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title: ToolRouter — Workflow
description: A multi-tool workflow showing how to combine ToolRouter tools for a complex task.
url: https://toolrouter.com/workflows/supply-chain-analysis
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# Supply Chain Analysis

Analyze supply chain options by researching suppliers, comparing sourcing countries, assessing economic risks, and visualizing trade-offs.

This workflow supports procurement and supply chain teams in evaluating sourcing strategies and managing supply chain risk. It gathers intelligence on suppliers, trade flows, and commodity markets, then compares potential sourcing countries across infrastructure and business climate dimensions.

World Bank economic data enables rigorous risk assessment for each country in the supply chain, identifying vulnerabilities like currency instability or trade imbalances. The charting step translates this multi-dimensional analysis into clear visualizations that make sourcing decisions and risk mitigation strategies actionable.

**Tools:** web-search, country-data, world-economy, generate-chart
**Category:** data

## Steps

### 1. Supply Chain Intelligence

Search for supply chain data including supplier directories, trade flows, commodity prices, and logistics infrastructure information.

- **Tool:** web-search
- **Skill:** search
- **Input:** Industry-specific supply chain and sourcing queries
- **Output:** Supply chain intelligence covering key suppliers, trade routes, and commodity data

### 2. Sourcing Country Comparison

Compare potential sourcing countries on infrastructure, trade agreements, regulatory environment, and business climate indicators.

- **Tool:** country-data
- **Skill:** compare
- **Input:** Country codes for current and potential sourcing locations
- **Output:** Multi-country comparison with infrastructure, trade, and business environment data

### 3. Economic Risk Assessment

Assess economic risks in supply chain countries by analyzing GDP stability, inflation, trade balance, and political economy indicators.

- **Tool:** world-economy
- **Skill:** compare_countries
- **Input:** Country codes for supply chain locations with relevant economic indicators
- **Output:** Economic risk profiles for supply chain countries with trend data

### 4. Supply Chain Visualizations

Create visualizations showing country risk scores, cost comparisons, and supply chain dependency maps.

- **Tool:** generate-chart
- **Skill:** create_chart
- **Input:** Country comparison data, economic indicators, and supply chain intelligence
- **Output:** Supply chain analysis charts with risk matrices and sourcing comparison visuals

## Benefits

- Provides data-driven sourcing country evaluations
- Assesses economic and political risk for supply chain locations
- Compares infrastructure and trade conditions across countries
- Creates visual risk matrices for supply chain decision-making
