Another top institute to open in the Netherlands

The Dutch ministers of Economic Affairs and Transport, Public Works and Water Management have announced the planned opening of the new Top Institute for Supply Chain Management, part of a Supply Chain Campus, in
the municipality of Breda.

Breda is home of the new top institute for supply chain

Its Logistics and Supply Chains innovation programme will focus on in-depth research and development in three thematic areas related to international developments: the so-called Cross Chain Control Centre (4-C), service logistics and the coordinating role of interchanges. The idea is for this top institute to become a communal home base for the best researchers and instructors in the field of supply chain management, with the objective of further developing academic knowledge that has been recognised as forwardthinking by the global community.

The focus will be on innovation and contributing to the success and sustainability of logistics chains. The top institute must eventually be in a position to measure itself against such renowned business schools as INSEAD and IMD, while also bundling the specific know-how and expertise of the Netherlands and positioning it better internationally.