Vested Outsourcing (PDF)

KATE VITASEK is the Founder and Managing Partner of Supply Chain Visions and a Faculty Member at the University of Tennessee's Centre for Executive Education, USA.
 
MIKE LEDYARD is a veteran executive of international sourcing, manufacture, and importation and co-author of Keeping Score: Measuring the Business Value of Logistics in the Supply Chain.

KARL MANRODT is a recognized thought leader in the area of performance measurement with over 50 published articles and is Associate Professor at Georgia Southern University, USA.

Kate Karl

Vested Outsourcing was listed byThe Outsourcing MBAas the Number 1 book of "The top 10 books every MBA should read on outsourcing"

Vested Outsourcing was list as the Number 1 bookontheTexas Wesleyen Universitybest seller's list of "Best Selling Academic Books"

"In the outsourcing world, a genuinely new concept comes along only once every 10 years or so. I believe Vested Outsourcing is one of them."

Cliff Lynch -author of Logistics Outsourcing: A Management Guide

"Vested Outsourcing is new business model that will transform outsourcing procedures the way business management strategies Lean and Six Sigma transformed manufacturing."

Elizabeth Kanna - author and creator of several market-defining books

"Vested Outsourcing is a game-changing approach that will quickly become the new gold standard for advanced outsourcing relationships. It is a critical enabler for Outsourcing 2.0."

Frank Casale - CEO, Outsourcing Institute

"Vested Outsourcing nails how to get collaboration right."

Todd Shire -Global Logistics Sourcing Strategy Manager, Intel

"Applying Vested Outsourcing's Five Rules has the power to change the game of outsourcing."

Tim McBride -Chief Procurement Officer, Microsoft

"For those involved in outsourcing, or selling to those who outsource, this book should be required reading."

Kenneth B. Ackerman-Ackerman Warehousing Forum

"A unique book on many levels . . . surprisingly detailed, yet easy concept book to read. I read the book in a single sitting. I predict that, as a concept, vested outsourcing will take its place alongside the six sigma quality concept and the lean operations concept in future business communications as well as conferences." George A. Gecowets-Founder and former CEO of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals