Professional Sectors & Forums - Defence Supply Chain

The Defence Sector 

The global defence market is buoyant and the British Defence market is the fifth largest by value.  It is
arguably the most sophisticated with the greatest degree of outsourcing and the most innovative contracting,
partnering, experimentation, collaboration and acquisition mechanisms.  Industry consolidation is significant,
often driven by innovation and technological development and the global nature of the market.  Operations are
treated as enterprises with shared risk and expertise.  The Defence supply chain underpins this capability, and
deserves specialist consideration and representation.

The Forum's Vision

The Defence Supply Chain Forum will be recognised as the centre of expertise on national and international Defence
supply chain matters, including wider aspects such as Through Life Capability Management (TLCM), Logistic Information
Systems, outsourcing and collaboration.  This should be achieved through:

• Rigorous debate with members, academic institutions and industry representatives, research, the presentation
  of papers and conferences.
• Opinion forming engagement with legislative and decision making bodies, such as Select and Joint Committees of parliament, other representative bodies such as the ADS, and other professional bodies, such as CIPS.
• Working Groups, comprising representatives from all areas of Defence, to innovate, explore, interpret, influence and communicate issues affecting the Defence Supply Chain.
• An exciting and varied visits programme, managed by and exclusive to members.
• Clear, regular and timely communication on key Defence Supply Chain issues.

The Forum's Mission

• To support the professional network of CILT members who work in and with Defence, whether in the Armed or Civil Services, commercial sector, academia or complementary organisations.
• To explore, interpret, monitor and influence current and emerging developments in the UK Defence Supply Chain and the Joint Support Chain (JSC).
• To champion education, training and professional development by capturing and sharing innovation, knowledge, expertise and best practice, including benchmarking, peer review and best practice in the Defence Supply Chain.
• To provide spokesmen and Subject Matter Experts (SME) to comment on Defence Supply Chain topics.
• To promote the CILT in the Defence sector and beyond.
• To promote to the UK Defence industry the benefits of good logistics and supply chain management.

The Forum's Scope

The Defence Supply Chain Forum covers the activities of an End to End supply chain from suppliers of goods and services to users on the frontline and back through the reverse supply chain in support of Defence.  It also recognises the roles and activities of other players supporting and supported by the supply chain, including:

• International organisations such as the UN, OSCE, IRC etc.
• Coalitions and Allied Forces, such as NATO, FPDA, EU etc.
• Other Government Departments (OGD) such as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and DFiD.
• Legislators and related opinion formers.
• Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) including voluntary organisations and charities such as those involved in humanitarian relief.
• International and UK Defence Industry, including Contractors on Deployed Operations (CONDO).
• Defence and wider Professional and Trade Associations, including ADS.
• Non-Defence UK Industry and commerce that provide MOD logistic capability in the form of Reserve personnel.
• Host Nation Support (HNS) and other supporting bodies.

It is likely to complement and support the work of other CILT forums, including the Humanitarian and Emergency Logistics Professionals (HELP) Forum.

The Forum's Committee:

Chairman	Andrew Booton FCILT	The Defence Partnership LLP
Secretary	Sqn Ldr Andy Marshall	RAF
Engagement	Chris Markey FCILT	Consultant
Communications	Sandy Gullis CMILT	Wincanton
Academic	Shane Targett FCILT	Giode

Events

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