Less money spent, more subcontractors & Subcontractors are mainly at Eastern and Western Coast

Figure Navigation: In the tree map, the subaward action fiscal year, the subawardee name, and the subawardee name are shown and the color represents for the subaward action fiscal year while the size of square shows the amount for the subcontractor. Clicking on a subcontractor, the geo map can tell you where the subcontractor is located. In the geo map, the number elucidate the number of subcontractors located in that state, and the color represents the total amount of subawards.

Illustrations: According to the tree map, apparently, in 2016, more than 500000000 dollars was spent in one subcontractor, the company ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS OPERATIONS LLC, which is locatd in Maryland. After 2016, the money spent in the subawards became less and less, but more companies became the subcontractors of Raytheon. Besides, in agreement with the geo map, most of the subcontractors are located near the eastern or western coast, in that these states are more developed and have more technology companies.

Most of the suppliers provide more than 3 products & Many products only have 1 suppliers

Figure Navigation: In all these three linked bar plots, the color represents for the number of subcontractors or the number of products, and you can use the "Filter - Subawardee Name" or "Filter - Subaward Description" to focus on one specific subcontractor or product or use the "Filter - Number of Products" or "Filter - Number of Subawardee" to learn more details in a range. Since a link among these plots were created, you can interact with these plots.

1. Click on one business type to learn about all the companies in the type and all the products provided by these companies;
2. Click on a subcontractor to know about its business type and the products it provides;
3. Click on a product to dive deep into its suppliers.

Illustrations: From the bar plot of business type, it is evident that most of the subcontractors have some business types including For-Profit Organization and Manufacturer of Goods, and some of the subcontractors are foreign owned.

In accordance with the following two bar plots, companies like DIVERSIFIED TECHNICAL SYSTEMS, INC. and ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS OPERATIONS LLC have provided 10 products in the supply chain, and some risky products like Custom-ComputerSW, Encoders, and GPSReceivers only have one supplier. So, more emphasis will be put on these companies and products in the following analysis

What's next?

Next section is Network Analysis, you will learn more about the supply chains.