From National Borders to Global Seams The Rise of Supply Chain Security

• Published in: The Deadly Life of Logistics p. 53
• Main Author: Cowen, Deborah
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States University of Minnesota Press 01-09-2014
• Subjects: Aggregate economy; Applied sciences; Border protection; Business; Business economics; Business operations; Civil engineering; Commerce; Commercial production; Commercial transportation; Economics; Engineering; Freight; Freight transport; Government; Government services; Harbors; Human geography; Immigration and customs enforcement; International borders; International politics; International relations; International security; Law enforcement; Logistics; Macroeconomics; Marine engineering; Marine structures; National politics; National security; Political geography; Political science; Politics; Ports; Private security; Production resources; Resource management; Security studies; Social sciences; Supply; Supply and demand; Supply chain management; Trade; Transportation
• ISBN: 0816680884; 9780816680887

The diagram in Figure 10 appeared as part of a 2006New York Timesarticle on the growing challenge of securing global supply chains (Fattah and Lipton 2006). Assembled using data from the RAND Corporation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Government Accountability Office, and AMR Research, “Securing the Flow of Goods” illustrates the transnational journey of an imaginary shipping container from source to destination. The diagram highlights the myriad sites along the route where “security concerns” arise: opportunities for tampering with the contents of containers, sites where inspection technologies are outdated or inadequate, and places where physical security