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 Theme Leader

Chip White, Georgia Institute of Technology

Ongoing Projects

The Economic Impact of a Catastrophic Terrorist Food System Attack
•    Tom Stinson, University 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   

Freight Transportation Risk and Resiliency in International Food Supply Chains
•    Alan Erera, Georgia Institute of Technology
•    Chip White, Georgia Institute of Technology

Diagnostic Tools and Gap Analysis for Food Firms' Defense Practices
•    Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota

A Probabilistic and Cost-based Index of Food Threats
•    Hamid Mohtadi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
•    Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota
 

Completed Projects

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

Incident Management Infrastructure
•    John Griggs, Griggs and Associates LLC
•    Omar Helferich, Griggs and Associates LLC

Economic Impact Analysis
•    Tom Stinson, State of Minnesota and University of Minnesota

Consumer/Citizen Survey
•    Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota
•    Tom Stinson, University of Minnesota and State of Minnesota

Reduction of Economic Impact
•    William Nganje, Arizona State University

Statistical Risk Metrics
•    Hamid Mohtadi, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and 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

Models of Interdependent Security in Food Supply Chains
•    Vicki Bier, University of Wisconsin–Madison
•    William Nganje, Arizona State University