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Account management to position Statistics Netherlands as a reliable
partner and show the added value of collaboration;
Quality to safeguard the quality of processes and output, and make them
transparent;
Processes and organization to collaborate effectively and efficiently. The
core values are reliable, society-oriented and innovative.
4.2 Business value and SBR
The main categories of business value contributed by the business
register are presented in table 2.
Category Description
Coherence of input-sources Maximises the use of input sources and the
opportunities to combine them.
Comparability over time and Full support for dynamics in the populations
between domains and for sub selections

Consistency between statistics Coordination by the use of statistical units
and variables for stratification and sub
selection

Timeliness Timely processing of changes in populations
and of available register information
Completeness Full coverage and minimised over coverage

Efficiency Minimises costs to produce business register
products and services

Flexibility, Transparency and Ability to adapt to changes in input,
Openness processing and needs in co-operation with
partners

5. Challenges
5.1 Increased supply of data sources
The availability of administrative registers, data on financial and economical
transactions, sensordata, data in the Internet (Webscraping) and in social
media is increasing. For small and medium size enterprises these as the main
sources to maintain the SBR and to compile economic statistics. For large and
complex Enterprises a more dedicated strategy, containing direct observation
and interactive editing will be useful. This approach implies that various
sources (multisource) and various modes (mixed mode) altogether are being
the input for making economic statistics. The SBR has to supply means (units,
coupling) to process the information of these sources and to shorten the
‘time-to-market’ for new sources. Maintenance of SBR itself benefits from this
too.

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