McDonald’s Secret Sauce For Improving Animal Welfare Article by Kate Vitasek published by Forbes on 26 November 2017. Here’s the link: https://tinyurl.com/y7gb9mjj
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Supply Chain 24/7 — 20 December 2016
McDonald’s “Secret Sauce” for Supply Chain Success Article by Kate Vitasek published by Supply Chain 24/7 on 20 December 2016 — it was chosen for online publication from a feature article on Vested’s McDonald’s case study in Supply Chain Management Review (which is subscription only). Is there a “secret sauce” for consistent supply chain success? McDonald’s, […]
McDonald’s Supply Chain Still among the Elite
Gartner’s influential and well-regarded rankings of the top supply chains for 2016 is out and once again McDonald’s is occupying the no. 2 spot. Gartner analysts announced the findings at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference last month. “2016 marks the 12th year of our annual Supply Chain Top 25 ranking,” said Stan Aronow, research vice president at Gartner. “In this year’s […]
A Lesson in Maintaining Supply in the Wake of a Key Supplier Scandal
OSI Group LLC, a leading supplier of beef to fast food giants McDonald’s, KFC, and Starbucks – fell under scandal when production at a Shanghai Husi plant was suspended by Chinese officials in July after workers were caught repackaging and selling chicken and beef past their ‘sell-by’ date. No health issues were reported due to […]
Standing on the Shoulders…
Previously I posted on Stephen Johnson’s work about how innovations that are built on slow hunches, serendipity and having an attitude that embraces sliding doors that open new pathways is conducive to driving innovation. These posts brought to mind the evolution of the Vested business model itself and how it relates to a powerful quote […]
McDonald’s Honors Suppliers for Sustainability Innovations
By now I’m sure you know how much I appreciate McDonald’s collaborative “System First” business model—I devoted an entire chapter to its “three-legged” relationship approach to employees, franchise owner/operators and suppliers in Vested: How P&G, McDonalds and Microsoft are Redefining Winning in Business Relationships. The company’s deeply-engrained culture for long-term, win-win relationships with suppliers dates […]
Catching Up on Ketchup
Because I’m so familiar the McDonald’s “System” and its “three-legged stool” philosophy, I was somewhat taken aback by a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette news report that McDonald’s is dropping Heinz ketchup from its menu—after more than 40 years. The article implies that the breakup came about at least in part because Heinz recently hired Bernardo Hees as […]
Innovate Your Innovation Strategy (Part II)
Last time, I talked about the need for collaborative innovation in strategic relationships that emerges from both inside and outside companies. At Procter & Gamble innovation has always been a prime imperative. That focus intensified in 2000, when A.G. Lafley took the helm as P&G’s CEO. He set out to reinvent the company’s innovation business […]
SupplyChainBrain — October 2012
Latest Developments in Vested Outsourcing Kate Vitasek, Faculty, Center for Executive Education, University of Tennessee | October 23, 2012 In the fourth book to explore Vested, Kate Vitasek, of the Center for Executive Education at the University of Tennessee, talks about Vested: How P&G, McDonald’s and Microsoft are Redefining Winning in Business Relationships. [Run Time (Min.): […]
Leadership Excellence Magazine — October 2012
The article, “McDonald’s Secret: Seek to achieve the triple win,” by Kate Vitasek and Karl Manrodt, appears at page 8 of the magazine. The short piece is based on the McDonald’s case study in Vested. Vested: How P&G, McDonald’s and Microsoft are Redefining Winning in Business Relationships, published earlier this month, is gaining traction in […]
