Purpose: Faced with increasing competition, the ability to secure and optimise global logistics operations should be regarded as a competitive advantage. In the context of the hitherto little explored field of security and safety programmes, the purpose of this paper is to examine how an...

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the relevance of a qualitative approach to map the nature and operation of the plural relationships of different logistics networks. Based on a literature review and an empirical study, a theoretical model of three logistics networks of proximity is...