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Article Excerpt
Securing Global Transportation Networks: A Total Security Management Approach, by Luke Ritter, J. Michael Barrett, and Rosalyn Wilson. McGraw-Hill, New York, New York. 2007. Pp. 320. ISBN 0-07-147751-9. $49.95.
Supply chain professionals understand how critical the supply chain is to global trade and world welfare, and it is estimated that the consequences of disruption to the global supply chain, whether from terrorist or natural causes, can be in the range of hundreds of billions of dollars. Terrorists have openly declared their goal of disrupting world trade and globalization, attacking oil production and infrastructure--both physical and financial. Natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, and bird flu can all disrupt trade and supply chains. To help firms cope with such...
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