Do you have a collaborative strategy or not? Article, with video snapshots, based on Kate Vitasek’s presentation at the Source to Pay Summit, (April 22 and 23 in Stockholm) posted 30 September 2014 There is a lot of talk about collaborative and connective relationships. It is fare to say that the possibilities today could enable […]
CNN — September 2014
Collaboration Drives Innovation CNN – 30 September 2014 Author Kate Vitasek explains how a win-win business model makes way for more innovation. Here’s the video link: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/business/2014/09/30/spc-future-finance-kate-vitasek-innovation.cnn.html
BlogTalkRadio — September 2014
Bridging The Relational Divide with Kate Vitasek Jon Hansen’s interview with Kate Vitasek on September 4 Here’s the link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jon-hansen/2014/09/04/bridging-the-relational-divide-with-kate-vitasek
Longitudes (UPS) — September 2014
The Five Rules that will Transform Outsourcing Article by Kate Vitasek in UPS’ new thought leadership blog, Longitudes Changing the business mindset from “me” to “we”… Here’s the link: http://longitudes.ups.com/2014/09/03/vested-five-rules-that-will-transform-outsourcing/
Outsource Magazine — July 2014
Some Questions and Answers about Relational Contracting Article by David Frydlinger in Outsource Magazine, published online 15 July 2014. For quite some time now, there has been much talk about the need for a more collaborative approach in outsourcing. In this context, the concept of relational or collaborative contracting often appears… Here’s the link: http://outsourcemagazine.co.uk/some-questions-and-answers-about-relational-contracting/ […]
IACCM’s Contracting Excellence — July 2014
Risk management – let’s share the risk, not dump it! Article by Kate Vitasek in IACCM’s Contracting Excellence Magazine, published 24 July 2014 Risk management by definition is ambiguous and unpredictable, but it doesn’t have to be. Picture a highly collaborative approach. It shares the risk instead of pushing it to the other guy and […]
SSON — July 2014
Next in the” Vitasek on Vested” series for SSON: Don’t Fall into the Activity Trap There are many “perverse incentives” in buyer-supplier relationships that can disrupt or even doom outsource relationships, but perhaps none of them are as perverse and downright dangerous as the one I call the Activity Trap… Published online on 22 July […]
Information Week — July 2014
Suppliers Held Hostage To Procurement Platforms, Services Commentary by Kate Vitasek in IW’s Strategic CIO published 14 July 2014 Pricing models penalize suppliers for increasing their business with retail, other customers… link: http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/executive-insights-and-innovation/suppliers-held-hostage-to-procurement-platforms-services/a/d-id/1297246
SSON — July 2014
Are You Embedding Perverse Incentives in Your Outsourcing Agreement? Article by Kate Vitasek posted on SSON 7 July 2014 Incentives are usually considered a good thing, right? They encourage engagement, investment, and innovation. Then why has the topic of “perverse incentives” gotten so much traction? For one thing, the economist Steven D. Levitt (and Stephen J. […]
Supply Chain Brain — June 2014
Why Suppliers and Buyers Need a New Approach to Pricing By: Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain June 20, 2014 Podcast/interview with Kate Vitasek Here’s the link: http://www.supplychainbrain.com/content/single-article-page/article/why-suppliers-and-buyers-need-a-new-approach-to-pricing/
