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

I consider ESCF the connection to a broader, cross industry, Supply Chain community, a platform that enables sharing of thoughts and a link to young supply chain top talent.
Peter van Egerschot Logistics Director Dow Europe

Pro-active network and platform for companies and students to find each other, and develop on supply chain innovations supported by a well-managed program.
Patrick Ramakers Business Development & Associate Director Global manufacturing & supply chain projects at RoyalHaskoningDHV

A leading platform where academia and business come together for sharing experiences, raising knowledge and building networks.
Joeri Kuik Vice President Supply Chain Management - MediaMarkt Saturn

The ESCF platform, with the participation of leading companies in their fields and universities with world-class expertise in Supply Chain Management, working together in an informal setting, provides us with excellent opportunities to share ideas, to compare best practices, to learn from each other and, where possible, to work together on shared challenges.
Harrie de Haas Vice President Integrated Business Planning, ASML

A forum of supply chain professionals I easily connect with. Each event provides me with 2-3 worthwhile ideas.
Roeland Baaijens Executive Vice President Global Logistics at Hilti

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.

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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

ESCF Circular program LINCIT

March 21, 2023

The ESCF Circular program LINCIT officially kicked-off. During a first consortium meeting, knowledge institutions and industrial partners met. They discussed the outline of the TKI Dinalog call, including the set-up of the work packages and the LINCIT board, set mutual expectations, and defined the next steps. ESCF Circular aims to guide companies with linear supply […]

Transitioning to a Circular Business Ecosystem

January 10, 2023

ESCF Circular We are happy to announce that we received an official statement that the grant for “Transitioning to a Circular Business Ecosystem” has been received. The ESCF Circular LINCIT program will guide the involved companies to embrace a circular business ecosystem. AmbitiousThe ambition is to (1) increase the circularity level to at least 20% […]

ESCF Student Award 2021-2022 ceremony

November 7, 2022

The most extraordinary Master Student talents from the Eindhoven University of Technology use the finest academic knowledge to help affiliated ESCF members and enrich the supply chain knowledge. ESCF members can submit project proposals, assisted by the ESCF. These will be circulated via our talent pool, the ESCF student community. Graduating students rated 9 or higher at ESCF companies make a chance to win the Student Award. Loïs Aerts won with her thesis the ESCF Student Award 2021-2022.

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.