Managing Global Supply Chains: Compliance, Security, and Dealing with Terrorism

The events of September 11, 2001 had a profound impact not only upon individuals, institutions, and governments, but also upon global trade. The reverberations of this focused act of terrorism are manifest in much more stringent logistics, documentary requirements, and regulations. A single source on compliance and security, Managing Global Supply Chains frames a comprehensive strategy for supply chain executives in the post 9/11 world. It delineates problems and changes in rules and regulations, discusses vocabulary and acronyms, and teaches executives to implement mandatory compliance and security programs as a means of preserving expeditious global supply chains.