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Borders, natural or legal or otherwise, complicate supply networks. Reducing time-or-space division is one way of describing the goal of supply chain management.  The sudden emergence of unexpected divisions can be especially disruptive.  But in an open system supply networks will tend to be quickly creative in finding a way around.  According to Marketplace, in response to the Paris attacks and the threat of more several European nations are considering long-term reestablishment of border controls that would significantly impact the supply chain.