dr. V.F. Delke (Vincent)

Vincent Delke received his M.Sc. degree in International Business Administration from the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands. Currently, Vincent holds a position as a researcher at the Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social sciences (BMS) at the same university. His research interests are in managing the interface between buyers and suppliers within the value chain of products. His research especially addresses the strategic contribution of purchasing and supply management practices on the manufacturing firm's performance. He conducted his PhD research at the University of Twente in collaboration with the Münster University of Applied Sciences.

During this research phase, he focuses on the development of professional procurement skills and suitable education methods to train these skills. Here, he especially addresses how the increasing digitalisation, concerning Industry 4.0, purchasing professionals responsibilities and skill requirements. However, purchasing competence profiles are further changing due to shifting purchasing objectives such as innovation sourcing and sustainability. Within his PhD research, he further studied the usefulness of game-based learning practices as one specific experiential teaching approach to teach future skills in the purchasing domain. Therefore, he addresses the urgent need to improve educational practices within the field to achieve lifelong learning for professionals.

The research findings are used by companies and educators responsible for shaping future human resource management practices in purchasing and supply management. For this purpose, Vincent is also often involved in transfer projects and workshops in the wider range of purchasing studies. At the University of Twente, Vincent is responsible for researching and teaching purchasing and technology-related topics. 

Expertise

• Computer Science

  • Industry 4.0
  • Roles

• Social Sciences

  • Supply Management
  • Skills
  • Technology
  • Technological Change
  • Perspective
  • Approach

Organisations

Ongoing digitization is also having a significant impact on supply management. Where a few years ago purchasing processes were determined by a high level of operational effort, today automated processes take on a lot of administrative work. On the way to the "Fourth Industrial Revolution," the so-called Industry 4.0, developments such as machine-to-machine communication, cyber-physical systems or autonomous self-organizing systems offer a potentially significant influence on today's supplier management. Where we still deal today with the digitization of existing processes, the future could develop a new purchasing function, in the understanding of Procurement 4.0. Within my research, I investigate the influence of the ongoing digitization on supply management practice. 

Publications

Research profiles

Due to the fact that I’m teaching at two institutes, the University of Twente in Enschede and the University of Applied Science in Münster, I’m involved in a variety of teaching activities. At the University of Twente, I’m teaching within the field of purchasing and supply management within the international business administration bachelor and business administration master program. 

Affiliated study programs

Courses academic year 2024/2025

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2023/2024

During my doctoral project, I work on a practical project of the Wandelwerk in Münster, addressing competence oriented and digital teaching methods within supplier relationship management (KoDi-SRM) at the University of Applied Science in Münster. Within the KoDi-SRM project, new components for teaching SRM are developed. I started the project by analyzing the requirements for future procurement. With the first part of the project, technological developments influencing procurement were identified. At the current state of the project, requirements are collected, evaluated, and prepared for teaching.

Current projects

PERSIST

Purchasing Education Research Syndicate: Industry 4.0 Skills Transfer

The focus of Project PERSIST is to analyse the role of Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) in the era of I4.0 (machine-to-machine communication). This underlying subject is developing in a fast pace and higher education needs to prepare for the role of new content and new forms of education. New competencies will be required and the need for new, interactive, student-centred teaching approaches is subsequent. The project members see the opportunity to benefit from the technology changes to support future education. A tailored education system will most likely help to develop future competencies. Project PERSIST aims to prepare students and lecturers with a student-centred approach of competency driven learning, in which the learning and teaching of knowledge, professional and interpersonal skills, and intrapersonal character traits is stimulated.

Finished projects

Organisations