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"A company or person that provides information; to find a supplier or service, to identify a source" - one line description of Outsourcing.
Some of the common problems because of which Outsourcing is selected :
- US technology companies are struggling with rising R&D costs
- Solution – Migrate development activities to low cost geos
- Two commonly used approaches today
- Setup your own design centers in low-cost geos
- Larger companies establishing design centers in low cost geos
- Significantly harder for smaller players, success rate fairly low
- Direct establishment costs significantly higher
- Ramp time is significantly higher
- Bringing on the *right* team is extremely challenging
- Outsource development to an off-shore partner
- Finding *right* partner is harder
- Large off shoring companies focus on larger companies
- Operate on time & material basis -- Expensive
- Generally teams are not dedicated, projects have to be very well defined and deliverables closely monitored
Why India
- One of the largest pool of technical talent in the world
- Experienced design engineers
- Most MNC design centers located here, large indigenous technology companies
- Low development cost,comparable quality & TTM
- Communications in English
- Reducing costs - transforming fixed costs to variable costs providing operational flexibility
- Access to expertise - of outsourcing partners many of whom offer domain competencies
- Focus on core business - a firm's executives are freed to focus on building and strengthening their company's core business
- Increased operational flexibility -allowing organizations to better adapt to market changes and customer demands
Why Team in India?
- Product co-development partner – not an outsourcing vendor
- Dedicated team with excellent communications skills
- Tailored development methods, scheduling, tracking & reviews,
- Setup India team as an extension of your US design team
- US based dedicated project managers for easy communication
- On-site integration / training / debugging support as necessary
- Proven track record of quality project delivery
- Experienced in running operations and projects for US from India
- Successfully moved Intel's networking division to Bangalore from US
- Successfully completed projects for US and Japanese companies from Bangalore
- Proven India based engineering workforce
- Experienced team waiting to be picked up
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