Poster: gebruik van e-procurement in het aanbestedingsproces.
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This report summarizes the work done by Thematic Working Group 4 (TWG4) on “Procurement and Tendering” for e-bus deployment. It further analyses the various Good Practices collected by project partners with a reference to the above aspects. This report takes the policy learning one step further and sheds light on regional similarities and differences in practices that have been found functional and worth spreading.
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Much has been written on differences and similarities of B2B sales and procurement professionals. Sometimes these two types seem to come from two different planets, but then we hear talk of synergies and the need to cooperate more closely. Let’s first discuss the “Women Are from Venus; Men Are from Mars” perspective. The saying comes from a book title of John Gray (1992) who claimed that men and women are psychologically speaking fundamentally different. This then (according to Gray) has an impact on how the two sexes communicate and tackle problems. The webarticle discusses several aspects of procurement and sales and concludes that the two professions need each other in order to be successful.
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The focus of this project is on improving the resilience of hospitality Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by enabling them to take advantage of digitalization tools and data analytics in particular. Hospitality SMEs play an important role in their local community but are vulnerable to shifts in demand. Due to a lack of resources (time, finance, and sometimes knowledge), they do not have sufficient access to data analytics tools that are typically available to larger organizations. The purpose of this project is therefore to develop a prototype infrastructure or ecosystem showcasing how Dutch hospitality SMEs can develop their data analytic capability in such a way that they increase their resilience to shifts in demand. The one year exploration period will be used to assess the feasibility of such an infrastructure and will address technological aspects (e.g. kind of technological platform), process aspects (e.g. prerequisites for collaboration such as confidentiality and safety of data), knowledge aspects (e.g. what knowledge of data analytics do SMEs need and through what medium), and organizational aspects (what kind of cooperation form is necessary and how should it be financed).Societal issueIn the Netherlands, hospitality SMEs such as hotels play an important role in local communities, providing employment opportunities, supporting financially or otherwise local social activities and sports teams (Panteia, 2023). Nevertheless, due to their high fixed cost / low variable business model, hospitality SMEs are vulnerable to shifts in consumer demand (Kokkinou, Mitas, et al., 2023; Koninklijke Horeca Nederland, 2023). This risk could be partially mitigated by using data analytics, to gain visibility over demand, and make data-driven decisions regarding allocation of marketing resources, pricing, procurement, etc…. However, this requires investments in technology, processes, and training that are oftentimes (financially) inaccessible to these small SMEs.Benefit for societyThe proposed study touches upon several key enabling technologies First, key enabling technology participation and co-creation lies at the center of this proposal. The premise is that regional hospitality SMEs can achieve more by combining their knowledge and resources. The proposed project therefore aims to give diverse stakeholders the means and opportunity to collaborate, learn from each other, and work together on a prototype collaboration. The proposed study thereby also contributes to developing knowledge with and for entrepreneurs and to digitalization of the tourism and hospitality sector.Collaborative partnersHZ University of Applied Sciences, Hotel Hulst, Hotel/Restaurant de Belgische Loodsensociëteit, Hotel Zilt, DM Hotels, Hotel Charley's, Juyo Analytics, Impuls Zeeland.
The COVID19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability in supply chain networks in the healthcare sector and the tremendous waste problem of disposable healthcare products, such as isolation gowns. Single-use disposable isolation gowns cause great ecological impact. Reusable gowns can potentially reduce climate impacts and improve the resilience of healthcare systems by ensuring a steady supply in times of high demand. However, scaling reusable, circular isolation gowns in healthcare organizations is not straightforward. It is impeded by economic barriers – such as servicing costs for each use – and logistic and hygiene barriers, as processes for transport, storage and safety need to be (re)designed. Healthcare professionals (e.g. purchasing managers) lack complete information about social, economic and ecological costs, the true cost of products, to make informed circular purchasing decisions. Additionally, the residual value of materials recovered from circular products is overlooked and should be factored into purchasing decisions. To facilitate the transition to circular procurement in healthcare, purchasing managers need more fine-grained, dynamic information on true costs. Our RAAK Publiek proposal (MODLI) addresses a problem that purchasing managers face – making purchasing decisions that factor in social, economic and ecological costs and future benefits from recovered materials. Building on an existing consortium that developed a reusable and recyclable isolation gown, we design and develop an open-source decision-support tool to inform circular procurement in healthcare organizations and simulate various purchasing options of non-circular and circular products, including products from circular cascades. Circular procurement is considered a key driver in the transition to a circular economy as it contributes to closing energy and material loops and minimizes negative impacts and waste throughout entire product lifecycles. MODLI aims to support circular procurement policies in healthcare organizations by providing dynamic information for circular procurement decision making.
De doelstelling van dit project is om Nederlandse sociale MKB-bedrijven te helpen bij het verkrijgen van (meer/betere) opdrachten in aanbestedingstrajecten, juist op basis van de social impact die deze bedrijven maken (impact op de samenleving, bijvoorbeeld door de arbeidsparticipatie van mensen met een afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt te stimuleren). Tegelijkertijd beogen we aanbestedende diensten te helpen social impact beter mee te nemen als positieve factor in aanbestedingen. We gaan een vergelijking maken tussen Nederland en België, waar een aparte rechtsvorm voor sociale ondernemingen bestaat (i.t.t. in NL), en dezelfde Europese aanbestedingsrichtlijn geldt. We willen vooral meer inzicht krijgen in de manier waarop sociale ondernemingen in beide landen hun social impact gebruiken om (meer/betere) opdrachten te krijgen; en de manier waarop aanbestedende diensten in beide landen social impact in opdrachtverstrekking en voorkeursbeleid voor sociale ondernemingen verwerken. Naast dossieronderzoek gaan we interviews houden met sociale ondernemingen, aanbestedende diensten en adviesbureaus op het terrein van aanbesteden en social impact. Bij de uitvoering van het onderzoek worden studenten van de opleidingen HBO Rechten en SJD ingezet, in het kader van de minor Bedrijfsjurist en afstuderen. De opgedane kennis wordt o.a. ingebracht bij de (door)ontwikkeling van de Innovatiewerkplaats ‘Krachtig MKB’. Deze postdoc aanvraag wordt ingediend vanuit het Marian van Os Centrum voor Ondernemerschap (MvOCvO) van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen (HG) en sluit aan bij eerder onderzoek van dit centrum. Ondernemerschap is één van de drie speerpunten van de HG. Sociaal Ondernemerschap is als thema in de Roadmap en de onderzoeksvisie van het MvOCvO opgenomen; het sluit aan bij de HBO-onderzoeksagenda Onderzoek met impact en bovendien draagt het bij aan de belangrijkste doelstellingen van de Noordelijke Innovatie Agenda. Van de 14 lectoraten binnen het MvOCvO zijn er zes direct betrokken bij het thema sociaal ondernemerschap, als mede-penvoerder van een projectaanvraag, of als kennispartner.
