{"id":138842,"date":"2024-04-17T11:55:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T10:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=138842"},"modified":"2024-04-17T11:55:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T10:55:47","slug":"supply-chain-engagement-toolkit-driving-innovation-construction-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/supply-chain-engagement-toolkit-driving-innovation-construction-sector\/138842\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply Chain Engagement Toolkit: Driving innovation in the construction sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Leeds Beckett University is working with public procurement framework YORhub to create a Supply Chain Engagement Toolkit to drive innovation and boost opportunity for small businesses<\/h2>\n<p>Leeds Beckett University is working with YORhub, Yorkshire\u2019s largest public sector procurement framework, to create a Supply Chain Engagement Toolkit. This aims to increase the number and diversity of regional small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with access to public sector procurement frameworks &#8211; reducing the overdominance of large firms and introducing innovative solutions in a sector that is slow to change.<\/p>\n<p>It is a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), part-funded by the government through Innovate UK.<\/p>\n<p>The project will include a substantial change management process which will disrupt long-established ways of working and provide ongoing staff training to ensure the Supply Chain Management Toolkit is successfully embedded into YORhub for the long-term.<\/p>\n<p>As well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ukas-operations-director-accreditation\/136849\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boosting the growth of SMEs<\/a>, the partnership aims to benefit the local economy and the environment by focusing on regional contractors which, in turn, reduces carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>The work will be managed by a KTP associate &#8211; a skilled graduate who will be recruited as a full-time member of YORhub, with the full support of the Leeds Beckett academic team.<\/p>\n<p>YORhub is a collaboration of Leeds City Council, Sheffield City Council, North Yorkshire Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, supporting the delivery of quality construction procurement frameworks to the public sector.<\/p>\n<p>It is the biggest framework in Yorkshire and the Humber, with the largest number of projects of any construction procurement framework. Across Yorkshire and Humber, approximately \u00a32.5bn is spent annually on capital construction, with \u00a3460m procured through YORhub frameworks.<\/p>\n<h3>Competitiveness and diversity in supply chains: A national challenge<\/h3>\n<p>Professor Mohammed Dulaimi, project leader and head of engineering in the School of Built Environment, Engineering &amp; Computing at Leeds Beckett, said: \u201cThis KTP builds on a strong relationship between Leeds Beckett and YORhub, which has seen us collaborate on projects and research over several years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnsuring competitiveness and diversity in the supply chain is a national challenge in public sector procurement. Framework managers are hindered by legislation that stifles innovation and plays to the strengths of large consulting firms and construction companies \u2013 leaving SMEs with lower-value contracts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis hinders innovation as SMEs with better on-the-ground insight are unable to positively engage directly with clients or YORhub to suggest improvements. Through this KTP, YORhub will disrupt this status quo by developing a Supply Chain Engagement Toolkit, which addresses the challenges of engaging with SMEs and has the potential to achieve large-scale, industry-wide impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steve Baker, head of construction services and YORhub at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: \u201cThe construction sector is an industry in need of innovation. This KTP will bring academic know-how and innovation to the challenges that are being experienced nationally \u2013 which are particularly acute in the public sector. YORhub\u2019s size, reputation and profile in the industry means we are uniquely placed to lead and champion this innovation for the public and construction sectors, and to share good practice with our peers and supply chains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jo Griffiths, Head of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships at Leeds Beckett, added: \u201cThis is our first KTP with a public sector organisation, building on our strong relationship with YORhub, which has included co-funded PhD projects with Professor Dulaimi\u2019s students. We look forward to continued opportunities and collaborations through this KTP \u2013 including student projects, guest lectures from YORhub and our KTP associate for our students, PhD opportunities and research publications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Mohammed Dulaimi is leader of the Accelerating Innovation in Construction research group at Leeds Beckett, and coordinator of the CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction) Task Group on Accelerating Innovation in Construction.<\/p>\n<p>The Leeds Beckett University academic team also includes: Sam Zulu, professor of construction and project management; Dr Neema Kavishe, lecturer in building construction and project management; and Tony Jenkins, senior lecturer in software engineering and digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professor Mohammed Dulaimi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Project leader and head of engineering,<\/p>\n<p>School of Built Environment, Engineering &amp; Computing<\/p>\n<p>Leeds Beckett University<\/p>\n<p>Tel: +44 (0)113 812 0000<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leedsbeckett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leedsbeckett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/leedsbeckettuni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leedsbeckettofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds Beckett University is working with public procurement framework YORhub to create a Supply Chain Engagement Toolkit to drive innovation and boost opportunity for small businesses. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":138844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[172832,431,621,701],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-138842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-pbc-today-may-2024","9":"tag-plant-equipment-supplies","10":"tag-sme","11":"tag-supply-chain"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Supply Chain Engagement Toolkit: Driving innovation in the construction sector<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Leeds Beckett University is working with YORhub to create a Supply Chain Engagement Toolkit to boost opportunity for small businesses\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/supply-chain-engagement-toolkit-driving-innovation-construction-sector\/138842\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supply Chain Engagement Toolkit: Driving innovation in the construction sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leeds Beckett University is working with YORhub to create a Supply Chain Engagement Toolkit to boost opportunity for small businesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/supply-chain-engagement-toolkit-driving-innovation-construction-sector\/138842\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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