March 23rd was an exciting day for EL-IPS! We kicked off EL-IPS!
EL-IPS represents over thirty Purchasing and Supply Management researchers in manufacturing purchasing, public health and public procurement, and public works project procurement of the University of Twente. Our research centre comprises researchers from five departments in two faculties and is involved in multiple European projects and project applications.
United in EL-IPS, our purchasing and supply chain scholars aim to foster synergies between private and public fields and raise their research and education to the next level. As the world’s largest academic procurement research centre, EL-IPS engages in many professional, research and education activities in different domains, such as manufacturing, infrastructure, and public and health sectors – with integration and synergies across sector boundaries. Centred on a shared procurement development agenda, EL-IPS aims to establish regional networks and connect multinational companies (MNCs), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and public entities in the Twente region and other regions, nationally and internationally.
The first day of EL-IPS was filled with presentations from EL-IPS researchers about the practical implications of their work, and they were fortunate to include four guest speakers who spoke about the future of procurement.
