
Creating real value in the supply chain
About ESCF
ESCF is the leading collaboration forum in solving practical and scientific supply chain challenges by using technology and empowering talent, innovative thinking, and out-of-the-box solutions.
The ESCF ecosystem organizes interaction with her members to further develop knowledge in and around supply chains. Access to talent, our students and researchers, is crucial. In a non-competitive way and mutual trust, opportunities for the members of (cross-industry) to innovate are addressed. The researchers of ESCF are part of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences. Have a look at the research areas of the department and the researchers.
Talent-Knowledge-Network
Talent
ESCF offers companies excellent students and supply chain professionals of TU/e to carry out projects, address innovations, create awareness of supply chains’ scientific and practical knowledge. Their competencies like innovative thinking, out-of-the-box solutions, and adaptiveness help companies further develop their business. They form the talent of our forum.
Knowledge
ESCF creates real value in the supply chain by generating, exchanging, and integrating scientific and practical supply chain knowledge.
Network
The ESCF network is based on the spirit of trust and reliability. The network shares the best scientific and practical knowledge in a non-competitive way and by peer-to-peer contacts.
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ESCF news
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Our communities

ESCF ecosystem
To generate more value for the ESCF members, ESCF ecosystems extend into several communities: Customer-Driven Transformation (CDT), Data2Move, ESCF High Tech Community, and Servitization. Smaller players like SMEs and start-ups mainly participate in one of our communities, while full ESCF members participate in all communities. We allow start-ups, scale-ups, large and multinational organizations to join the ESCF ecosystem.
CDT
The Customer-Driven Transformation (CDT) community is the eco-system on the interface of the End-to-End Supply Chain. Academics and students collaborate with prominent industry partners to create network communities and deliver results that are both practically and scientifically relevant.
Data2Move
Data2Move focuses on digital solutions in supply chains, where algorithms and AI are exploited to create decision support to create resilient and transparent operations.
The Data2Move companies collaborate with TU/e academics and students to deliver results that are practically and scientifically relevant.
EHTC
High-tech supply chains deal with the complexity of products, long lead times of components, the speed with which research and development of new products require adaptations to supply chain relations, and the customer product configuration process. These key challenges are addressed in the High Tech Community.
Servitization
Servitization implies a shift from a product-centric organization to a service-centric company. Our ambition is to create awareness of the servitization challenges, both technical and organizational in nature, and to provide solutions to overcome these challenges. We guide the sustainable and profitable transition towards servitization.