Kate Vitasek is featured by the International Association for Contract & Commercial Management in their Ask the Expert series. To listen to the recording, please click here.
Media
DC Velocity, Feb 2010
Looking to stop the “savings leakage” in your 3PL contract? Vested Outsourcing may be able to help. Susan Lacefield discusses how Vested Outsourcing can help stop the 3PL “savings leakage” in her article titled “pay for performance.”
Contracting Excellence, Feb 2010
Most people are playing to win and for the truly competitive, giving in or sharing does not come easy. After all, there is only so much pie to go around. The good news is that the size of the pie is not a fixed amount. More pie is made by sharing and creating conditions where […]
Logistics Management, Jan 2010
The Rise of Vested Outsourcing chronicles the evolution of Vested Outsourcing as a premier “next generation” outsourcing model. Learn why Vested Outsourcing is a fundamental paradigm shift in how the outsourcing company and the service providers do business together.
CIO, Jan 2010
Research reveals that outsourcing customers commit a variety of sins when partnering with an external provider. Stephanie Overby, of CIO Maagazine, walks readers through those mistakes in her article titled “10 Crippling Mistakes IT Departments Make“.
Inbound Logistics, Jan 2010
Brad Mitchell, President of Distribution and Logistics for UPS, identified 5 supply chain trends for 2010 and named vested outsourcing as a trend to watch. Brad notes “this strategy is not appropriate for every third-party partnership, but when implemented under the right circumstances, it can result in a win-win proposition for both parties.” The article […]
Supply Chain Brain, Jan 2010
Karl Manrodt discusses how the act of outsourcing to become more efficient will not lead to greater efficiencies if logistics providers are compensated solely on the work they perform. Karl points out that this might lead them to perform services not needed. To counter this, Karl suggests using “vested outsourcing.” To watch the interview and […]
Logistics Viewpoints Top 10 Blogs of 2009
Vested Outsourcing (aka “performance-based outsourcing”) made the Top 10 Logistics Viewpoints most popular postings for 2009. Their first Vested Outsourcing post was so popular that it led to 3 postings on 3PL relationships and “performance-based outsourcing” as well as a seminar on Vested Outsourcing.
Sourcing Innovation Guest Blog, Dec 2009
Looking for a solid performance partnership in your outsourcing relationship? Read Kate Vitasek on Game Changing Rules for Outsourcing, where she discusses the Five Rules companies should follow to take outsourcing to the next level.
The VCF Report, Dec 2009
Getting Vested: Changing the Rules for Supplier Relationships is an article by Vested Outsourcing’s lead researcher Kate Vitasek, which appears in the VCF Report. The article explains how Vested Outsourcing is different from traditional outsourcing relationships and why it is a game changing outsourcing methodology.