STEPPIN Expert meeting 10 July, 2007 in Aachen

The Forschungsinstitut für Rationalisierung (FIR) (Aachen, Germany) has carried out a survey to analyse the coherence between the use of standards and procurement processes in terms of identifying best practice.

The objective of this workshop has been to reach consensus with the participating experts on what best practice is. An important issue of the workshop has been to determine the grow path of best practice, as the level of current best practice may not be significant, while as a result of the project the level might and should increase in the coming years. 

Main topics addressed::

Results of interviews with tendering organisations
Results of interviews with applying companies on the market side about their experiences;
What kind of Best Practice does exist?
What are the potential benefits of innovation for purchasers and their organisations?
How do purchasers stimulate innovation, do they make use of standards?

Download the conference's presentations :

Information on the STEPPIN project (Joep Frijdal)

Standardization is innovation (Pim Bijl NEN)

Best Theory revised (Knut Blind)

Relationships between PP, Innovation and Stand. Consip (A. Ballarin)