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Vested Outsourcing, Second Edition

Five Rules That Will Transform Outsourcing

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  1. Kate Vitasek
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  2. Mike Ledyard
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  3. Karl Manrodt
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 1-4

  3. Diagnosing The Need

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Chapter 1 The Whole Nine Yards

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 7-16

    3. Chapter 2 An Outsourcing Primer

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 17-25

    4. Chapter 3 Ten Ailments of Traditional Outsource Relationships

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 27-38

  4. Setting The Rules

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Chapter 4 Changing the Game: The Rise of Vested Outsourcing

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 41-66

    3. Chapter 5 The Game-Changing Economics of Vested Outsourcing

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 67-88

  5. Vesting The Partnership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Chapter 6 Lay the Foundation

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 91-106

    3. Chapter 7 Understand the Business

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 107-132

    4. Chapter 8 Align Interests

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 133-144

    5. Chapter 9 Establish the Contract

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 145-167

    6. Chapter 10 Manage Performance

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 169-176

    7. Chapter 11 Getting to We: A New Negotiating Model

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 177-184

    8. Chapter 12 Going the Whole Nine Yards: The Dell—GENCO ATC Vested Journey

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 185-198

    9. Conclusion

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 199-201

  6. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Resources and FAQs

      • Kate Vitasek, Mike Ledyard, Karl Manrodt
      Pages 205-210
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About this book

In her classic book Vested Outsourcing , Kate Vitasek identified the top 10 flaws in most outsourced business models and shows organizations how to rethink their outsourcing relationships in a way that will lower costs, improve service, and increase innovation. This revised edition includes updated case studies and a new chapter based on Dell.

About the authors

Kate Vitasek is the founder and managing partner of Supply Chain Visions, a Kirkland, Wash., consulting firm that specializes in supply-chain strategy and education. She is a faculty member at the University of Tennessee's Center for Executive Education and she teaches MBA classes on performance management and lean supply chains at Wright State University. Vitasek also teaches seminars for the Warehouse Education Research Council and is on the peer review board for the Journal of Business Logistics.

Mike Ledyard is a veteran executive of international sourcing, manufacture, and importation, as well as the co author of Keeping Score: Measuring the Business Value of Logistics in the Supply Chain

Karl Manrod is professor of management, marketing, and logistics at Georgia Southern University and the director of the Southern Center for Logistics and Intermodal Transportation. Karl is a widely published though leader in the area of performance management.

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