'Data protection by design' is een van de verplichtingen die volgt uit de Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (AVG). Dit betekent dat passende technische en organisatorische maatregelen bij inkoop moeten worden meegenomen om gegevensbescherming te waarborgen.Trix Mulder nam ons tijdens dit IPNN …

Purpose The aim of this study is to provide insights into how the purchasing function can increase the maturity of smart maintenance management (SMM) in construction clients by (1) assessing current SMM maturity and (2) developing an adapted service triad for purchasing's meaningful involvement in SMM. …

Research suggests that construction clients, as building owner-occupier, are struggling to implement smart maintenance. This thesis assumes that this is due to a failure to fully understand the institutional complexities of smart maintenance. Hence, the aim of this thesis was to improve our understanding …

The Procurement and Supply of hospital isolation gowns (IGs) pose significant challenges, including the potential for sudden increases in demand, the necessity of maintaining high-quality gowns, and the complexity of the supply process. One potential solution to these challenges is the investment in …

This Research Justification will provide the reader with a better understanding of how Barrio Life can improve the internal processes within the purchase department. Having processes improved can help the company create a better workflow among employees and save time to eventually operate more efficiently. …

Nowadays, consumers’ desire and to be consciously involved in food production procedures is driven not only in terms of food quality but also by farmers' and employees' welfare. Furthermore, having this knowledge has become crucial in consumers’ purchasing pattern behaviour. A group of Colombian farmers …

The research concerned semi-dyadic relations in SMEs and large companies that managed innovative suppliers in New Zealand construction supply chains. It explored effects of (independent) company variables on (mediating) procurement management variables, and also the effects of these variable types on …

The conscious living movement, also known as the slow movement, has recently shifted from the food to the fashion industry, resulting in the emergence of the slow fashion movement with many upcoming slow fashion initiatives. The gradual shift towards more sustainable innovations in the design process …

For 40 years, companies and academia see logistics as a main ‘process’ within companies. Supply chain become an individual department similar as purchasing, sales, finance and R&D. Focussing on supply chain can lead to success but still are a lot of companies not aware of the possibilities of this discipline. …

As a German conglomerate company specialized in electrical engineering and electronics, operates Siemens the world market with eight different divisions ranging from Power and Gas to Mobility. This study refers to the division Siemens Building Technologies (BT), the worlds market leader for energy efficient …