Systems Strategies

The goal of the Systems Strategies theme is to establish innovative prevention, response, and recovery strategies to minimize both the probability of a terrorist attack on the food system, and the resulting health and economic consequences. Systems Strategies continues to develop approaches to prioritize interventions and countermeasures based on their economic utility, including complementary benefits beyond food defense.

Systems Strategies Publications

Systems Strategies Theme Leader

Chip White, Georgia Institute of Technology

Resources

Westland/Hallmark 2008 Beef Recall Case Study

Natural Selection 2006 E. coli Recall of Fresh Spinach Case Study

Learning Guides              

Castleberry's 2007 Botulism Recall Case Study 

Current Projects

Analyzing Ingredient-Product Relationships to Enhance Traceability

John Ambrosiano, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Risk Mitigation and Food Supply Chain Design and Control

Alan Erera, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

Completed Projects

Consumer/Citizen Survey

Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota
Tom Stinson, University of Minnesota and State of Minnesota

Continuous tracking and analyzing consumer confidence in the U.S. food supply chain

Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota
R. Wes Harrison, Louisiana State University

Cross Cultural Differences in Attitudes Toward Food Safety and Food Defense

Tom Stinson, University of Minnesota
Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota

Determining Optimum Investments in Security Measures and Assessing Vulnerability in Information Flow

Hamid Mohtadi, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and University of Minnesota

Diagnostic Tools and Gap Analysis for Food Firms' Defense Practices

Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota

Economic Impact Analysis

Tom Stinson, State of Minnesota and University of Minnesota

The Economic Impact of a Catastrophic Terrorist Food System Attack

Tom Stinson, University of Minnesota

Freight Transportation Risk and Resiliency in International Food Supply Chains

Alan Erera, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chip White, Georgia Institute of Technology

Incident Management Infrastructure

John Griggs, Griggs and Associates LLC
Omar Helferich, Griggs and Associates LLC

Modeling Sampling Strategies for Detecting Intentional Contamination of Imported Food Systems

Randall Singer, University of Minnesota

Models of Interdependent Security in Food Supply Chains

Vicki Bier, University of Wisconsin–Madison
William Nganje, Arizona State University

A Probabilistic and Cost-based Index of Food Threats

Hamid Mohtadi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota

Recall Case Studies

Jon Seltzer, University of Minnesota
Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota

Reduction of Economic Impact

William Nganje, Arizona State University

Statistical Risk Metrics

Hamid Mohtadi, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and University of Minnesota

Supply Chain Security Best Practices—Suppliers and Manufacturers

David Closs, Michigan State University

Supply Chain Productivity and Resiliency—Logistics and Transportation

Alan Erera, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chip White, Georgia Institute of Technology

Supply Chain Benchmarking—Wholesale, Retail, and Food Service

Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota

Supply Chain Standards

Omar Helferich, Griggs and Associates LLC
John Griggs, Griggs and Associates LLC

Systems Vulnerability Risk Assessments

Detlof von Winterfeldt, Decision Insights Inc.