Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI)

Christmas 2024 waiting for all of us just around the corner, but on Sunday December 22nd Bart Vos,Frank Rozemeijer and Ton Geurts had for the second year their final webinar in the 4-stages online MBA course Supply Chain Management (SCM). During this webinar we discussed SCM topics from category sourcing towards value chain orchestration, explicit risk management, CSRD,dual materiality,the impact of digitalization,AI,GenAI in negotiations and efficiency in P2P and possible sustainable transformation journeys in todays geo-politics. We truly enjoyed this X-Mas cession with all participants and the support from the colleagues of UMIO | Maastricht University. Many thanks to Daria Doets today. Now it is really time to reflect and feel the spirit of Christmas coming.Maastricht is ready for it! May we all wish you a meaningful time with your beloved 🎄🎄🎄☺️! #talent #sustainability #valuechainorchestration #CO2reduction #strategy #AIGenAI #renewableresources #sustainablesupplychains

🎻 Introducing Value Chain OrchestraTON 🎻 We are thrilled to announce a new monthly online interview series, Value Chain OrchestraTON, where we explore the art of value chain orchestration with industry leaders and experts. Led by Ton Geurts, a seasoned international top executive in procurement/supply chain roles and valued member of Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI) at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics.These series will deliver real-world insights and actionable advice for navigating today’s complex supply chain ecosystems. 🗓 When? Every 2nd Monday of the month (excluding holidays) ⏰ Time? 12:00 - 13:00 CET 🌍 Where? Online via The Alchemie Network ✨ First Session – January 13, 2025 We’ll kick off with an inspiring conversation featuring Davy De Clercq from allnex heading up sustainability. We will share our expertise on sustainable innovations in value chain management and how companies can drive positive change. Whether you're a supply chain professional, an innovator, or just curious about value chain orchestration, this series is for you. Stay tuned for registration details, and mark your calendars for Value Chain OrchestraTON! #SupplyChainInnovation #ValueChainOrchestration #BISCI #Sustainability #Leadership

A “return to my roots”, to Venlo,to the Master Supply Chain Management class of Dr.Tom Schiefer part of Maastricht University SBE Marketing and Supply Chain Management (MSCM) with the beautiful cityhall in the historic heart of Venlo. Sharing best insights in the needed value chain orchestration with deep dives into supply chain management, key account management,scope 3 CO2 dynamics & opportunities and the way from linear to circularity, to renewable energy and feedstock. In this orchestration AI,Gen AI and new organisational set-ups are becoming pivotal. All of this with business cases and leading best practices of the Dutch National Growth Fund programs BioBased Circular and Circular Plastics NL. It was special for me to interact last Sunday with >20 UMIO MBA Executives and this Tuesday with this young generation of master supply chain students. If the youngest and more senior generations work well together then the energy and feedstock transition can for sure become successful. Big chapeau for this Venlo SCM class!! #CSRD #Businesspartner #Sustainability #Valuechainorchestration #Carbonvalue #SupplyChainInnovation #ProfessionalDevelopment #ContinuousImprovement

For the second year in a row & more to come in 2025,today the third online UMIO | Maastricht University (led by Ron P.H. Jacobs and Bart Vos) Executive MBA 2024 lecture was executed by Ton Geurts,after the first two lectures given by Frank Rozemeijer and Bart Vos. The fourth concluding cession will take place as a X-Mas🎄🎅prelude at December 22nd as a joint effort. Maastricht University SBE Marketing and Supply Chain Management (MSCM) & Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI) sharing their best insights in the needed value chain orchestration with deep dives into supply chain management, key account management,scope 3 CO2 dynamics & opportunities and the way from linear to circularity, to renewable energy and feedstock. In this orchestration AI,Gen AI and new organisational set-ups are becoming pivotal! All of this with business cases and leading best practices of the Dutch National Growth Fund programs BioBased Circular and Circular Plastics NL. These best practices are also rooted in the Brightlands Brightlands Chemelot Campus ,our Dutch leading innovation hotspot for sustainable chemistry,circular materials and biomedical innovations, which is also a lighthouse in Europe. The key is the combination of startups,scale ups, corporates and knowledge institutions all together in ecosystems creating impact across our borders, with Brightlands Circular Space as a beautiful example. #CSRD #Businesspartner #Sustainability #Valuechainorchestration #Carbonvalue #SupplyChainInnovation #ProfessionalDevelopment #ContinuousImprovement

