The third step would be for the Cabinet Office to insist on smart procurement.
This paper proposes smart procurement partnerships between industry and HEIs, based on the findings from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ).
This and other lighthanded policies (smart procurement, "golden carrot," and "platinum carrot" rewards to reduce the risks and increase the rewards of innovation, low-income scrap-and-replace programs) can speed ultralight hybrids to market by 2010 and give them a 90 100% market share by 2040.
The key to smart cities is "smarter regulation and smarter procurement".
According to Antoni Vives, deputy mayor of Barcelona, the real focus of a smart city should not be architecture, nor technology, important though these are, but citizens, better regulation and smarter procurement.
"The report ignores what councils across London are doing, in the face of funding cuts by government of more than 28% four years, to save a huge amount of money through joined-up, smarter procurement," said a spokesman for the organisation that represents councils in London.
Things such as predictive procurement, smart data and real-time collaboration could all help social landlords to better forecast demand for certain goods and coordinate supply chains more efficiently right across their business so bigger savings can be made.
It describes the post-graduate courses in Systems Engineering provided by the Defence Engineering Group at University College London, and how the knowledge and abilities conferred by these courses should enable their graduates to make key contributions to the UK Ministry of Defence's 'Smart Procurement Initiatives' designed to improve the efficiency of defence equipment acquisition.
Mr. Raider is blessedly fussy about preparation as well as procurement, and smart about preserving traditions while acknowledging trends.
In a less-noticed speech this week, Lord Drayson, the smart minister in charge of procurement, threatened to curb inter-service haggling.
Also: a renewable energy standard, a low-carbon fuel standard, smart-grid standards and funding, government procurement policies, direct government investment, etc. etc.
