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Play It Safe: Supply Chain Security for High Value Consumer Electronics

Posted by Mark Harvey - Head of Security on 03-Feb-2017 12:23:55

Mark manages security and operational risk strategies for the UK and Europe across international, multi-million supply chains. Designing innovative and cost-effective solutions, Mark ensures logistics operations remain uninterrupted and secure: providing people and facilities protection, investigations, travel security, and tackling cybercrime. With over ten years’ experience working on logistics security for global companies, Mark has a wealth of expertise securing high value goods and mitigating risk with heavy involvement with the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA). At Yusen, Mark is a touchpoint for customers to ensure that your supply chain security is fully optimized to your needs.

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Each shipment of consumer electronics could hold goods worth millions even billions: their loss undermining the market and badly bruising your bottom line. However, the costs of cargo theft go beyond the simple loss of product, with interruptions to the supply chain, supporting customer services, criminal investigations, and increased insurance all draining potential profit. When evaluating a 3PL partner, then, their supply chain security is crucial for the handling of high value goods whether that be the newest tablet, mobile phone or even crucial medicines and pharmaceutical products.

Topics: Pharmaceutical Industry, Control Tower Management, Real-time Solutions, Warehousing and Distribution, RFID, Griffin, GPS Tracking, Shipment Visibility, Technology Industry, Consumer Electronics, Supply Chain Security