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Vested Outsourcing: Incentivize results, not tasks

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Services Procurement, best practices, contract management, outsourcing, sourcing, supply management

Friday’s group discussion on Vested Outsourcing led by University of Tennessee faculty member Kate Vitasek went very well. For anyone unfamiliar with her work, Kate literally wrote the book on Vested Outsourcing, a model that utilizes incentives to create more strategic relationships between buying organizations and their outsourcing vendors. So when she stepped up and [...]

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Details for Outsourcing Discussion Tomorrow (via phone)

February 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · LCCS and trade, best practices, outsourcing, supply management

Last month, the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Group on LinkedIn hosted our 1st Group conference call. Things got off to a great start with Chris Sawchuk leading a discussion on “key issues” in 2010.
Now, for our February call…
Kate Vitasek, who literally wrote the book on “Vested Outsourcing”, will be leading the discussion. So, come armed [...]

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Now Hiring: Temp Hiring Surge Reveals “Wait and See” Approach

December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Services Procurement, outsourcing, supply management, supply market dynamics

The Sunday New York Times reported on a surge in temp labor hiring. Indeed, the November temporary labor hiring numbers were relatively strong. To quote the Times:
“Last month 52,000 temps were added, greater than the number of new workers in any other category. Not even health care and government, stalwarts through the long recession, did [...]

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Manufacturing jobs returning to the US. Are they here to stay?

December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · LCCS and trade, automotive sector, outsourcing, sourcing, supplier management, supply management, supply market dynamics, supply risk

In the context of last week’s surprisingly positive job numbers (so surprising in fact that President Obama had to do a last minute rewrite to his speech Friday), two news stories have shared additional good news for US manufacturing. They’re largely anecdotal evidence, but perhaps they show a return of manufacturing jobs to the US [...]

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Off-Shoring: Implications of US Regulatory & Legal Provisions

August 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · LCCS and trade, Services Procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply management, supply risk

Although not widely reported at the time of its passage, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) program contains provisions that have implications for US businesses that incorporate off-shore services into their business model. The Treasury Department has implemented both implicit and explicit rules to discourage TARP funding recipients from off-shoring and encourage investment in the [...]

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