TSCP Recognized for Helping Organizations Achieve Supply Chain Excellence

HERNDON, Va., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- TSCP, the aerospace and defense (A&D) consortium dedicated to protecting critical information as it moves across geographic and organizational boundaries, has been named to the 9th annual Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100. The award recognizes TSCP's place among the world's top 100 organizations that are helping achieve supply chain excellence and preparing the supply chain for the post-recessionary return to growth.

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Judges selected TSCP based on its contributions to the world of secure information sharing – with specifications that protect organizations from the most common forms of cyberattack. Part of the evaluation process included a case study, which highlighted a top-tier A&D company's use of TSCP specifications to protect procurement information at various impact levels, managing access to information across a supply chain consisting of more than 40,000 suppliers.

Information security has presented itself as the next hurdle in supply chain excellence. As the industry looks toward recovery, information and identity assurance initiatives are becoming a high priority for suppliers. With the growing awareness of supply chain vulnerabilities in the face of increasing cyber threats, the ability to share information – securely – is as critical to a high-performing supply chain as any inventory optimization, e-invoicing, or logistics strategy.

"We're thrilled that our dedication to solving some of today's intractable challenges has earned us a spot on this year's list," said Keith Ward, TSCP Chairman. "We'll continue to aggressively deliver public specifications for widespread adoption – making it easier, more secure and cost efficient to do collaborative business across the A&D supply chain."

Under the TSCP umbrella, members work collaboratively to define, test and roll-out consistent and repeatable solutions to meet shared challenges and speed time-to-delivery of products crucial to national defense – bringing CIOs of major programs together with their supply chain counterparts.

"As the economy makes tentative steps toward recovery and growth, our readers are turning to Supply & Demand Chain Executive to learn about solutions and best practices for enabling business expansion through supply chain excellence," said Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "With this year's Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100, we highlight a broad range of supply chain solution and service providers that are helping to position their customers for the 'New Normal' economic environment."

The full list of recipients will appear in the May/June 2010 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. The list is available online at http://www.sdcexec.com/web/online/Decision-Support-News/Supply-and-Demand-Chain-Executive-Announces-Its-2010-Supply-and-Demand-Chain-Executive-100/37$12393.

For more information about joining TSCP, contact JP Calderon at [email protected].

About TSCP

TSCP is the only global government-industry partnership specifically focused on designing solutions to address the most critical issues facing the A&D industry: mitigating the compliance, complexity, cost and IT security risks inherent in large-scale, multi-national collaborative programs. TSCP was founded in 2002, and has delivered several specifications and guidance documents on securing A&D supply chain data. The group today focuses on identity federation policies and governance. TSCP is open to government organizations, prime contractors, integrators, suppliers and member trade groups. For more information, please visit www.tscp.org.  

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