In a recent roundtable discussion featuring Mike Marlowe, VP of customer operations and innovation at Kane Is Able; Bill Lindeke, manager of distribution operations at Kimberly-Clark; and Kate Vitasek, Vested Outsourcing’s lead researcher, discuss how to improve outsourcing success with an embedded 3PL. To read about their discussion, check the article from SupplyChainBrain.com titled “Improving […]
slaw.com, Aug 2011
Daniel Logan explores what Vested Outsourcing is and why companies should adopt it. You can read his article from slaw.com, a Canadian legal magazine, titled “Vested Outsourcing.“
Outsource Magazine, Aug 2011
In her most recent column on the Academics of Outsourcing, Vested Outsourcing’s lead researcher Kate Vitasek discusses how the late contract and legal scholar Ian R. Macneil turned conventional views about contracts upside down more than 40 years ago. To learn how Ian R Macneil did this and how his thoughts apply to Vested Outsourcing, […]
DC Velocity, Jul 2011
Sometimes setting the record straight means knowing your history… Clifford Lynch details the history of outsourcing and looks into the future in response to “when a young consultant informed me that outsourcing was “invented in 1990,”” in his article titled “Setting the story straight on outsourcing.”
Dilbert Nails the Activity Trap
Monday’s Dilbert cartoon has a pitch-perfect take on one of the common problems that occur in outsourcing agreements, something that I call the Activity Trap. “I don’t want you to be more efficient. You’re working on a government contract and billing by the hour.” That in a nutshell is the Activity Trap. But it’s […]
IACCM, Jul 2011
Vested Outsourcing’s lead researcher Kate Vitasek recently discussed the latest Vested Outsourcing book “The Vested Outsourcing Manual.” In the July IACCM Ask the Expert call, Kate talks about moving from theory to practice and how to use “The Vested Outsourcing Manual” as a guide for creating successful business and outsourcing agreements.
Warehousing Forum, Jul 2011
Vested Outsourcing’s lead researcher Kate Vitasek, along with Art Van Bodegraven and Ken Ackerman, dissect and explore the differences between various business models and incentives business can use in their article titled “Options in incentive procurement What are they and when to use them.“
Warehousing Forum, Jul 2011
Vested Outsourcing’s lead researcher Kate Vitasek, along with Art Van Bodegraven and Ken Ackerman, dissect and explore the differences between various business models and incentives business can use in their article titled “Options in incentive procurement What are they and when to use them.“
Does Sheen Give “Winning” a Bad Name?
Yesterday I was working with a client to develop a workshop they have asked me to facilitate in order to help them turn their existing relationship into a high gear, highly collaborative Vested relationship. I came up with a title for the workshop that included the word “winning.” My client asked me to take out […]
Procurement Leaders.com, Jul 2011
Vested Outsourcing’s lead researcher Kate Vitasek discusses the recently released “The Vested Outsourcing Manual” and the key steps that companies should take when drawing up outsourcing contracts that focuses on the need for a collaborative approach in order to maximize opportunities and deliver efficiency savings. To read more, check out the interviewed titled “Analysis: Redressing […]
