About us – Best Value Experts Academy Membership Site

We are Best Value Experts

Our vision

We believe that the Best Value Approach enables supply chains to achieve higher performance at lower costs. Becoming increasingly popular in Europe, the Best Value approach is sometimes misunderstood leading to increased complexity.

It is our goal, as certified and approved educators in the Best Value approach, to help vendors to easily apply ‘Best Value’ as a different way of doing business, resulting in higher performance at lower costs with higher profits and least stress.

Our expertise

Metrics on our expertise:

>5 years working in and with the Best Value approach.
A+ certified (highest possible Best Value certification level).
Total experience: > 200 Best Value projects, both clients and vendors, sales and procurement.
IT, infrastructure, construction, facility services, engineering, area/project development, utilities, community services.
Government, universities, municipalities, academic hospitals, health care, private companies, utilities.
Trained > 500 individuals.
We are the first (and still only) agency to have successfully and sustainably implemented a Best Value development program in organisations

Our service

Our customers

We educate both clients and vendors in IT, infrastructure, construction, facility services, engineering, area/project development, utilities, community services. Our clients are private companies and utilities, government agencies, universities, municipalities, academic hospitals.

Our qualification to educate in Best Value

Best Value Experts Academy is licensed by Arizona State University Technology Transfer (AzTe) and approved by Dr. Kashiwagi, creator of the Best Value Approach, to administer the training and exams for B and B+ certification.

We are approved by the creator of the Best Value Approach to have met all standards of education and requirements to ensure that professionals are trained in alignment with the Best Value Approach.

Our educators:

have >5 years working in and with the Best Value approach.
are A+ certified (highest possible Best Value certification level) and top 3 scorers on the A+ exams.
have experience in > 200 Best Value projects, both clients and vendors, sales and procurement.
have trained > 600 individuals.

We are the first (and still only) agency to have successfully and sustainably implemented a Best Value development program in organisations.

Education we offer

We offer training in the Best Value Approach for both clients and vendors.

Our most popular education program is the Best Value Vendor training, suitable for everyone who works in a sales and delivery process and who is accountable for the realisation of their client’s objectives. To optimize and utilize expertise, the Best Value mindset is needed on all levels (strategic, tactical and operational).

Major benefits of our Best Value Vendor Training:
– Only 1 day classroom training
– Blended learning (onsite and online training combined)
– Start within 1 minute after registration
– 100% Vendor oriented
– Best Value B or B+ certification

How to get certified in the Best Value approach

There are four different levels of certification that each represents a different level of knowledge an individual can achieve. We advise you to start with our B+ certification training as this gives you understanding of the basics of the philosophy as well as the application of the model.

Level Requirements (highest to lowest):

A+ Has passed the “train the trainer” exam on an annual basis and has obtained all other certifications (A, B+, B)
A Has passed an audit within the past year on best value project documentation
B+ Has passed the PIPS and IMT exam
B Attend a Best Value training given by certified instructors [hold the A+ Rating]

Our specialties

Educating people in Best Value

Implementing Best Value across organisations

Coaching vendors in application of Best Value

Coaching clients in the application of Best Value

CONTACT

We are happy to answer any of your questions!

Anneke van Abeelen

Co-founder

Daniëla Verheul

Co-founder

Niels Verlaan

Co-founder

Wim de Vries

Co-founder