Figure 4
A treemap groups supplier selection factors into seven categories covering operations, organisation, technology, finance, governance, risk, and ethical and emerging factors.The seven main categories are Operational and Logistics Factors; Supplier and Organizational Capability Factors; Technology and Digital Transformation Factors; Financial and Cost Factors; Governance and Regulatory Factors; Risk and Disruption Factors; and Ethical and Emerging Pharmaceutical Factors. Visible operational factors include Cold Storage Facilities, Delivery Accuracy, Availability of Supplies, Robust Supply Network and Location. Supplier and organisational factors include Financial Stability of Supply Chain and Bargaining Power of Buyers. Technology factors include technology innovation, bio-digital factors and quantum-resistant encryption. Financial factors include warehousing and technology-related factors. Governance factors include governmental rules and quality certification. Risk factors include Political Risk and Labor Strikes. The ethical and emerging category includes a psychedelic-related factor. Some labels are truncated in the source.

Hierarchy chart of themes

Source: Authors’ own work

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