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What is Happening in Supply Chain Management? From Push to Pull through Best Value Thinking

By Sicco Santema January 2011 Abstract In this paper we take a closer look at developments in supply management. The main change in this discipline seems to be (2011) that cooperation and risk management are taking over the classical silo based way of...

12 May, 2018

Using Best Value PIPS in Europe, Need for Compromise?

By Marianne van Leeuwen January 2011 Abstract Best Value Procurement Performance Information Procurement System (hereinafter: BVP-PiPS) is a methodology developed in the United States and is now being used by private and public contractors in the Netherlands. For public contractors in Europe, application...

12 May, 2018

Tender Environmental Impact Assessment Extra Discharge Capacity Afsuitdijk

By Stan van Veenendaal, Wiebe Witteveen January 2011 Abstract 'The project Extra Discharge Capacity Afsluitdijk (EDCA) of Rijkswaterstaat aims to enlarge the capacity of the discharge sluices by building new sluices, necessary because of the climate change. Rijkswaterstaat has decided to outsource the...

12 May, 2018

Legal Perpective: Is Best Value Procurement achieveable with the framework of the ARW 2005?

By Ramona Apostol January 2011 Abstract This paper discusses the legal implications of using the elements of the Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) procedure in the Netherlands. The article proposes the pros and cons of the potential compliance of these elements, in the...

12 May, 2018

Introduction for the Dutch Special Issue: Historical Overview of Best Value in the Netherlands

By George K.I. Ang January 2011 Abstract Best Value Procurement is on its way to being adopted as the backbone in professionalising public construction clients in the Netherlands. Today, apart from several private real estate investments all over the country, major public work...

12 May, 2018

Individual Business Travel at Boehringer Ingelheim: A Best Value Procurement Pilot

By Marco van der Heijden, Jeroen van de Rijt January 2011 Abstract Problems in the delivery of construction are supply chain issues in the procurement area, and not caused by the complexity of the construction industry. In order to prove this, Best Value...

12 May, 2018

Hiring an External Advisor Hydrology at Water Board De Dommel

By Bas Plehn January 2011 Abstract Best value PIPS has been introduced in the Netherlands in the procurement of construction systems. The Water Board De Dommel utilized best value PIPS to select engineering consultant services. The test differed from other Dutch tests in...

12 May, 2018

Guest Editor’s Introduction to the Special Issue: Best Value Procurement in the Netherlands

By Jeroen van de Rijt, Wiebe Witteveen January 2011 Abstract Best Value Procurement is on its way to being adopted as the backbone in professionalising public construction clients in the Netherlands. Today, apart from several private real estate investments all over the country,...

12 May, 2018

Case Study: Best Value Procurement/Performance Information Procurement System Development

By Dean Kashiwagi January 2011 Abstract Best Value Procurement/Performance Information Procurement System (BVP/PIPS) has been developed by Dean Kashiwagi and the Performance Based Studies Research Group (PBSRG) from 1991 - 2010. BVP/PIPS is a licensed technology from Arizona State University that includes a...

12 May, 2018

A Cross-Purchasing Portfolio Application of Best Value Procurement: Lessons Learned from Six Cases at Ballast Nedam

By Guido J.E. Koreman January 2011 Abstract Ballast Nedam like any other business in the industry encounters failure due to purchasing based on low cost. Research shows that these tend to arise because of poor planning, non-compliance to agreements and incomplete project evaluations...

12 May, 2018

Resources

What is Happening in Supply Chain Management? From Push to Pull through Best Value Thinking

Using Best Value PIPS in Europe, Need for Compromise?

Tender Environmental Impact Assessment Extra Discharge Capacity Afsuitdijk

Legal Perpective: Is Best Value Procurement achieveable with the framework of the ARW 2005?

Introduction for the Dutch Special Issue: Historical Overview of Best Value in the Netherlands

Individual Business Travel at Boehringer Ingelheim: A Best Value Procurement Pilot

Hiring an External Advisor Hydrology at Water Board De Dommel

Guest Editor’s Introduction to the Special Issue: Best Value Procurement in the Netherlands

Case Study: Best Value Procurement/Performance Information Procurement System Development

A Cross-Purchasing Portfolio Application of Best Value Procurement: Lessons Learned from Six Cases at Ballast Nedam

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