New thoughts about supply chain security after 9-11 terrorist attack

Before Sept.11, 2001, the question "what is supply-chain security" would surely have brought out the more traditional areas of risk management-natural and man-made disasters; equipment and infrastructure failures; regulatory requirements; loss prevention; geopolitical events; and personnel strikes. Today, especially after the attacks of Sept. 11, supply chain security has taken on a whole new level of meaning and immediacy. It\´s now a primary consideration that needs to be addressed as comprehensively as any other part of running the business. And accordingly, it needs to undergo the same rigorous economic analysis as any other key activity. This paper discusses the problem of supply chain security from five aspects, it starts from brief introduction, and then, discusses the importance of security strategy within the supply chain, next, six steps of conducting security management were analyzed; Fourth, the impacts of conducting supply chain security management on different members within supply chain were categorized into three category; finally, all the discussions were brought to an natural conclusion.