In their article “Playing to Win“, Kate Vitasek and Mike Ledyard outline what it takes to build stronger relationships and gain greater value from your outsourcing relationships. In a nutshell, Kate and Mike explain how best companies WIN at the game of outsourcing their supply chain.
Journal of Commerce, Nov 2010
Lead Vested Outsourcing researcher Kate Vitasek was interviewed by David Biederman for his article “Warehousing Emerges From Deep Freeze” that appeared in the November 2010 issue of Journal of Commerce. David Biederman highlights the reasons companies choose the vested outsourcing model for future agreements.
Umair Haque: Value Through Thick and Thin
The economist Umair Haque, who writes prolifically and provocatively on economic and business issues in his Edge Economy blog for the Harvard Business Review and in his own blog, Bubblegeneration, thinks that many companies just don’t get it when it comes to creating sustainable profitability and value. With the near collapse of the financial system […]
Logistics Times, Oct 2010
How do best companies win at outsourcing their supply chain? Find out in the article “Playing to Win” by Kate Vitasek and Mike Ledyard.
Globalization Today, Oct 2010
The impact of Dr. Oliver Williamson’s Nobel Prize-winning study transcends his own field, as outsourcing professionals learn 10 key lessons from transaction-cost economics to create more effective business contracts.
IAOP & University of Tennessee, Oct 2010
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals and the University of Tennessee’s College of Business Administration has formed an academic alliance to promote outsourcing. Specifically, the IAOP and UT’s Center for Executive Education have been working on a program that teaches best in class performance based outsourcing, also known as Vested Outsourcing. You can read more […]
Outsource Magazine, Oct 2010
In their article “Playing to Win“, Kate Vitasek and Mike Ledyard discuss building stronger relationships and gaining greater value from your outsourcing relationships by getting vested.
Take This Job And …
The case of the Jet Blue flight attendant who left his job in spectacular fashion this month after losing it big time in a confrontation with an obnoxious passenger has become the stuff of legend. Steven Slater has become an instant folk hero among his former colleagues and for all those frequent-flyers who must deal […]
Globalization Today, Aug 2010
Lead researcher Kate Vitasek and Co-Author of Vested Outsourcing Mike Ledyard discuss going the whole nine yards in your outsourcing relationship with their article titled “Changing the Game.”
Supply Chain Quarterly, July 2010
The authors of Vested Outsourcing: Five Rules That Will Transform Outsourcing explain the elements to writing a Vested Outsourcing Contract.
