The BME Symposium for Procurement and Logistics takes place in Berlin on 14th-16th of November 2018. On the third conference day, Natalia Straub and Prof. Holger Schiele of the PERFECT consortium give a speech about the project and its results focusing on the competences of successful purchasers. More information on the event: https://www.bme.de/symposium/ (German only)
Final Transnational Project Meeting
In July the PERFECT contium met for a final Transnation Project Meeting at Hochschule Mainz, Germany. The development of the pan-european curriculum for higher education as well as the accompanying tools (self-assessment tool and MOOC) are almost finished. Besindes the final steps for these work packages, the focus of the meeting was the sustainable utilisation […]
Multiplier Event in Helsinki
The multiplier event was held at Helsinki, Finland in place called as Messukeskus. It was organized by the project team together with the Finnish Association of Purchasing and Logistics. Finnish Association of Purchasing and Logistics (LOGY) is a not-for-profit association of private individuals and legal entities. The purpose of LOGY is to develop procedures for […]
Great Success: Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) Fundamentals Teaching Event
The Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) Fundamentals Teaching Event which took place at Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, on 15th and 16th November was a great success. Both teachers and students had a fantastic time and are very satisfied with the event and its implications. The teaching/learning event was organised by members from all five institutions […]
Learning Event in Staffordshire in Nov. 2017
To all our students: join the Learning Activity on Purchasing & Supply Management (PSM) at Staffordshire University! Who is elligible? Students of the following institutions involved in the project consortium: Staffordshire University TU Dortmund University Hochschule Mainz Twente University Lappeenranta University of Technology What will happen? A learning activity and teaching event to evaluate the […]
Multiplier Event at UTPC & Transnational Meeting at the University of Twente
On February 23rd, 2017 the 4th Transnational Project Meeting of the PERFECT team took place at the University of Twente. The results of Intellectual Output 2 (case study interviews for insights by practice), status updates of ongoing activities and organisational project management topics were discussed. The development of the questionnaire for the survey which represents […]
Save the Date: University of Twente Purchasing Conference
PERFECT and UTPC will go hand in hand on February 24th 2017 . management-summary-factsheet-of-utpc UTPC is the first student run Purchasing Conference where practitioners, academics and students in purchasing and supply chain management come together. Host of the conference is the Chair of Technology Managament & Supply of the University of Twente, Prof. Dr. habil. […]
Transnational Project Meeting in Mainz
On 26th-27th October 2016 the PERFECT team held their third Transnational Project Meeting. The location of the last personal meeting in 2016 was the University of Applied Sciences Mainz. A lot of project management and team collaboration issues were discussed and the main focus was on the status of Intellectual Output 2 (case studies), the […]
NA DAAD Monitoring Seminar
On 13th-14th October 2016 the National Agency of the German Academic Exchange Service hosted the yearly project monitoring seminar in Bonn. During a short project presentation, the PERFECT members Natalia Straub and Laura Berger received positive feedback for the progress of our activities. During the seminar program and the joint dinner participants had the opportunity to exchange experiences with other […]
Procurement 4.0 Event in Frankfurt
On 29th April 2016, the new study “Digitalisation in Procurement – Procurement 4.0”, conducted by the Fraunhofer Institut for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) and the Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik e.V. (BME), was presented in the House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM) at Frankfurt Airport. Numerous industry representatives attended the event. The study revealed […]
First PERFECT Multiplier Event at IPSERA Educator’s Conference
On 20th March 2016, the PERFECT team took part in the Educator’s Conference to hold a first Multiplier Event for the dissemination of the ongoing project and its results. The methodology and first results of Intellectual Output 1, which deals with research on existing academic and industry courses on purchasing and the development of a competence modell, were […]
Visit us at the IPSERA Conference
The first Mulitiplier Event of the PERFECT project takes place in the framework of the Educator’s Conference on 20th of March 2016 in Dortmund. The purpose of the project and first results of the development of a PSM skills concept will be presented. There will be a talk and an information booth about PERFECT. We are […]
PERFECT Project Kick-off Meeting in Dortmund
On February 11th, 2016, the kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ project PERFECT (Purchasing Education & Research for European Competence Transfer) took place in Dortmund. The participants from Dortmund, Mainz, Twente, Staffordshire and Lappeenranta met already the evening before for a comfortable get-together at steak restaurant Pfefferkorn at the Phoenixsee in order to get in contact […]