Compliance Risk Measurement in Global Supply Chain: A Study in Food Import in EU

Compliance Risk Measurement in Global Supply Chain: A Study in Food Import in EU

FEI Tianqi, T.

Hulstijn, J. (mentor)

Technology, Policy and Management

ICT Section

2015-08-26

Global trade needs effective supply chains to ensure global sourcing at cost-effective rates and to position their products on international markets. Global Supply chains involve complex systems and multiple stakeholders among countries and organizations. In addition it requires high visibility and transparency in information flow. Compliance problems and their negative impacts are rising and the corresponding costs are becoming a big burden for global trade during import-export process. Global foods import faces much more challenges because its own specialties. Concerning food safety, sensitivity, perishability, environment impacts, and even animal welfare, regulatory requirements and inspections are complex and complicated during global food supply chains. Also, transparent and fast transportation is essential. However, the combination of small disruptions may cause a lot of delay and negative impacts due to inflexibility of schedule. The measurement of these compliance risks and their impacts are difficult because some risks are less tangible and some are non-quantifiable. Existing coverage of the compliance problems and impacts on companies’ global supply chain management tends to be brief and lacks specifics. There are either less research on compliance problems in food import. The purpose of this research is to identify common customs compliance risks in the food import process and develop a strategic approach to measure these risks in the context of global supply chain management. Based on these risks we could finally identify their negative impacts and costs of compliance. To achieve this goal, the research will be conducted through qualitative research, semi-structured interviews and illustrative cases.

compliance risk
customs compliance

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Student theses

master thesis

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