Some supply chain/logistics leaders are discussing the concept of applying
governance models across entire supply chains from third- and fourth-tier suppliers
through to ultimate customers and consumers. This requires the identification of each
and every step in the process, some forms of certification and oversight, definitions of
contractural requirements, models of enforcement, and creates yet another point of
intersection by supply chain/logistics through legal arrangements with suppliers and
customers.
Risk and uncertainty are evidence that the field is ever-broadening and the
practices, processes, concepts, theories must expand with it.