De transitie naar een circulaire economie als logistieke opgave. In deze column werk ik uit welke gigantische logistieke uitdagingen we krijgen om de chemie te verduurzamen aan de hand van de circulaire ambities van Chemelot. Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI) werkt dit met haar kennispartners uit in het Groeifondsproject BioBased Circular. 'Biobased' door de fossiele grondstoffen voor plastics productie (nafta) te vervangen door bijvoorbeeld suikers uit suikerbieten; 'Circulair' door recyclaat weer als grondstof in te zetten en huishoudelijke afvalstromen om te zetten in groene waterstof, een duurzame oplossing voor de grote hoeveelheden aardgas die nu nog voor de industriele productie nodig zijn. Dan zien we dat we voor de fossiele plasticsproductie eigenlijk een uiterst efficient logistiek systeem hebben ontwikkeld. Maar om deze plastics industrie te verduurzamen zullen we toch de circulaire transitie moeten inzetten. Dus logistieke sector, stroop de mouwen maar op want deze transitie gaat veel denk- en werkkracht vragen van ons! Een uitgebreide versie van het artikel verschijnt in het December-magazine van Logistiek.nl Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI) Maastricht University SBE Marketing and Supply Chain Management (MSCM) Fontys Centre of Expertise Supply Chains For Society TNO Wageningen Food & Biobased Research BioBased Circular Groene Chemie, Nieuwe Economie Circular Plastics NL Logistiek Beweegt de Circulaire Economie Gerwin Zomer Bart Vos Mahdi Vahedimoghaddam Carla Vreys dr. Victor Verboeket Pauline van Beusekom - Thoolen Jannette de Bes Joost Snels Bert Annevelink

Seven is a lucky number and so it was to lecture our 7th time together at Maastricht University SBE Marketing and Supply Chain Management (MSCM) for the big cohort of students of Boris Lokshin and Simon Bartscek in the Aula of the Tapijn kazern in Maastricht. Oliver Wagner, Global Senior Key Account Manager at BASF and Ton Geurts, former CPO of AkzoNobel & Senior Advisor in McKinsey & Company in their duet of Key Account Management techniques leading to Sustainable Supply Chains with various youngest AI Insights in scope 3 CO2 transparency. All of this driving true Value Chain Integration!! Circularity & sustainable chains like being fostered Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI) and in the Dutch programmes of Circular Plastics NL and BioBased Circular were also explicitly part of shared sustainable supply chains This group of ~130 students really enjoyed to hear and see the sell & the buy side of things at the same time. Deep well thought through questions were asked about actual situations in sustainability and geopolitics as well. Chapeau for this group🎩🎩!! Lecturing with a certain sense of humor and relativism led to great interaction with the next generation of leaders☺️ 🎓!! #CSRD #Businesspartner #Sustainability #Valuechainorchestration #Carbonvalue #SupplyChainInnovation #ProfessionalDevelopment #ContinuousImprovement

What a “warm bath”, Oliver Olson’s class was ready for “Insights How to Put Profitable Sustainability in the Heart of Doing Business”!! Such two hours in a very interactive way are much less of “teaching“ or „lecturing,“ but rather sharing experience, telling stories, discussing challenges and opportunities in real life cases with the students, including those in Circular Plastics NL. allnex, globally leading in resins, can be prepared for these students! Very much enjoying this elective course again - super thanks for the opportunity to be involved so genuinely in the Maastricht School of Management, that has become dear to me also in my latest assignment out of Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI). Further towards executive education further creating this flagship business school of Maastricht University SBE Marketing and Supply Chain Management (MSCM). #CSRD #Businesspartner #Sustainability #Valuechainorchestration #Carbonvalue #SupplyChainInnovation #ProfessionalDevelopment #ContinuousImprovement

