During the Cold War, the United States adopted a national-security doctrine described as “peace through strength.” It worked well enough: Between 1945 and the fall of the Soviet Union, we managed to avoid World War III.
On May 22 Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns announced that the World Organization for Animal Health (better known as the OIE from the first letters of the French words of the organization’s previous name) “has formally classified the United States as a controlled risk country for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).” This was the culmination of efforts begun in October 2006 when the USDA Animal Health and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) applied for the classification for BSE. Secretary Johanns said, “"We will use this international validation to urge our trading partners to reopen export markets to the full spectrum of U.S. cattle and beef products.”
Recent concerns about safety issues with food and toys from China are causing businesses to reevaluate national and international supply chains. A lesson learned again is that a supply chain is no better than its weakest link. Almost all companies will try to shorten supply chains and improve internal controls, but few will move to vertically control the entire process because an individual company is usually not efficient at all segments of an industry and must choose only a few to focus on as core competencies.
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During the Cold War, the United States adopted a national-security doctrine described as “peace through strength.” It worked well enough: Between 1945 and the fall of the Soviet Union, we managed to avoid World War III.
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