Vested Outsourcing Is Not Gainsharing!

DC Velocity’s Basic Training column this week has an interesting take on gainsharing and the value that it can bring to the logistics outsourcing world. It’s mostly spot-on and very kind. But I must firmly set the record straight when the authors, Art van Bodegraven and Kenneth B. Ackerman assert in their “Gain sharing, pain [...]

Collaborate – and Innovate – or Else!

Collaboration and innovation are essential pillars of Vested Outsourcing; they are more than just lip service and group hugs, however. Collaboration  requires attitudes, strategies and structures that encourage and reward effective innovation. By the same token innovation requires a high degree of innovative collaboration. Some recent posts from the Horses for Sources blog/website underscore this [...]