Synchronization, Speed and Security in Government Logistics

HP Offers Insight On Issues of Supply Chains and Logistics In New Government Journal

The HP Government Journal is a compilation of thought leadership papers designed to articulate HP's point of view on a variety of issues governments face today, while creating a dialogue with our clients.

The third issue of the Government Journal focuses on the topic of supply chain and logistics and discusses how data visibility and fusion are beneficial to asset-intensive agencies, such as defense, ports, borders and energy agencies.

Topics in the journal span port security to defense logistics. In each article, the authors discuss the complexities of the supply chain and logistics environment and the challenges that governments face. Supply chains are complex, and its operations involve a variety of players with different goals and objectives, and a breakdown in data quality is inevitable. Thought leaders in the Government Journal discuss how information synchronization is essential to improved operations and security.

Now more than ever, supply chain and logistics is critical, said Suparno Banerjee, HP Global Government Industry vice president and leader and the publication's editor.

“We are living in a globally connected world,” Banerjee said. “Products are manufactured in one part of the world, stored in another, and could be shipped to yet another part of the world. The movement of information about goods is just as important as physically moving the goods.”

Banerjee said that as nations are investing to improve the very foundations of supply chains, including roads, airports and ports, increasing the physical and information technology aspects of the supply chain will allow better visibility, drive efficiency and ensure security.

“This journal provides a perspective on how the whole range of disparate players in the supply chain have a part in increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the government,” Banerjee said.

HP thought leaders from the Global Government Industry who contributed to the Government Journal include Greg Deabler, client industry executive and segment leader for defense, and Barry Ptashkin, client industry executive in the transportation sector. Offering an additional HP industry view is Mike Schaefer of the HP Manufacturing industry. In addition, the journal has a global perspective from Miguel Fernandez Diaz, CEO of Innovative Solutions in Spain, who collaborates with HP on port security solutions.

“I'm proud to be a part of this government journal and help bring to the forefront a range of perspectives on supply chain and logistics,” Banerjee said. “We hope that these thought leadership pieces start a vigorous dialogue between us and government agencies, and we look forward to participating in the supply chain transformation.”