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* USA - Needs to spend intelligently on security without risking JIT inventory programs
Growing freight and logistics bottlenecks at this country’s ports and borders threaten America’s ability to compete in a global economy
Washington,DC,USA -Logistic Management, by Jhn D. Schulz -7 Dec 2007: -- ... They warn increased security measures are creating costly delays at these locations is reducing the nation’s productivity and competitiveness. Security concerns must be measured against the need for smooth freight flows into this country... There are two solutions to this so-called “thickening of the border”—greater use of information technology and increasing investment in highways, rails, ports and elsewhere, these experts said. They spoke at a Dec. 4 symposium sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce... Manufacturers emphasized additional security measures must be added only as necessary, not willy-nilly such as Congress’s recently passed law that would require 100 percent physical screening of freight at airports and ports...
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