Short description

As part of the management team, run your own virtual company, The Fresh Connection, a manufacturer of fruit juices. Faced with declining performance, your team must get the company back on track by taking the best sales and supply chain operation decisions. You will have fun competing against other teams to generate the best Return on investment (ROI).   


Learning outcomes

What to expect:

  • Experience the complexity of managing a Supply Chain (SC) through gamification (business simulation tool).  
  • Anchor and reinforce theoretical SC knowledge through practice.  
  • Translate Business strategy into action.  
  • Understand the SC parameters and cross functional decision-making process (S&OP). 

Soft skills 

  • Problem-solving.  
  • Collaboration.  
  • Team Work.  
  • Mastering complex environment.  
  • Defend recommendation with conviction.  
  • Presentation.  
  • International mindset. 

Work in an international environment 

  • Work in international teams with students from different institutions over the world.  
  • Develop a better intercultural understanding. 

You will be able to  

  • Exploit all kinds of key SC information to take complex SC decision to support business strategy.  
  • Practice English using global SC vocabulary.  

Practical information

Format 

BIP = Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (possibilities to get European fundings for non-Belgian students – please contact your International Office for further information)

Non-Belgian and eligible students will automatically be considered BIP participants.   

Price - 300€

This fee includes:   

  • Meals (breakfasts, lunches and 1 supper)
  • Accommodation (5 nights from 12 to 17 April 2026 in shared rooms)
  • Social program and material     

Invoices will be sent individually to the students unless otherwise specified by the partnering institution.


Registration before 1 December 2025

Register here

The International Office of the sending institutions may download this form and return it completed by email to internationalweeks@ephec.be in order to pre-register the students (before 1st December). A registration link will then be sent out to the students. 

Once the students are registered through the online form, students are registered to the programme and no refunds will be made if cancellations are communicated later than 1 December 2025.  


Target and requirements

This immersive experience is designed for second and third-year university students and above pursuing degrees in areas such Business Administration, Management, Logistics, or Industrial Engineering, who have a keen interest in Supply Chain Management. Participants should possess a strong command of English, with a minimum B2 level. 


Agenda

Dates and location: 

  • Online sessions: TBC
  • On site sessions: 13 to 17 April 2026 – EPHEC University College, Brussels (Campus Woluwe), Belgium

Schedule:

Onsite activities will be scheduled from approximately 9:00 to 17:00 from Monday to Thursday, and from 9:00 to 13:00 on Friday. 

A farewell dinner will be organized on Thursday evening and one extra social activity will be scheduled on Monday or Tuesday afternoon at the end of the working day.

Some activities will take place out of the campus. 


Contact

A question about pedagogical content? Send an email to Christian COGNAUX c.cognaux@ephec.be - Hugues WYNANTS h.wynants@ephec.be   

Other? Send an email to internationalweeks@ephec.be    


FAQ

EPHEC will book the accommodation for students from foreign institutions (included in the 300€ registration fees) for 5 nights from Sunday to Friday. 
Name and address of the hotel will be communicated later. 

Included in the price: Breakfast, bed linen and towels 

Type of room: shared rooms or dorms 

Check in / Check out: Check in is generally from 15:00 and check out until midday but this will depend on the hotel booked. 

The students themselves must book their own transportation to Brussels, as soon as possible.  
Arrival must be scheduled on Sunday at anytime (activities will only start on Monday morning, no activity scheduled on Sunday).  

Departure should be scheduled on Friday afternoon/evening (activities will end around 13h, Brussels National Airport called Zaventem is at one-hour-distance by public transport, 15-minutes ride by taxi).  

EPHEC Campus Woluwé 
Av. Konrad Adenauer 3, 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on Monday morning.  
Reminder: there is no activity organized on Sunday evening.