Now, More Than Ever --- It's Vital to Develop Strategies to Build A Secure Supply Chain
The U.S. imports some $2 trillion worth of products from more than 150 countries. This is expected to triple by 2015. US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt reported that for American consumers to continue to enjoy the highest levels of food and product safety, our import safety strategy needs to shift from the current point-of-entry intervention model to a prevention with verification model that addresses product safety at every step of the producer to consumer import cycle.
For CEOs, CROs (Chief Risk and Responsibility Officers), and the supply chain executives who work with them, what is required for a secure supply chain is more than verification and prevention. The unintended consequence of globalization and outsourcing has created a whole new strategy for getting goods and parts from manufacturer to customer. Emerging markets especially, have increased risk, due to fast paced growth and a young regulatory climate that has not put adequate controls in place product safety, intellectual property rights, piracy, counterfeiting, and more.
It’s for these reasons that we have developed The Secure Chain: Business & Technology Summit, taking place February 26 & 27, 2008 in Long Beach, California.
This is not just another supply chain management conference.
This is not just another supply chain technology conference.
"Supply Chain conferences are focused on Purchasing, Logistics and or Production topics. The SecureChain executive conference is focused on important global market issues involved in securing the supply chain: what the business strategy is and how to develop the structure to execute on that strategy – -- from the top of the enterprise to the bottom." - - Conference Chair Ann Grackin, President & CEO, ChainLink Research
You should attend if you are interested in discussion, dialogue and insight involving the following issues:
- When should you trust your trading partners and when should you withhold information from them?
- What happens when a disruptive event occurs on the other side of the globe?
- What is the Role of Federal and State Government in securing your Supply Chain?
- What improvements in infrastructure security can you expect from state-run ports and transport infrastructure agencies?
- What’s next in the fight against counterfeiting and piracy?
- Most importantly: How does it all fit together – from product authentication to container security to transit visibility to compliance to disaster and recovery planning?