millions will be damaged per hour, taking one of them out of 10.Many suppliers require a bird's -eye view of the entire chain and risk response to how to continue to operate without stopping raw materials and parts.
There are two points for the risk management of the supply chain: understanding all suppliers and the situation of the disaster at the time of risk.Major manufacturing, which has many suppliers, is difficult to grasp all of them, and the risks in the event of a disaster will increase.Even if you know the primary contractor that supplies the parts directly and the subcontractor Tier 2, it is completely completely made by the material parts and raw materials purchased by the manufacturer of Tier 2 or less.I haven't grasped it.Even in the case of Toyota, the tens of thousands of suppliers can only be grasped.
Many large companies have their own SCMs, but the other side must also introduce the SCM system to connect to the supplier, which is a heavy burden on the small and medium -sized manufacturing industry.The introduction of a large SCM does not work enough, and still manages the supplier in the Excel table.
When a disaster occurs, it is inefficient to check the situation by phone or email where it is likely to be affected, and it takes time to recover.However, if the location of all suppliers is grasped, it will be possible to contact factories located in a dangerous area due to disaster forecasts and take measures such as securing factories that can produce alternative products.。
Resilire visualizes the supplier in a tree format to grasp the entire supply chain.In addition, a supplier is displayed on the map, visualizing the disaster base based on disaster information such as open data from the Japan Meteorological Agency, etc., and if there is a supplier in a dangerous area, emails are automatically sent.
You can manage the supply chain with a tree
"Disaster grasp map" that displays suppliers on the map and visualizes the disaster situation
Such a supply chain risk management does not work unless you communicate with the supplier.It is important how to involve suppliers and make communication smooth.
First of all, it is necessary to connect all suppliers and networks, but it is time -consuming to collect information and register information on parent businesses with a huge supply chain, and leaks and mistakes are likely to occur.In Resilire, upstream suppliers can allocate accounts one after another to downstream suppliers, so even if the parent company does not respond, it is easy to update when the base is changed or added.Say.
In addition, it has been devised to raise information with a minimum effort so that it does not burden the supplier.For example, in the event of a disaster, you can immediately convey the situation by selecting a base on the map and selecting "normal" or "abnormality".In addition, the email sent to the supplier to confirm the situation is a selected form type, and you can easily reply from your smartphone.
Currently, the Japan Meteorological Agency has obtained domestic earthquakes and flooding information from the API of the Japan Meteorological Agency, and supports power outages, landslides, fire and explosions.In addition, a mock training function that simulates disasters is also available.For example, by grasping a supplier affected when an earthquake directly under the capital occurs, measures such as dispersing the base if the development base of a specific item is concentrated.
The next challenge is to visualize the risks during normal times so that you can take measures."When the supply of the ingredients stops, it may take several years to find and evaluate alternative procurements. Visualize a bottleneck that should not be stopped so that you can identify items that require measures in advance."Tai" (Mr. Tsuda)
Currently, only domestic weather data is supported, but the manufacturing industry has many overseas bases, and there are political risks such as terrorism as well as natural disasters.First of all, the plan is to gradually expand the target range from the response to the flood damage data in China where the suppliers are concentrated.