About Me
Dr. Frederik Vos (MSc, MSc, MSc) works as Assistant Professor in Public, Health & Industrial Procurement at the University of Twente and as Senior Consultant at the Public Procurement Research Center (PPRC) in the Netherlands. Also, he is part of the executive committee of the International Purchasing, Supply Education & Research Association (IPSERA), Vice President of the member council of the Dutch association of purchasing professionals (NEVI), Associate Editor of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management (JPSM) and chairman of the faculty council of BMS. His areas of expertise include supplier resource mobilisation, public & healthcare procurement, risk management and digitalisation.
Frederik holds a PhD and a Master in Business Administration (with highest distinction) from the Faculty of Management and Governance as well as a Master in Organizational Psychology and a Master of Corporate Communication from the Faculty of Behavioral Sciences of the University of Twente. He also worked in the past in the purchasing business intelligence department of the Volkswagen AG.
In addition to teaching, Frederik collaborates on various projects with international companies from the automotive, chemical and construction sectors. Furthermore, he does not only publish regularly in academic and practitioner magazines about current and future trends in procurement, but also acts as capacity builder and trainer for (public) organizations around the world.
Feel free to contact him, especially if you have data analysis questions, as he has knowledge of extensive data analysis techniques for "big" and "small" data, such as structural equations modelling (SEM), Predictive modelling with PLS algorithms (PLSpredict), qualitative comparative analyses (QCA), polynomial regressions & surface analyses, contrast testing and Simultaneous equations model (e.g. 2SLS, 3SLS, SUR).
Additional Information:
Topics:
• Expert in resource mobilisation: supplier satisfaction and preferred customer strategies
• Smart Industry, Artificial Intelligence & Industry 4.0 researcher & trainer
• Data Analytics & business intelligence expert
• Health care procurement & value-driven purchasing
• Public Procurement & tendering researcher & expert
--> For all of my current projects see subsection "Projects" on my LinkedIn File
Activities:
• Coordinator of the Master of Purchasing and Supply Management
• Coordinator of Master & Bachelor theses in Purchasing and Supply Management
• Supervisor of 20+ (yearly) Bachelor & Master Projects
• Lecturer & tutor in 5+ courses (see below)
Past courses he taught:
- Purchasing and Supply Management (2 EC, BSc International Business)
- Strategic Sourcing (3 EC, BSc International Business)
- suPlay Game (2 EC, BSc International Business) (serious game lectures / tutorials)
- Fresh Connection Game (3 EC, BSc Industrial Management & BSc International Business)
- Sourcing (2 EC, BSc Industrial Management)
- Finance & Health Care Purchasing (5 EC, MSc Health Sciences)
- Seminar Purchasing (5 EC, MSc Business Administration)
- Purchasing Organization and Governance (5 EC, MSc Business Administration)
Expertise
Organisations
Research
• Expert in supplier satisfaction and preferred customer strategies
• Smart Industry, Artificial Intelligence & Industry 4.0 researcher & trainer
• Data Analytics & business intelligence expert
• Health care procurement & value-driven purchasing
• Public Procurement & tendering researcher & expert
Publications
UT Research Information System
Google Scholar Link
Education
Activities:
• Coordinator of the Master of Purchasing and Supply Management
• Coordinator of Master & Bachelor theses in Purchasing and Supply Management
• Supervisor of 20+ (yearly) Bachelor & Master Projects
• Lecturer & tutor in 5+ courses (see below)
Past Courses:
- Purchasing and Supply Management (2 EC, BSc International Business)
- Strategic Sourcing (3 EC, BSc International Business)
- suPlay Game (2 EC, BSc International Business) (serious game lectures / tutorials)
- Fresh Connection Game (3 EC, BSc Industrial Management & BSc International Business)
- Sourcing (2 EC, BSc Industrial Management)
- Finance & Health Care Purchasing (5 EC, MSc Health Sciences)
- Seminar Purchasing (5 EC, MSc Business Administration)
- Purchasing Organization and Governance (5 EC, MSc Business Administration)
Affiliated Study Programmes
Bachelor
Master
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Courses Academic Year 2021/2022
Projects
- Covid 19 and its impact on purchasing
May 2020 – Present
- Public Procurement Contracting: How to improve the contracting process?
May 2020 – Present
- Supplier Satisfaction & tender attractiveness in public procurement - a case study of fire departments in the Twente region
May 2020 – Present
- Health procurement & Covid 19 - From the perspective of purchasing consultants & hospital purchasers
Apr 2020 – Present
- Analyzing Purchasing Strategy implementation in small & medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
Feb 2020 – Present
- Roadmapping of technology and strategy implementation of health technology
Feb 2020 – Present
- Social Care procurement in the Netherlands, combining client, provider & municipal-purchasing viewpoints
Feb 2020 – Present
- Creating a framework for early supplier involvement in public procurement
Jan 2020 – Present
- How to implement Block Chain in the pork supply chain - a case study
Jan 2020 – Present
- I4.0 & purchasing process: Where in purchasing process do solutions exist?
Jan 2020 – Present
- Smart industry 4.0 and its impact on the future of the purchasing function
Jan 2020 – Present
- Process mining: Creating an assessment framework to assess client's readiness for process mining initiatives
Dec 2019 – Present
- Health outsourcing: How to convince doctors in hospitals of the merits of collaboration with procurement
Nov 2019 – Present
- Health Care Procurement: Assessing Cost Savings of Value based procurement
Oct 2019 – Present
- Perception difference in buyer-supplier relatiosnhips - why do we perceive things differently?
Oct 2019 – Present
- Assessing the maturity of e-ordering and e-contracting at Dutch municipalities
Sep 2019 – Present
- Public Health: Analyzing the difference in Quality of Care between Hospitals
Sep 2019 – Present
Media
When you would like to know more about me and my work at the University of Twente, take a look at this short (2:28 min) video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCm60pZX6uM
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands