logistics support
Behind-the-scenes provisioning
Logistics support is the coordination and provision of resources needed to keep an operation running—supplies, transportation, equipment, personnel, and services.
The term appears most often in military and large-scale organizational contexts: The battalion required extensive logistics support for the deployment.
In business, it covers warehousing, distribution, and supply chain management that enables core operations to function.
- cargo handlingMoving goods onto vehicles
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- distribution centersFacilities routing goods to destinations
- cold chainTemperature-controlled distribution system
- inventory managementOverseeing stored merchandise levels
quartermaster · forward operating base · resource allocation · order processing · just in time · contingency planning · sustainment · boots on the ground · air transport · warehousing · shipping routes · fleet management · mission critical · troop transport · preventive maintenance · moving parts · backend · fleet
logistics supportcombat operations
Active military engagement
combat arms · offensive operations · fire support · close combat · direct action
logistics supportstrategy
Planned approach to goals
strategic planning · tactical planning · grand strategy · military strategy · military doctrine