Welcome to the personal website of Prof Dr Arjan van Weele!

At IMD, Lausanne, April 2012 (© Irene Kamp)

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From March 16-17th we participated in the organization of the 3rd Forum meeting of IMD's Value Chain 2020 project. This project is aimed at revealing the issues and challenges that Value Chains of large Western companies will be confronted with. Participating companies are Shell, Philips, Nestle, Glaxo Smith Kline, Maersk, Lego, Grundfoss, Vale, CEVA Logistics and Accenture. Our research agenda consists of 7 items, including: 1) Measuring the Corporation's Value to Society, 2) Resource Scarcity, 3) Value Chain Management and Innovation  in Emerging Markets, 4) IT and Impact of Social Meddia on Value Chains, 5) Leadership in Value Chain Management, 6) Supplier alignment, Speed and Risk, 7) Corporate Social Responsibility in Value Chains. Today, results are confined to participating companies only. Later, publications will follow that are open to a wider audience.

For our Swedish readers and students we have good news: our Swedish edition is out now. See below for the cover. Please, find power point presentations per chapter in Swedish on our Teaching Materials section.

This website enables you to quickly go through my publications, presentations and course materials. With this website I hope to stimulate your interest in the role and power of purchasing and supply chain management. Given the current growth of the global economy, the steeply increasing prices of raw materials and energy and the resulting scarcity of many materials and components, purchasing and supply management has become an important differentiator for business performance. See for my many articles and publications the book and publications section.These have now been updated and now include articles which have been published in 2010. See our new article 'Value creation in supply chains: the effects of market orientation, sustainability and innovation on value creation' (Dutch text, Articles section). See also our new article on Efficient Purchasing on 'The Impossible Art of Buying Services' (New Articles section) and ‘The Cost of Sustainability’ (Press). Finally, see literature/book list for other books on purchasing and supply management (Articles Books Publications section).

For upcoming Executive Programs, see Training Section.

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