The Quantitative Shield- paperback

Your screening software says CLEAR, and three things about the order still don't sit right: a buyer younger than the technology it's buying, a route no logistics manager would choose, an end-use that doesn't need the part on the invoice. Each is a textbook BIS Red Flag — and none of them tells you what to do.

The Quantitative Shield closes that gap. It turns the qualitative Red Flags into a single, defensible Transaction Risk Score built from three pillars — Entity, Route, and Product & End-Use risk — with published weights, plain-English 1–5 rubrics, and hard floors that keep a controlled part or a listed-party buyer from ever quietly clearing.

Written by customs and trade specialist James R. Ferry II, it reads like a story — it opens and closes on a single order that passes every automated check and is still a diversion attempt — and works like a manual. Inside: the formula and the reasoning behind every weight, three ready-to-use scoring rubrics, a three-tier action matrix, reference Python and SQL for ERP integration, a tamper-evident audit trail, a calibration routine, a full case study, and a one-page Quick-Reference Scorecard.

For export-compliance analysts, trade-compliance managers, and semiconductor and micro-electronics distributors who want the transparency of a scoring model without the black box of enterprise software.

A decision-support framework, not legal advice or a licensing determination.