February 24, 2010
Supply Chain Mega Meeting
Multiple Professional Society Event
"Vested Outsourcing - Five Rules that Will Transform Outsourcing"

Kate Vitasek Faculty, University of Tennessee Center for Executive Education and Founder of Supply Chain Visions William Penn Inn | Map Rte 202 & Sumneytown Pike Gwynedd, PA Kate Vitasek is a nationally recognized supply chain expert.

	Arrival, Networking, & Cash Bar	5:00 - 6:00 PM
	Dinner	6:00 - 7:00 PM
	Speaker / Presentation	7:00 - 7:50 PM
	Q&A	7:50 - 8:00 PM
	Adjourn	8:00 PM
	Kate Vitasek's book, Vested Outsourcing launches Feb 2nd and is available on Amazon at www.vestedbook.com

Many outsourcing deals are structured with fundamental flaws in the business model that prevents transformational results through outsourcing. The University of Tennessee has been researching leading companies that are challenging conventional outsourcing and has identified a next generation approach in their book Vested Outsourcing: Five Rules that Will Transform Outsourcing. Kate will share her research and insights which includes:

• Why the Vested Outsourcing approach works
• Ten “perverse incentives” you might have if you are using conventional outsourcing arrangements
• Five Rules that will transform how you outsource

Author, educator and business consultant Kate Vitasek is a nationally recognized innovator in the practice of supply chain management. She is the founder, faculty and lead researcher in the concept of vested (also known as vested outsourcing), which was developed in conjunction with the University of Tennessee. In addition Vitasek has been a pioneer in the University’s Performance-Based Logistics work, co-authoring the industry’s first book on the subject.

Vitasek’s approaches and insights have been widely published. She is the co-author of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ best selling mini-book series, Supply Chain Process Standards, and has contributed to other management books as well. Vitasek has written more than 75 articles that have been published in respected academic and trade journals, including the Journal of Business Logistics, Supply Chain Management Review, Inside Supply Management, Aviation Week, Distribution Business Management Journal, The Manufacturer, World Trade Magazine, Supply Chain Quarterly, and Outsourced Logistics. Vitasek also hosts blogs expert insight blogs for Supply Chain Digest and DC Velocity Magazine. She is the creator and author of an upcoming book series on vested for Palgrave Macmillan.

The Journal of Commerce recently recognized Vitasek as a “Woman on the Move in Trade and Transportation” for her leadership in the profession, and DC Velocity Magazine dubbed her a “Rainmaker” for her efforts in helping to build the logistics and supply chain profession. Logistics Quarterly and Supply Chain Digest have both honored her as a “Woman in Supply Chain” and she was honored as a “Woman of International Influence” by Global Executive Women. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals as well as on the Supply Chain Council’s Deliver Committee.

Vitasek’s career includes positions with P&G, Microsoft, Kroger, and Accenture. She is also the Founder of Supply Chain Visions – a boutique consulting firm recognized by ARC Advisory Group as a Top 10 Boutique Consulting firm specializing in Supply Chain Management.

Vitasek graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee with an MBA in logistics. She also holds a B.S in Marketing.

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