Experts & Expertise

• Sustainability
• Globalisation
• Logistics

• 1993 Doctor (PhD.), Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Eindhoven University of Technology. Title of dissertation "International manufacturing and logistics; a design method", promotors prof.jhr.drs. M.J. Ploos van Amstel and prof.dr. J. Wijngaard.
• 1987 Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, graduated cum laude, with specialisations in international production systems and business administration.

• 2003 - As of May 1, 2003 appointed as (part time) NEVI Professor of Purchasing Management. Key expertise areas include the development of buyer-supplier relationships, global sourcing and sustainable purchasing.
• 2001 - Associate professor of Organisation and Strategy at the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. Key teaching responsibilities involve the supervision of graduate projects and the execution of the following courses: logistics & purchasing management, operations management and supply chain management.
• 2000- 2001 Assistant professor at the Department of International and Distribution Logistics, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
• 1999 - 2000 Consultant/trainer at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Key responsibilities included the design and execution of training programs in the area of purchasing and logistics.
• 1995- 1999 Assistant professor of Organisation and Strategy at the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. Key teaching responsibilities involved executing courses and supervising graduate projects in the area of purchasing and logistics. Research efforts concentrated on the design and control of international supply chains, with a focus on purchasing issues. The period September 1998 - January 1999 was spent as a Visiting Scholar at INSEAD's Technology Management department.
• 1993- 1995 Assistant professor at the Department of International and Distribution Logistics, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
• 1988- 1993 Full-time research assistant to write a PhD thesis. In this period, various contract research projects were executed to develop a design method in the area of international manufacturing and logistics.
• 1986- 1987 Graduation project for a drinking water company on West Java, Indonesia, aimed at improving the performance of this type of companies in developing countries. Commissioned by the Dutch consultancy firm IWACO.
• 1984- 1986 Research assistant (part-time), involved in data collection and analysis in behalf of the dissertation research of dr.ir. A.D.M. van de Ven (theme: "International Industrial Production").

G.C.J.M. (Bart) Vos teaches the following subjects:

• Purchasing Management (325058) Further information

Program director Outreaching Honors Program Tilburg University.

Next to his professorship, Bart Vos holds a position as expert partner at Coppa Consultancy in Arnhem.

Forthcoming publications:

Bemelmans, J., Voordijk, H, Vos, B. & Buter, J. (2012), Assessing buyer-supplier relationship management: A multiple case-study in the Dutch construction industry, Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, forthcoming (accepted for publication, available on line as of May 20, 2011).

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