Wolfgang Partsch (born August 29, 1945) is an Austrian pioneer in the domain of

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(SCM). As an author of various standard works he gained wide international recognition.

Education and career

Wolfgang Partsch was awarded PhD in physics in 1970 by the

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with a thesis on the exploration of natural resources. In 1979, the German monthly business magazine “

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” published an article where Partsch described a supply chain concept explaining that efficiency could be achieved considering the interdependency among all areas of a company. Subsequently, he joined

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and was part of the team that, led by

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, developed the first official

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concept and coined the term. By that time, Partsch was the leading manager in a Supply Chain implementation project for

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in Switzerland. The results of this project were published in Germany's leading economic magazine “

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", being the first time that an implemented project case under the term “Supply Chain Management” appeared in print in a newspaper as has been recognized by the CSCMP. In 1983 he founded the first company worldwide specialized in SCM. In the following years he has held various consulting roles for international companies like

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, Nestle and

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. During the 80s and 90s he became a person of reference in the Supply Chain Management arena mainly in German speaking countries.Den Brexit-Sturm überstehen, Handels Journal, January 2020, https://www.handelsjournal.de/unternehmen/logistik/artikel-2020/den-brexit-sturm-ueberstehen.html From 1995 to 1999 he led the Supply Chain Consulting practice of

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as Chairman of the Global Supply Chain Network. Since 2000 he has been active as a senior executive and trusted advisor for the boards of global industrial and trading companies. His experience is also used by some Supply Chain Consulting firms including mSE Solutions.

References

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