Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija

In recent decades, the importance of supply chain management has increased due to the frequency and severity of disruptions. The issue of supply chain resilience is widely discussed in the scientific literature. It should be noted that most studies focus on the functioning of commercial supply chains. Given the lack of a systematic approach to the specific threats and measures to ensure the resilience of military supply chains within the context of the Lithuanian Armed Forces (LAF), the objective of this article is to present the main findings of the research conducted to identify threats that are crucial for the supply chains important to the LAF and to outline measures that are taken to cope with the identified external threats.

Trending processes in certain regions of Africa, Middle East and Asia forced many people to immigrate to Europe. After arriving to Europe’s periphery, migrants apply for the asylum, or move to the predetermined countries. However, some circumstances encourages refugees to migrate illegally. As Europe is mainly covered by land, the illegal immigrants use land transport as a mean for movement across the Europe. 27% of illegal immigrants use road freight transport. There are some evidences that intrusions into the road freight transport units became better organized and planned. European road freight companies are taking preventive measures to reduce or avoid such incidences; however private sector is not able to control the risks of illegal immigrants through its preventive measures alone. The present paper discusses conceptual model which serve as initial background for the cooperation between private and public sector and joining their efforts towards elaboration of common actions necessary for solving problem of intrusions of illegal immigrants.