Capability 01 · Map
How does this market work, and where are the gaps?
Map a market, multi-tier supply chain or regional ecosystem. Trace sub-tier supplier dependencies, expose shared forging and component bottlenecks, map AI-native software adjacencies across core platforms, build domestic supplier benches beyond standard industry codes for defence and industrial tenders, and see where profit pools sit.
You getValue-chain map: AI research, checked by our analysts.
Discuss your projectSee what you receive ↓What you get, and what you provide
Value-chain map.
Map the full value chain before you bid, source or invest. We trace sub-tier suppliers, expose shared component bottlenecks and assemble domestic supplier benches, with every placement traced to its source.
- Who it is for
- Prime contractors, procurement and supply-chain leaders, governments, advisory firms and companies entering a sector.
- What you get
- A multi-tier value-chain map, the companies and certifications in each stage, sub-tier bottleneck flags and domestic supply gaps, with sources beside every finding.
- Format
- Spreadsheet and document; slides on request.
- Scope and timing
- Scope, formats and delivery dates agreed before work starts.
- What you provide
- The sector, supply chain or region, the categories you use for it, any supplier or company list you hold, and a contact on your team to agree the scope with us.
- Refresh
- On your calendar, or when contracts, tariffs or policy shift.
Each stage of the value chain sits on one row: how deep qualified supply is, where multiple suppliers depend on the same upstream sub-tier plant, which domestic firms hold the required certifications and where evidence stays flagged.
| Stage | Qualified supply | Domestic bench | Bottleneck or gap | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precision machining | Deep | Several certified shops | None | high |
| Specialty alloy forgings | Thin | A few dual-use firms | Shared sub-tier forge | medium |
| Avionics environmental testing | Open | Two candidates to qualify | No domestic cleanroom | medium |
How we run it
- 01You
Name the market, supply chain or program and the decision the map serves.
- 02Together
Agree the stages, technical certifications, boundaries and sources we may use.
- 03AI agents
Trace companies across each tier against your categories and gather certification and capacity evidence on each.
- 04Our analysts
Verify entity linkages, expose single-point sub-tier bottlenecks and highlight the supply or margin gaps worth acting on.
- 05You
Target the bottleneck stage, qualify domestic suppliers or screen the shortlist that matters.
Scope boundaries
The engagement covers research and analysis. The following are outside this work:
- A complete census of private companies.
- Precise revenues from proxies.
- Policy or investment advice.
How to start
One question, a fixed fee, a first read in days.
- Your question
- One live question, with the decision it serves.
- What comes back
- A reviewed answer with a point of view (a ranked shortlist, a diagnostic or a plan), with every source and anything unverified flagged.
- The fee
- The fee is fixed and agreed before work starts.
- The timing
- A first read in days, not weeks, then the reviewed brief on the date we agree.
We can provide regular research updates after the first project.
Anonymized engagements
A typical engagement.
Anonymized examples of delivered work.
Testing a domestic uncrewed-systems industry
- The challenge
- A team needed to know whether uncrewed-systems manufacturing could work domestically, and where.
- What we delivered
- Mapped component sourcing, tariff exposure and site options, and wrote the investment case.
- What happened next
- Gave the team a sourced feasibility view to take into a client pursuit.
Commercial outcomes
Outcome programs powered by this capability.
Should-Cost & Supply-Chain Resilience
Claw back supplier markups and eliminate sub-tier chokepoints.
Opportunity Assessment & Tender Capture
Focus commercial capital and bid budgets where you can win and expand margins.
Pre-LOI Diligence & Valuation Bridges
Originate off-market targets and stress-test seller claims pre-LOI.
Your context
Research for your team.
From the 15Rock Review
Field notes & whitepapers on Map.
Analyst-checked teardowns, benchmarks, and decision frameworks drawn from delivered engagements.
The 10-Month Pre-RFP Window: How Sub-Tier Suppliers and Investors Detect Defence Work Packages Before Tenders Hit Public Portals
By the time a defence RFP hits public tender portals, 82% of Tier-1/2 consortium workshare is already locked. Triangulating fiscal reallocations, bunker permits, and clearance…
The Emerging Defence Frontier: Mapping Sub-Tier Chokepoints Across Arctic Infrastructure, Tactical Drones, and Rare-Earth Energetics
While 84% of drone startups crowd into software and assembly, C$265M in domestic propulsion and EO/IR optics sits unserved—alongside midstream rare-earth separation and Arctic…
Breaking the Shipyard & Sustainment Bottleneck: Physics Should-Cost Teardowns and Sub-Tier Readiness Across Naval Programs
When naval availability stalls at 46% and sole-source suppliers hike prices 30%+, physics should-cost clean-sheeting and nuclear second-sourcing size C$35M in annual rotable…
Start with one question
Bring us one market or supply chain. Get back a reviewed map.
Tell us what you’re investigating and when you need an answer. We’ll discuss the scope, inputs and research that would help.