7Supply Chains
A supply chain is defined here as a network of organizations, people, and assets used to move a product or service from supplier to customer. Network nodes are generally factories, warehouses, and ports. Network links are trucking, railway, and shipping routes. These are big, globe‐circling networks that connect more than 178 countries to one another through a complex set of trade agreements, international laws, and customs agencies.
The wealth and security of every nation depend on robust import–export trade, and trade depends on an efficient and friction‐free global supply chain. Ports are the infrastructure that makes the friction‐free supply chain successful. Therefore, port and shipping security are critical to this complex CIKR sector – supply chain, maritime domain, and global intermodal transportation security are nearly synonymous terms for the same thing. Regardless of the term used supply chain security is of the highest concern among countries threatened by terrorists, pirates, accidents, ...
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