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Vested Outsourcing

 

Game-Changing!

 

Lower costs for the company, better margins for the provider, and improved service to the customer.  Win-Win-Win!

 

This program will fundamentally change your approach to procuring outsource services such as third party logistics, supply chain management service, IT support, and facilities management.  It's also the only program anywhere for learning Vested Outsourcing – best-in-class Performance-Based Outsourcing!

 

Today, most companies approach their outsourcing by purchasing activities or transactions from their suppliers.  Performance-Based Outsourcing approaches turn the traditional approaches to buying outsourced services upside down – to buying results instead of activities.

 

Vested Outsourcing

This program is based on the findings from a recent year-long study of how progressive commercial companies are applying Vested Outsourcing as a key way to improve performance – at a lower price!

 

Companies looking to outsource – and outsource providers – will leave the class well-grounded in Vested Outsourcing and how to apply a 5-step process and best practices for implementing a Performance-Based Outsourcing agreement.

 

Co-sponsored with CSCMPIAOP Academic Alliance Partner, and has been accepted for the Certified Outsourcing Professional Bridge Program.  NCMA Education Partner.  Counts towards APICS recertification.

 

 

2012 Course Offerings

 

January 31-February 2, 2012

May 1-3, 2012

November 6-8, 2012


Program Fee: $3,850* ($3,750 for CSCMP members; $3,270 for UT Supply Chain Forum members); $1,925, if repeating the course
* Program fee covers room, meals, tuition, textbooks, and course materials.

 

More:

 

Contact the Center and ask for the Program Team: Bric Wheeler, Director, Karen Hanlon, Program Coordinator, and Vickie Roberson, Registrar.

 

Ongoing Research!
 
Research continues into the application of Vested Outsourcing.  The University is currently conducting a survey of the Global 2000 to assess their IT Outsourcing practices.  For information on how to participate and benefit from this on-going work, contact Kate Vitasek at KVitasek@utk.edu.
 
Quotes about Vested Outsourcing:
 
“Companies will take a vested interest in Vested Outsourcing”.  Listing it as one of the top five supply chain trends for 2010. Brad Mitchell, President of Distribution and Logistics, UPS
 
“As the Chief Procurement Officer at Microsoft it is my job to help us adopt next generation outsourcing models and Vested Outsourcing is definitely one of the tools we have in our toolkit that we are exploring”. Tim McBride, Chief Procurement Officer, Microsoft
 
“I predict the buzzword for the next decade will be "incentives". Only when our incentives are aligned will we succeed with collaboration. Vested Outsourcing nails how to get collaboration right” Todd Shire, Global Logistics Sourcing Strategy Manager, Intel
 
“In the outsourcing world, a genuinely new concept comes along only once every 10 years or so. I have a feeling Vested Outsourcing is one of them.” Clifford F. Lynch, DC Velocity Magazine
 
“I view Vested Outsourcing as a cutting edge approach to structuring and managing service provider-client relationships.” Adrian Gonzalez, ARC Advisory Group
 
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

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE'S SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT/LOGISTICS PROGRAMS ARE INTERNATIONALLY RANKED
 

  • #1 globally for supply chain management education — 2006 BearingPoint assessment for the U.S. Air Force
  • #2 globally for supply chain management programs — 2011 Supply Chain Digital
  • #2 globally for logistics-oriented faculty research — 2009 Transportation Journal
  • #2 in North America —  2005 Supply Chain Management Review 

 

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