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Network-centric security for Canada-U.S. supply chains

9 Jun 2005

It would provide thick information including: where and how the box was loaded, by whom and the level of trust/security the loader commands, what's in the box, where the box is/has been/will be, whether the box has been tampered with, its velocity, hazards along the way, advance notice to authorities and other shipping modes of arrival, etc. [...] The commercial sector’s role takes the form of various information disclosures to support the “layering” strategy enunciated by the two governments in order to take advantage of the offer of voluntary participation in cooperative programs like C-TPAT, PIP, and FAST. [...] As a result, the stop-and-search methods that comprise the primary method of direct observation of freight flows for security purposes are targeted largely by the information disclosures under the heading of “layering.” From 2002 onward, the governments added the following to supplement their own intelligence-gathering activities to further refine where the search-and-scan resources at ports and b [...] The network-centric approach would ultimately reallocate responsibility from the public to the private sector to reduce the existing burden on the party whose contact with the freight load is relatively brief and episodic (i.e., government). [...] Alternatively, an early-season snowfall on the tracks in the Rockies might prompt delays, which would be the subject of an “exceptions report” to the carrier’s operations center, to the shipper’s logistics departments, and to the various personnel at the business waiting to receive the goods;.
government politics economics economy insurance science and technology business cargo consumer goods incentives logistics shipping railway transport specifications transport computer network economic sector inventory artificial objects technology and engineering global positioning system containerization rfid radio-frequency identification radio frequency identification rfid tags u.s. customs center for strategic and international studies u.s. fda

Authors

Webber, Joel

Pages
60
Published in
Canada

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