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GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY GEBUNDEN

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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