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Delivering benefit through partnership
‘Sustain’ Project
11th June 2014
Stephen Connor, Process and Best Practice Coordination Manager, APUC
Delivering benefit through partnership
Project Drivers
Student Voice
Organisational Objectives
Reputation
External and Internal pressure
Good practise
Value for money
Sector spend
RiskSustainable Supply Chain
Project
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University of Edinburgh, EUSA, University of Aberdeen, AUSA, NUS (Scotland), People and Planet, Glasgow School of Art, EAUC, University of Dundee and University of Stirling.
– Procurement staff
– Sustainability advisers
– Student representatives (institutional and independent organisations)
– NGO’s (People and Planet) – collaboration with Electronics Watch (Advisory Group and Founder Member)
• Code of Conduct covering Social, Ethical, Economic and Environmental issues.
• Use this as our standard to assess supplier compliance against.
http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/suscode.php
Working Group
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1. Pre Tender – StrategyMarrakech Impact Assessment
2. Tender – CoC / ITT wording / QuestionsMandate supplier involvement with audit processRequest compliance to Code of ConductAsk questions that reflect Impact Assessment issues
3. Post Tender – Contract Management / Supply Chain Audit
Prioritise using Marrakech toolAssess supply chain compliance to our Code of Conduct
using web based tool• Develop a tool useable by Institutions as well as APUC
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APUC Hunter contract database – available sector wide – is the starting point of the audit process.
Purely collaborative spend on Hunter, 2012/13 full year
APUC/NEUPC/NWUPC/SUPC/LUPC/HEPCW 418 Institutions/Organisations 580 suppliers £881,000,000 spend
Over HALF of that is with just 20 suppliers; in Libraries, IT, Travel and Utilities.
Collaboration gives Scope for Influence to Change
Non-Collaborative spend is still to be added…………………
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APUC Supply Chain Audit – web tool
Developed in conjunction with the Sector Direct link to Hunter contract database
Eliminates duplication of effort You choose when to invite your suppliers to start the process
Enables suppliers to build up an understanding of their supply chain
Suppliers can see their score/place against other Category/Agreement suppliers
See how suppliers compare against competitors Improve supplier understanding and compliance – ‘gap analysis’
Institutions can see the global location of supply chains and associated risk (planned development)
Suppliers can track the status of their supply chain
Understand supply chain risks
Useable by Institutions
Buyers can see compliance level of suppliers
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APUC Sustainable Supply Chain Project
Status:• Ongoing awareness raising (EAUC/UUK/HoC)• In Phase 2 testing (end to end process) currently• Re-designing question structure and web design• Aim for handover and early supplier testing to commence end
mid July 2014• Formal launch September 2014• Ongoing development work (country risk mapping / gap
analysis)
www.nanoit.co.uk/apuc - Contract Manager viewwww.nanoit.co.uk/apuc - Supplier viewwww.nanoit.co.uk/apuc - Validator viewwww.nanoit.co.uk/apuc - Results view
Suppliers home page showing a
validated response
Public view results page (after searching for an
agreement)