In medicine, researchers often study people who don’t get sick after getting exposed to an otherwise deadly virus to understand what enables their immunity, which can accelerate the development of a successful vaccine. Similarly, when it comes to logistics outsourcing, it’s sometimes useful to study the outliers to get a different perspective on what’s happening in the industry.
I use the medicine analogy because the “outlier” I’m focusing on… Continue reading
The first time I wrote about trade security was in late 2002 (“Trade Security: A Wildcard in Supply Chain Management”). This was about a year after 9/11, when various security initiatives were first launched, including Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), the Container Security Initiative (CSI), Operation Safe Commerce (OSC), and Smart and Secure Trade Lanes (SST). A couple of years later, I wrote “Linking Supply Chain Security
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