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Add new EMS termTo unify the communication and knowledge exchange between the emergency medical teams across Europe iProcureSecurity seeks to translate the identified EMS terms in all consortium languages.
That is why the project encourages everyone willing to contribute, to suggest and add missing terminology translation.
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Software application that allows EMS management staff to control ambulances' inventory in real time.
Normally a business entity created by two or more parties with the purpose to achieve a specific task, such as win a tender, PFI, PPP and so on
Procurement activities undertaken by two or more separate contracting authorities. Many different forms of joint procurement exist, e.g. occasional joint procurement, buying consortia and central purchasing arrangements.
A set of measures used to assess performance against agreed expectations. KPIs may relate to any aspect of a contract and may be associated with points or other incentive and/or penalty systems. An organisation may use KPIs to evaluate its own success, or to evaluate the success of a particular activity in which it is engaged
Need for having additional knowledge.
Refers to the first approx. 20% customers on the EU Internal Market in the market segment of the procurers that are deploying innovative solutions to tackle the challenge addressed by the PPI procurement. PPI shall result in the first application/commercialisation of innovative solutions, meaning that the solutions have to be new to the procurers’ market segment or new to the EU Internal Market, and relevant to procurers in other Member States and/or countries associated to Horizon 2020
Leadership principles serve as guidelines for commanders to ensure optimal leadership. They must be checked on an ongoing basis and implemented if applicable. Principles apply to all management levels. For example, the fire brigade defines the following principles: unity of leadership, clear goal, simplicity, formation of emphasis (formation of focal points), formation of reserves, freedom of action, mobility, economy of strength, and proportionality.
"Lean," is a practice that considers the expenditure of resources for any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer to be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination.
Laws, the legal system, and the practical interpretation of laws.
The average period that a person may expect to live.