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 […]
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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.): […]
Tap into the Power of And By Avoiding Either/Or
In outsourcing and in the business world the mind-set regarding ideas and innovation is often too full of ‘buts’ and ‘either/ors.’ Vested Outsourcing’s collaborative approach to driving supplier innovation and flexibility depends on inclusiveness and eliminating the either/or. Filippo Passerini, P&G‘s CIO and president of Global Business Services, is a big proponent of avoiding the […]
Connect With Your Service Provider to Develop and Create Value
How does a company maintain and expand its core competence in the face of rapidly changing technologies, increasing competition and shrinking R&D budgets? The short answer is to forge a Vested Outsourcing relationship with a service provider that will add innovation and value over the long haul. That thought came to mind as I read […]
