Supply-Chain Research Library
Lam Research and Micron: Why 5.61% and 5.52% Tell Different Stories
Dependency asymmetry
Is the Lam Research and Micron relationship economically balanced from both sides?
Altsets estimates the Lam Research to Micron relationship at 5.61% of Lam revenue, 1.2B USD, and 5.52% of Micron COGS, creating an unusually close two-sided percentage pattern.
How to Turn Supply-Chain Data Into Quantitative Stock Factors
Relationship comparison
How can quantitative investors convert point-in-time supplier and customer relationships into cross-sectional stock features without mixing incompatible denominators or introducing look-ahead bias?
Engineer point-in-time customer, supplier, overlap, and network features for systematic equity research while keeping relationship denominators separate and avoiding look-ahead bias.
How Supply-Chain Dependency Can Change a Stock's Position Size
Customer concentration
When two stocks have similar conviction, how can concentrated customer, supplier, or network dependence justify different portfolio weights without turning relationship data into a mechanical sizing formula?
Use concentrated customer, supplier, and network dependencies as an additional portfolio risk input when deciding how much capital to place behind an otherwise attractive stock thesis.
How to Measure Geographic Supplier Exposure
Geographic exposure
How can supply-chain data measure geographic supplier exposure without confusing company country with production location?
Use supplier country and relationship metrics as a first-pass geopolitical screen without confusing company domicile with factory-level exposure.
How to Use Supply-Chain Data When Relationship Metrics Are Missing
Relationship comparison
How should investors use mapped supplier and customer relationships when some edges have no economic metrics?
Separate structural relationships from quantified exposure so missing metrics remain unknown instead of silently becoming zero or false precision.
Why Supplier Revenue Growth Does Not Equal Customer Unit Demand
Demand read-through
How should investors separate supplier pricing, shipment volume, and product mix before using supplier revenue growth as a read-through to a major customer?
Separate price, shipment volume, and product mix before turning supplier revenue growth into a customer-demand read-through, especially in cyclical markets such as memory.
How to Rank Suppliers by Economic Importance
Supplier materiality
How can investors rank a company's suppliers by economic importance instead of treating every supplier equally?
Rank supplier relationships by customer cost share, supplier revenue concentration, or relationship size depending on the research question.
How to Rank Supplier Disruption Exposure by Customer Cost Share
Event exposure
How can supply-chain data rank which customers are most exposed to a supplier disruption?
Use customer cost percentage and relationship size to prioritize which customers deserve investigation after a supplier, facility, or input disruption.
How to Screen Supply-Chain Relationships for Negotiating Leverage
Dependency asymmetry
How can supply-chain relationship data identify where negotiating leverage may be worth investigating?
Use directional concentration and relationship size to find economically asymmetric relationships that deserve deeper bargaining-power research.
Supply-Chain Diversification vs Sector and Country Diversification
Network path
How can a portfolio look diversified by sector and country while several holdings remain exposed to the same supply-chain demand cycle?
Compare sector and country diversification with supplier, customer, end-market, and network overlap so globally distributed holdings are not assumed to be economically independent.
Why Company-Wide Supply-Chain Exposure Is Not Segment Exposure
Relationship comparison
How should investors use company-wide supplier and customer percentages when the investment thesis is about one business segment or end market?
Keep company-wide relationship percentages separate from reportable-segment and end-market exposure unless a direct source supports the internal allocation.