Abstract
Multimodal supply chains are characterized by multiple
changes of transport modes, vehicles, and transport
operators, and hence, the risks for theft, untimely
delivery, and freight quality deterioration increase.
There is a growing need to manage the security and
efficiency of consignments. Tracking and tracing
services, which are on the market, mainly concentrate on
a single mode of transport, such as road vehicles, or
transport units, such as containers. This chapter
describes a concept for managing the security of
multimodal supply chains using monitoring technology. A
profound risk analysis was performed to identify threats
and vulnerabilities during the different phases of the
supply chain and key threat scenarios. A security service
concept was developed to cope with the risks using
monitoring technology. The technological solution depends
on the needs of the supply chain actors and on the supply
chain properties. The service concept was tested by
monitoring different international shipments leaving from
Finland. Intelligent monitoring devices, which were
attached to the consignments, collected information on
location and environmental parameters and transmitted in
real-time to a background system. The chapter gives an
overview of the framework, service concept, and the
analysed results of multimodal shipments.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Management Science, Logistics, and Operations Research |
Editors | John Wang |
Place of Publication | Hershey |
Publisher | IGI Global |
Chapter | 3 |
Pages | 38-52 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4666-4507-3 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4666-4506-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
MoE publication type | D2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material |