ISI Report

Supply Chain Security Management [SCSM] is a relatively new discipline in the field of Operations Management Research, thus lacking introductory and tutorial papers. The recent concerns on security in global supply chains are driving the introduction of new security initiatives, standards and measures to such an extent that they are becoming an integral part of supply chain management. This paper presents the current state of SCSM initiatives, and discusses their managerial implications, including the importance of interplay between various parties, i.e. authorities, manufacturers, distributors etc., to support the fluent and secure flow of goods in the global economy The paper concludes that a gap exists between theoretical supply chain security studies, emerging security standards and practical managerial actions, and that the academic research community has a clear mission to bridge this gap, e.g. via pragmatic case studies within real world supply chains.