A study on Security issues in Supply Chain Management Practices at Manufacturing Industries

Security has been an issue since supply chain begin, where the theft, fraud, smuggling, sabotage, hijacking, piracy, risk of damaged goods were all common security issues in supply chain management especially in manufacturing sector. There are various security issues when raw materials, inventory and finished goods go through a longer and complex supply chain. In material flow, the raw materials, inventory and the finished products can be stolen or faked. Thus, an investigation of security issues concerning SCM can give suppliers, OEMs, intermediaries, customers, and even third-party service providers more guidance on potential security issues concealed in their business and the possible solutions they can use. Therefore, it is essential to investigate and find out all major security issues and relevant solutions within the material flow in supply chain (SC) in order to help companies to deal, to reduce and to prevent those security issues occurring in their supply chains. In the paper relevant supply chain security reason, security programs, security issues and possible solutions are discussed.