Radical Porosity - a vendor example

Today, I received notification about the journey of a small parcel of goods ordered yesterday, in the UK made in the Netherlands and shipped via Germany to my home.

I did not know that the product originated in Holland.

In order to deliver the product, UPS disclosed to me the location of the manufacture and it took me  a few seconds to locate the company using Google.

This is an unintended consequence of USP's transparency system but is evidence of how a vendor can contribute to Radical Internet Porosity.

Is this a PR issue?

Does the manufacturer want such third party systems to affect them? Of course, UPS is very aware of the dangers of intercepts and has ways of limiting exposure (here is the system) but others are no so well organised.

Is such disclose a good thing ?

How do we prepare management understand about the significance of Internet Porosity? Is it inevitable? How can it affect reputation and what can we do to prepare for the big Nobel Award leak which one day will happen?

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• Updated: 29/01/2014 7:06 Eastern Time

On Vehicle for Delivery Today

 

 

 

 

Scheduled Delivery:

Wednesday, 29/01/2014, By End of Day

Last Location:

Bristol, United Kingdom, Wednesday, 29/01/2014

Additional Information

Shipped/Billed On:

28/01/2014

Type:

Package

Weight:

1.10 lbs

Shipment Progress

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Location	Date	Local Time	Activity
Bristol, United Kingdom	29/01/2014	7:25	Out for Delivery
	29/01/2014	7:15	Arrival Scan
Castle Donnington, United Kingdom	29/01/2014	4:45	Departure Scan
	29/01/2014	3:02	Arrival Scan
Koeln, Germany	29/01/2014	2:40	Departure Scan
Koeln, Germany	28/01/2014	23:46	Arrival Scan
Eindhoven, Netherlands	28/01/2014	21:15	Departure Scan
	28/01/2014	17:45	Origin Scan
Netherlands	28/01/2014	11:55	Order Processed: Ready for UPS