Securing the supply chain

Editorial Introduction: Cultivating and Securing the Information Supply Chain

Fuel Management: Securing Value Across India’s Coal Supply Chain

Securing RFID-supported Supply Chains

Modern RFID-supported supply chains envision a seamless sharing of item-level data across multiple supply chain participants in the “Internet of Things”. However, many companies are reluctant to propagate large amounts of their track and trace information to others, as they fear the uncontrolled disclosure of vital business intelligence. Without built-in safeguards, such systems thus run the ri...

Securing the Containerized Supply Chain: An Economic Analysis of C-TPAT

We perform an economic analysis of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), modeling the strategic interaction between the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and trading firms as a Stackelberg game. We characterize the unique equilibrium outcome and perform comparative statics. We provide insights relevant to policy planners and to private sector trading firms. We fi...

Securing the Containerized Supply Chain: Analysis of Government Incentives for Private Investment

To mitigate the threat that terrorists smuggle weapons of mass destruction (WMD) into the US through maritime containers, the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspects containers upon entry to domestic ports. Inspection-driven congestion is costly, and CBP provides incentives to firms to improve security upstream in the supply chain, thereby reducing the inspection burden at US ...