Supply Chain Security

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SECURITY FOR KEY LINKS IN THE CHAIN

Now that we have scrutinized the many links, relationships, and functions of a traditional supply chain, we will now move into the development and applications of very specific security measures for key links in the supply chain. Security for a supply chain must concern itself with the known and the unknown. The known includes the actual functions of the segments of the supply chain. The known is also the operating conditions in the environments where the particular supply chain segments are employed. You know how your warehouse works; you know how your goods are transported; you know how others handle and hand off your goods. Knowing these activities enables you to build a fairly stable and uniform security ...