Procurement & Smart Ordering

The central theme is the development of Circular Procurement Policies that shift the focus from cost to total lifecycle value. Key to this is a proposed sustainability label or 'nutriscore' for life science products to inform purchasing decisions based on environmental performance. Projects include integrating waste management costs into procurement, establishing guidelines to ban non-essential packaging, and designing systems for data sharing to streamline processes. Additionally, implementing smart-ordering solutions and AI-driven analytics will help track expiration dates, predict demand, and enable solutions like bulk ordering to prevent excess and reduce waste. This includes adapting medication distribution to only dispense the required amount.

Circular Procurement Policies

Integrate sustainability, longevity, and end-of-life management into procurement decisions, supported by sustainability labels and waste cost integration.

• Develop a sustainability label to compare products for their sustainability aspects and facilitate procurement.

• Integrate the waste management cost to the procurement.

• Establish strict procurement guidelines that prioritize waste reduction at the source, such as banning non-essential packaging and enforcing sustainable sourcing criteria. (Suppliers, Sourcing & Raw Materials)

• As firs step get $360^{\circ view of all stakeholder challenges to ideally design a framework that addresses both customer and supplier needs.

• Design a standard for data sharing (look at automotive industry for inspiration).

• A software that compares products with a ‘score’ (based on both product and company level data) that works into already existing procurement processes.

• Develop a unified system to track expiration dates and streamline ordering processes. Implement smart-ordering solutions to reduce waste and duplication.

• Promote solutions such as bulk ordering and media kitchen.

• Integrate green chemistry principles to rethink traditional experimental setups, prioritizing resource efficiency and minimizing waste. (R&D)

• Streamline food logistics to reduce food waste in hospital cafeterias and patient meal services. (Healthcare provision, patients & services)

Medication according to patient needs

Modify medication distribution models to dispense only the required doses, minimizing pharmaceutical waste.

• Sell only required doses at pharmacies.

• Bulk ordering of medicine and dispensing it to patient according to their needs in reusable boxes.

• Develop an app to manage home pharmacy inventory, similarly to wine cellars.

• Prescribing medicines in specific quantities and frequencies, which can smooth out the demand for specific medications.

• Develop reusable packaging to distribute only required doses by pharmacies.