Rob Westerhoff, CEO of EQILENCE, explains:

"We are giving laboratories, universities and hospitals transparency in supplier and product information today for the development of tomorrow's medicines. This is our mission. The S-DAS makes procurement in general and tendering in particular faster and easier. Moreover, it saves a lot of time of purchasers and researchers, making it enormously user-friendly."

"Result? Efficiency for researchers and compliancy for procurers."  

Translating a duty into transparency and user-friendliness? This was a trigger for Stefan Vocks of LIOF. In the conversation with EQILENCE the question arose: how does EQILENCE realize this? Bert Klinkenberg, CIO of EQILENCE: "We do this by offering a Supplier Relation Management platform. All product data is present. The algorithm allows the customer to compare quality, price and delivery terms. Just like at BOL.com." 

In addition to better and more efficient purchasing, a lower purchase price is realized. "Moreover, with the S-DAS the customer complies with the Procurement Act. As a result, one can tender much faster and compliantly," Bert adds. "EQILENCE's solution with the S-DAS is a great example of innovative digitalization in healthcare," concludes Stefan.

A flying start with UMC Utrecht

For EQILENCE, testing and validating data is indispensable. For this purpose it cooperated with the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht). With success! Pieter Klinkenberg, COO of EQILENCE: "This gave us a flying start. The procurement team of UMC Utrecht was a great contributor to the S-DAS. To test how client data can be compared, but also how certain functionalities work." 

"You see exactly what product has come in and where you find it"

Pieter further explains how it works. "Does the customer order products for the laboratory and do they arrive? Then the S-DAS indicates where it is stored and this information is linked directly to the Chemicals Registration System. The researcher then also sees that the product is in and where it is. In addition, the researcher sees whether there might still be stock of an item with a fellow researcher." 

Sustainability as a policy?

The unique collection of data is supplemented and maintained in real time. This ensures transparency in quality and price, but also in sustainability. Pieter gives an example: "From S-DAS, customers can easily send orders from multiple departments to the supplier in a bundle. This results in fewer transport movements and delivery moments. In terms of behavior, the S-DAS platform, with its unique traffic light system, can provide immediate insight into whether the selected product meets the sustainability policy."

Preneurship in Healthcare

Does Rob have any advice for other entrepreneurs? Rob: "Entrepreneurship is more than just making money. As we continue to develop S-DAS, we always ask ourselves: what can this system do in a world with rapidly rising healthcare costs? Of course we want to earn a good living with our S-DAS. But it gives us a good feeling that we are contributing to the most important issue in healthcare today. Often our users have earned back their investment within six months.

"S-DAS is already known as the BOL.com of laboratories"