The "Transition to Circularity" event, on November 7 was a fantastic networking opportunity, for entrepreneurs, policymakers, financiers, and researchers in green chemistry, biobased polymers, and circular plastics. Hosted by BioBased Circular, Groene Chemie Nieuwe Economie, and Circular Plastics NL, this event aimed to explore and accelerate the transition to a circular economy through collaboration. We were exited welcome over 400 participants for an inspiring day at De Rijtuigenloods in Amersfoort. Also supporting organisations in supply chain research, like Maastricht University SBE Marketing and Supply Chain Management (MSCM) Gerwin Zomer were present. Passion,perseverance,opportunities,challenges,geopolitical consequences were all part of the discussions, plensregen and in breakout cessions. The upcoming 2025 Open Call of Circular Plastics was also launched. Present speakers were a.o. Karlo van Dam (Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth), Marcel Alberts (Healix), Sjoukje Heimovaara (WUR), Tom Hesselink (Simon-Kucher & Partners), Natascha Spanbroek (RIVM), Rinke Zonneveld (Invest-NL). A big thank you 👏👏 & chapeau 🎩 to the organizing committees under the leadership of Marc Spekreijse, Herman Wories BBC and Arnold Stokking GCNE !! #ecosystems #strategy #circularity #renewableresources #sustainablesupplychains #grateful

Today I had the joy and privilege to have Marc Slegers and Jeroen Alting von Geusau from NMBS-SNCB with me in Maastricht to discuss sustainable business models, scope 3 CO2 & also circularity like In Circular Plastics NL, and collaboration with Maastricht University SBE Marketing and Supply Chain Management (MSCM) & Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI) Marc Slegers and I go back to joint years in the Flemish Pascion and now Supply Chain Masters that he is chairing. Highlight of the year is the annual Captains sail regatta event with supply chain and procurement leaders taking ESG responsibility. Today our talks included a little your in vineyard Wijngoedvergist with a tasting of our Cuvée Blanc 2023 ☺️ #CSRD #Businesspartner #Sustainability #Valuechainorchestration #Carbonvalue #SupplyChainInnovation #ProfessionalDevelopment #Comraderie

Het begon vanochtend vroeg, afreizend naar Venlo voor de 7e Werkconferentie Logistiek Beweegt de Circulaire Economie. Ik mocht een sessie modereren over de logistieke uitdagingen van de circulaire transitie in de chemie. Aan de hand van een rekenvoorbeeld werkten we uit hoeveel ton suikerbieten nodig zouden zijn om bioplastic te produceren, en hoeveel vrachtwagens respectievelijk binnenvaartschepen er nodig zijn om de ruwe suiker (biogrondstof) naar bijvoorbeeld de Chemelot fabrieken te vervoeren. Nu wordt de fossiele grondstof (93.000 vaten nafta per dag) uiterst efficiënt via buisleidingen naar Chemelot vervoerd. Zo werd de enorme logistieke infrastrucuur opgave snel duidelijk. Er ontstond een levendige discussie over optimale locaties van fabrieken, clustervorming, multimodaliteit, (milieu)ruimtegebruik en multidisciplinaire samenwerking. Wij zullen in groeifondsprogramma Biobased Circular de suggesties zo goed mogelijk meenemen. En met wij bedoel ik het consortium van Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (BISCI), Fontys Centre of Expertise Supply Chains For Society, TNO en Wageningen Food & Biobased Research. Dank aan de LBCE organisaties voor weer een mooi event!