Securing Global Trade through Secure Freight Transportation
This project proposes to leverage recent work on supply chain security and response to terrorism and disruptions, with specific focus on securing global trade by understanding and mitigating the vulnerabilities existing in global freight transportation systems and processes. The study first entails developing a structured vulnerability assessment tool - a 'Chain of Custody' framework - and applying it to assess the security of freight flows in the global freight transportation system. The second aspect of the study entails applying disruptive technologies (e.g. RFID tags and readers, motes and sensors) and innovative processes to the global freight transportation system for the purpose of assessing the impact of such investments on freight and system security. A third aspect entails quantifying the potential benefits of such investments, including direct security benefits and indirect or collateral benefits. At the current funding level, the work will address the first study and potentially some examination of the second aspect. The objective of this project is to develop new methods for analyzing extended supply chain vulnerability through the creation of a 'chain of custody' mapping framework
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $30000.00
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Contract Numbers:
DTRS99-G-0001
MITR19-5
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Sponsor Organizations:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avneue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Performing Organizations:
New England University Transportation Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 40-279
Cambridge, MA United States 01239 -
Principal Investigators:
Rice, James
Sheffi, Yossi
- Start Date: 20060901
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20070831
- Source Data: RiP Project 19620
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Globalization; International trade; Radio frequency identification; Research projects; Sensors; Supply chain management
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Research;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01466323
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: New England University Transportation Center
- Contract Numbers: DTRS99-G-0001, MITR19-5
- Files: UTC, RiP, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:14PM