Supply and demands
13 September 2012
Hungary’s minister for economic affairs has recently added IFPMM president to his already expansive role as organisation founder, business group member and university tutor. Atilla Chikan tells Elizabeth Bellamy how he rises to a challenge
It took an effort to pry Dr Atilla Chikan away from his colleagues at the recent International Federation of Purchasing and Materials Management (IFPMM) world congress in Sydney. Enjoying a joke in the company of his peers, the silver-haired academic easily blended in with the rest of the delegates, many of whom carry a substantially lighter working burden on their...