Irène Foglierini is an affiliate professor in the informations systems and technologies department at the ESCP-EAP University. Her teaching areas are in purchasing and supply chain management.

After graduating from business school with a Master's in management, over a period of 20 years she held various positions in several purchasing organizations (automotive industry, insurances companies and consulting groups).

After earning a Ph.D. in management science at the University of Sorbonne (September 1985), she joined ESCP-EAP where she developed purchasing and supply chain management courses in the Master's programs and in corporate universities.

Her current research concerns TCO (total cost ownership) and TVO (total value ownership) in purchasing organizations. She is also studying the skills of purchasing managers and the real situation of supply chain management in the industries today.

She is the author of numerous articles and communications. She has also published several books on organization (Organisation et gestion des entreprises, Dunod,), as well as the first e-learning program in purchasing in Europe.

She is currently researching the impact of TCO (Total Cost Ownership) and TVO strategies (Total Value Ownership) in the global purchasing performance.

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