abstract
The paper puts in focus the general observation that traditional supply chain management provides a limited
view of supply relationships rooted in a conventional industrial logic, focusing on the physical product, chain
relationships and sequential inter dependencies. The paper contributes to the aim of extending the view of
supply chains – unchaining logistics from the conventional chain structure view – by focusing on how such
dominating idea structures can in fact delimit our understanding of, in this case, logistics service providers'
contribution to well working supply relationships. The article connects to the discussion by suggesting a much
more in-depth reasoning what and how a resource in dependency perspective can contribute to deepen our
understanding of logistics and logistical networks.