Dell & Mondelez: Making Vested Outsourcing Work Well Beyond Expectations! Video: Kate Vitasek, Faculty, Center for Executive Education, The Univ. of Tennessee June 13, 2013 Kate Vitasek describes in detail how Dell, Mondelez and their supply chain partners are making the Vested model work well beyond expectations [Run Time (Min.): 14:29] Here’s the link (requires [...]
Boeing Needs a Vested Approach
February 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A report in a recent Sunday Seattle Times reported Boeing faces an indefinite grounding of the Dreamliner – its newest jet—because of a battery fire on a 787 in Boston and the smoldering of another battery on a flight in Japan a week later. The article quoted anonymous Boeing engineers who are blaming the company’s [...]
Hands Down, Santa is the Top Outsourcer
December 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We know that UPS loves logistics. At this time of the year UPA commercials stress the beauty of logistics — and don’t forget their jingle sung to the tune of “That’s Amore!” UPSers really have to love their job! They work extended hours seven days a week to make it happen. Warehouses add seasonal workers. [...]
Ryder Supply Chain Exchange — December, 2012
December 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
5 Key Rules of Vested Outsourcing Guest blog by Kate Vitasek Is there a better way to outsource? That is the question that the US Air Force asked University of Tennessee researchers. As part of a research project funded by the Air Force, researchers studied some of the world’s most successful outsourcing relationships… Here’s the [...]
Commercial Property Executive — December 2012
December 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
JLL, P&G Reveal Five Rules of Successful Business Relationships Article by Anna Spiewak, published on Dec. 5 Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. and client Procter & Gamble know the secrets to their partnership’s success and they’re not afraid to share them… Here’s the article link: http://www.cpexecutive.com/newsletters/capitalmarkets-newsletter/features/jll-pg-reveal-five-rules-of-successful-outsourcing-relationships/
Supply & Demand Chain Executive — December 2012
December 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Final Thoughts By Natalia Kosk This month, SDCE catches up with Kate Vitasek for an update on the “vested” way… Here’s the link to the interview: http://www.sdcexec.com/article/10825770/supply-chain-final-thoughts
Adelante MindPick Video Session — December, 2012
December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kate Vitasek and Adrian Gonzalez answer questions on Vested during Adelante MindPick video session. Published on YouTube on Dec. 2, 2012. Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUqvU5Byes0
eSide Supply Management — Nov. 2012
November 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Five Rules — and 10 Steps — to a Healthy Outsource Agreement Article by Kate Vitasek published Nov. 14 in ISM’s eSide Supply Management Vo. 5, No. 6 Here’s the link: http://www.ism.ws/pubs/eSide/eSideArticle.cfm?ItemNumber=23267
David vs Goliath: Play by the Rules to Change the Game
October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I’m a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell. One of his 2009 New Yorker articles has been circulating around the internet of late and I paused to read it (again). The title is “How David Beats Goliath: When underdogs break the rules.” He uses the story of the Redwood, CA National Junior girls’ basketball team, which [...]
Mean It When You Measure It
October 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I often teach, talk and write about the 10 Ailments that can disrupt, derail or even destroy an outsource or business relationship—and many of these ailments relate either directly or indirectly to the foibles of measuring performance. A recent post by Paul Michelman on the HBR Blog Network stresses the necessity of getting the metrics [...]
