Companies tend to focus more on the statement of work versus governance of the contract especially when contracting for 3PL services. Vested Outsourcing’s lead researcher Kate Vitasek believes companies need to reverse their priorities and focus more on governance. In her video interview “The Value of Good Governance in a 3PL Relationship“, Vitasek discusses the […]
Outsourcing: Collaboration is More Than a State of Mind
The true test of collaboration occurs when you really have to collaborate, say during a crisis or when the powers that be ask you to do more or to do something radically different. In short collaboration is a nice word but it’s only truly effective and real when what you’re collaborating on is difficult, uncomfortable […]
Spend Outsourcing Time on Outcomes, Not SLAs
If you’ve been involved with outsourcing long enough, and if you’ve paid attention to the basic message of Vested Outsourcing, then then you probably know that service level agreements—SLAs—are somewhat lacking when it comes to forging collaborative and transformative relationships. That’s mainly because task-oriented SLAs generally are too one-sided in favor of the company outsourcing. […]
Outsourcing Center, Jun 2011
Kathleen Goolsby, senior writer at the Outsourcing Center, recently reviewed the forth coming book “The Vested Outsourcing Manual.” In her review “How to Create Collapse-Proof Outsourcing Relationships,” Kathleen notes “This is not like any other book or manual you’ve read about outsourcing deals.”
Outsource Magazine, Jun 2011
The fifth academic in her series “The Academics of Outsourcing”, lead researcher Kate Vitasek highlights the accomplishments of Robert Solow and how his work impacts outsourcing. Kate explains it all in her article “Robert Solow: innovation, technology – and math! – make all the difference.”
Sourcing Interests Group, May 2011
Sourcing Interests Group’s CEO Dawn Evans and Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer of Ariba, discuss the future of outsourcing. Watch the video here.
University of Tennessee/Vested Recognized for Academic Advancement
Recognition for groundbreaking work from the peers in our industry, namely from the Supply Chain Council this week, is both a wonderful honor and also great challenge. SCC announced the winners of the 2011 North American Supply Chain Excellence Awards at the annual Supply Chain World conference in Baltimore. There are three award categories, operational […]
Outsource Magazine, May 2011
Lead researcher Kate Vitasek explains how John Nash and Robert Axelrod’s work on Game Theory helped influence modern outsourcing. Using Game Theory to predict the outcome of economic interactions is an essential tool to achieve performance-based, win-win outsourcing arrangements. Read her recent column on great academic thought leaders, John Nash, Robert Axelrod, Game Theory and […]
The Lion Listens and Empowers Before He Roars
Something called the “modern day fable” of the Ant and the Lion is making the rounds of various inboxes—it’s amusing and as most fables go, timely, or shall I say timeless? It presents some serious food for thought about the way we and our organizations work, collaborate and grow over time. Here’s a link to […]
3PL Americas, Apr 2011
Are you selling yourself short? Lead researcher Kate Vitasek, and Astrid Uka discuss why your 3PL contract may be preventing you from moving up the “Value Add” curve.
