Last time I talked about an overused buzzword in business and outsourcing, collaboration, and how Vested Outsourcing takes it from overuse to useful. So while that memory and momentum is still fresh, another oft-used term for this occasional series is “agility.” While most every company prides itself on its agility in reacting to the vagaries […]
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What Does Supply Chain Collaboration Really Mean?
Adrian Gonzalez brings up an interesting point about the multifaceted use and misuse of the word collaboration in a recent Logistics Viewpoints blog entry. He says, and I totally agree, that collaboration is arguably one of the most overused words in supply chain management. (Other overused but often unrealized terms include flexibility, agility, visibility, innovation, […]
Vested Outsourcing Hits the Sweet Spots
Todd Shire, Logistics Sourcing Strategy Manager at Intel, has been a big fan of Vested Outsourcing from day one. He’s been generous with his thoughts and help and his valuable insights were major contributions to the first Vested book, Vested Outsourcing: Five Rules That Will Transform Outsourcing, which was published just over a year ago. […]
Happy Birthday Vested Outsourcing!
Today is very special for Vested Outsourcing: It was exactly one year ago on this date that Vested Outsourcing: Five Rules That Will Transform Outsourcing was published by Palgrave Macmillan. To say that this experience has been a wonderful, exciting and mind-expanding journey is a total understatement and I want to thank everyone who made […]
Outsourcing Buzz Blog, Feb 2011
Kathleen Goolsby, of the Outsourcing Buzz Blog, sits down with lead researcher Kate Vitasek to discuss “Why Outsourcing is Often Dysfunctional.”
Shared Value: The Path to Success
The concept of shared value is difficult to understand and implement in a society, economy and business climate where sharing is not necessarily a prime motivation or even much in evidence. In the Vested Outsourcing approach to doing business shared value is an important step on the way to true collaboration and getting to the […]
Vested Outsourcing a Big Part of Mega Tech Success in 2010
I certainly didn’t expect to do a follow-up post on Mega Tech of Oregon’s great Vested story quite so quickly, but sometimes these things just fall in your lap, or maybe the stars are really aligned this month. Anyway, you may recall a post I wrote earlier this month about how Vested Outsourcing is not […]
Negotiation, Economics and Outsourcing
Negotiation is on my mind a lot lately as I finish The Vested Outsourcing Manual with three colleagues and friends. It also apparently is much on the mind of Tim Cummins in his excellent “Commitment Matters” blog, where he writes about the “economics of negotiation” and the “purpose of negotiation.” It’s on my mind because […]
Vested Outsourcing: Not Just for the Big Guys
If you are a small-to-medium size enterprise (SME) let me assure you that the Vested Outsourcing performance-based model of collaboration, flexibility and innovation is just as relevant to your business as it is to the Microsofts and Jaguars of the world. In fact, applying vested principles and the Five Rules is perhaps even more important […]
Out with the Old (Thinking); In with the New (Thinking)
Maybe businesses should consider adopting New Year’s Resolutions: “We will be smarter as we get leaner.” “We will consider profit levels of our customers as well as our own.” “We will work toward Win-Win strategies with our partners.” Genuine objectives, made to improve relationships and build capacity. A little too much mushy thinking, you […]
