This volume presents new theoretical insights, practical
strategies, and policy initiatives in the rapidly evolving field of
global supply chain security. As businesses, governments, and
society at large have become increasingly dependent on a global
network to provide goods and services, protecting global supply
chains has become an issue of vital importance for industries,
nations, and regions. The "supply chain" encompasses all the links
connecting a manufacturer to end users of its products. Links may
take the form of plants, supplier warehouses, vendor facilities,
ports or hubs, retail warehouses or facilities, and outbound
shipping centers. Links also involve all the ways goods are
moved-by truck, ship, airplane, or rail car. A great deal can go
wrong in the supply chain due to company or systemic mismanagement
and inefficiency, criminal activity, employee or technology errors,
or terrorism, to name just a few of the threats. Then there are
government regulation, industry or association oversight, and
security agencies (both public and private) keeping track.
Globalization, stricter security regimes, and increasingly
sophisticated criminal activity have made cross-border cargo
movements more complex, putting the integrity of end-to-end supply
chains at much greater risk. This is why the security of the supply
chain has become such an important issue for business people: there
is too much at stake to let problems proliferate or stagnate. It
has been estimated, for example, that thieves now steal $50 billion
in goods each year from various points along the supply chain.
Synthesizing the most current research, practical application, and
policy, Global Supply Chain Security covers a range of emerging
topics-from risk assessment to technology deployment to continuity
planning-and will serve as a useful resource for anyone concerned
with supply chain security issues, including scholars, students,
business executives and policymakers.
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