25. Supply Chain Security

In this chapter, we introduce supply chain security and describe how governments as well as the logistics industries, shippers and manufacturing industries attempt to safeguard supply chains against theft, pilferage, terrorist attacks or unforeseen events that harm the seamless, reliable and efficient flow of goods. We define the concept of supply chain security and describe the context (basic part). Next, we elaborate how organizations manage corresponding supply chain risks by using models, methodologies and common practices (basic). Then, we discuss the government perspective and describe how supply chain security is embedded in laws and regulations and how business and government collaborate in joint supply chain security programs (advanced). In addition, we describe innovative control and supervision models that maximize the potential of collaboration with trustworthy supply chain partners that are in control of activities across their supply chains (state-of-the-art). This chapter ends with an elaboration of the digitization of global trade and concomitant cyber security threats (state-of-the-art).