Enabling professionals in and around supply chains to create value by generating, exchanging and integrating knowledge and collectively exploring the future.

About ESCF

The European Supply Chain Forum is powered by the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). ESCF works with over 50 leading global players sharing problems and insights related to Supply Chain Management and has become an ecosystem of multi-disciplinary professionals interested in operations and supply chain management. The unique value of ESCF is that it combines talent, knowledge, and network in one ecosystem. Via ESCF you can scout and acquire top talent in Supply Chain Management, link to academic knowledge, and a high-level network of peers. 

Talent-Knowledge-Network

In order to create more value for the ESCF members,  ESCF ecosystem extends into a number of communities: Data2Move, ESCF High Tech Community (EHTC), Customer-Driven Transformation (CDT) and Servitization. Smaller players like SME’s and start-ups also participate in our communities. While ESCF full members can participate in all communities, a community member mainly operates in her community. By doing so, we allow startup, scaleup, large and multi-national organizations to join and participate in the ESCF ecosystem.

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Recent ESCF news

2026

Themes 2026 and the three-step learning journey

January 8, 2026
Themes 2026 and the three-step learning journey In 2026, ESCF will work with four strategic themes: Each Theme is designed as a three-step learning journey: ESCF organizes very regularly a number of high-level interactive events, enabling the exchange of both first-hand insights and knowledge on strategic themes and various topics. Moreover, it is also a great opportunity […]

Stan Wolters winner ESCF Student Award 2024-2025

October 3, 2025
The Annual Conference on the 30th of September was closed by the ESCF Student Award 2024-2025 ceremony. Stan Wolters won the fifth edition of the ESCF Student Awards with his thesis “The Agile Development of a Decision Support System for Validating Requests for Quotation: A Case Study at an European Multimodal Carrier” conducted at Ewals Cargo […]

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July 3, 2025
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Our communities

Data2Move

Data2Move is a community on the interface of the Internet of Things, Big Data and Logistics/Supply Chain Management. Academics and students from TU/e collaborate with prominent industry partners to deliver results that are both practically and scientifically relevant.

EHTC

High Tech Systems have some unique properties that should be taken into account in supply chain management. These properties include the complexity of the products themselves, long lead times of components, etc. This combination creates high volatility in demand, which makes it complex for organization to do business.

Customer-Driven Transformation

The Customer-Driven Transformation initiative is a research community and eco-system on the interface of the End-to-End Supply Chain. Academics and students from TU/e collaborate with prominent industry partners to create network communities and deliver results that are both practically and scientifically relevant.

Servitization

Servitization becomes a growing trend. This implies that firms shift from a product-centric business model and logic to a service-centric approach. Our ambition is to create awareness and provide insights and solutions for servitization challenges, which are both technical and organizational in nature.