CHAPTER
14: SECURITY & SAFETY IN DISTRIBUTION
INTRODUCTION
Unfortunately terrorist attacks and crimes
against vehicles and property have become almost an everyday feature of life
today’s world. The costs associated with the disruption caused by these events
are difficult to quantify but are all too real to the victims. Management time,
replacement of assets, service failure, increased insurance costs, legal costs
and general upheaval are some of the consequences.
The aim of this chapter is to provide an
outline of the measures that should be considered when planning logistics
security. The most common area s and equipment will be briefly described, but
any specialist requirement will not be covered. Vehicles, distribution centre
and personnel security will be examined. A section on safety in distribution
centres has also been included. International measures to combat terrorist
attacks will be briefly described, and supply chain vulnerability will be
discussed.
INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY MEASURES
·
US cargo
security measures
·
Custom-Trade
Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT)
·
Free and
Secure Trade (FAST)
·
Container
Security Initiative (CSI)
·
Advanced
Manifest Regulation (AMR)
US
CARGO SECURITY MEASURES
Given that the United States is the largest
economy in the world and was the victim of the 11 September attacks, it seems
appropriate to look in more detail at some of the measures the United State has
put in place to avoid any further attacks.
TACTICAL
SECURITY
Some tactical measures to help ensure
vehicle, personnel and distribution centre security were covered. These
included:
·
Vehicles
immobilization
·
Vehicle
alarms
·
A guide to
dos and don’ts for driver
·
Distribution
centre location
·
Distribution centre fecing and gates
·
Closed
circuit television
·
Personnel
and security guards
·
Satellite
tracking
Some key issues relating to health and
safety in the distribution centre and warehouse also are highlighted.
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