Dr. Wolfgang Partsch
Author, Inventor of Supply Chain at MD Dr. Partsch & Partner
Previously spoke at: TFEST24, TFEST25
About Dr.
Dr. Wolfgang Partsch is an Austrian academic and business leader recognized as a co-inventor of Supply Chain Management. With a PhD in Physics from the University of Vienna, he pioneered the supply chain management concept at Booz Allen & Hamilton in the late 1970s-early 1980s, with the first published case study appearing in Manager Magazin in 1979. He founded the first SCM-specialized consulting firm in 1983 and later served as Chairman of Ernst & Young's Global Supply Chain Network.
About TFEST26
TFEST26 is Europe's most senior supply chain conference, taking place December 1–2 2026 at Colosseum Berlin. It brings together 400+ Director-level and above leaders (Chief Supply Chain Officers, VPs, and senior directors from Cisco, Henkel, Estée Lauder, Diageo, Schneider Electric, Novartis, Mars, and others) for two days of peer benchmarking, candid practitioner firesides, themed roundtables, and pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings.