At that time, substantial structural changes made the transfer of goods and information easier, faster, and cheaper so as to propel the supply chain globalization increasingly. Since the beginning, the globalization pro- cess has had a strong effect on global and medium size enterprises pushing firms to relocate production activities or company departments to more convenient sites/coun- tries with cheaper labor and savings of 50–80% on aver- age. Therefore the globalization process has provided companies with the opportunity to be more flexible (i.e. outsourcing and e-commerce) but has also created some difficulties related to the increased complexity of man- agement, administrative, and operational processes. Drawing the attention on outsourcing, it is worth noticing that it has had a twofold effect on supply chain manage- ment: enhanced agility and increased vulnerability. As a matter of facts, outsourcing can be seen as a cost-effec- tive strategy based on the total or partial transfer of logistic (i.e. 3PL – Third Parties Provider, 4PL – Fourth Parties Providers, etc.) or production processes to outside suppliers that can be globally distributed. Thus, agility relies on the capability of responding to shifts in the marked demand with relatively little time overcoming the limitations due to internal capacity constraints. However, it implies that the number of actors involved in the overall supply chain grows exponentially and risks increase accordingly. In other words as complexity rises, supply chain becomes even more vulnerable. This is particularly true for food since products have a shorter life cycle and organoleptic characteristics that may be easily damaged as process and distribution conditions change. In other words products are perishable and if quality is not guaranteed to the consumer, serious damages may be caused to his/her health.