.... Practical implications The research underlines the caution that should be exercised when attempting to migrate commercial SN management thinking to a military environment. Originality/value Notwithstanding the vast sums expended on the provision of defence logistics, there is only very limited...

... the need to address not only how to design physical supply structures but also how to ensure adequate levels of collaborative competence within civil‐military project groups. Further research is needed to investigate how to embed key suppliers in Defence logistics structures and how supply chains for short...

...Keenan D. Yoho; Sebastiaan J. H. Rietjens; Peter Tatham; Keenan D. Yoho; Sebastiaan Rietjens; Peter Tatham Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the special issue on defence logistics. To achieve this, an overview of the field of defence logistics is offered together...