Assessing security risk in global container supply chains using analytic hierarchy process model.

摘要

This research contributes to the study of supply chain cargo container shipment security by focusing on a new aspect of this chain. Specifically, using the Analytic Hierarchy Process approach (AHP) offers a way to potentially reduce the risks that lead to the problems and situations that negatively affect supply chain security. Evaluation and management of security risks in the container supply chain represents a typical Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) problem that entails criteria that can be both qualitative and quantitative. We have used AHP in this study because it allows decision-makers to model a complex problem in a hierarchical structure portraying the relationships of the overall goal, criteria (objectives), and alternatives.;Results of the pairwise comparison of the major decision criteria indicate that personnel risk is the most important risk factor, followed by environment risk and method risk. With respect to the major objectives, results of the composite scores indicate that the Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is the best alternative to manage the security risk in the global container supply chain, followed by smart containers, and Authorized Economic Operator (AEO).