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Trend: Convergence
Global Delivery Forced Convergence.
Service providers move toward global delivery models
The competitive offshore landscape in India is becoming more intense as our competition continues to build their offshore expertise.
Indian companies are competing against the traditional service providers and expanding their global footprint.
Multisourcing Model
Relationship Structure
Build-Operate-Transfer Model
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UGSH
Nearshore
UGSI UGSC
Offshore
Geographic Location
Source: Robinson and Kalakota Offshore Outsourcing: Business Models, ROI and Best Practices
Nearshore or Offshore
Technical Design Coding Implementation Integration Testing Deployment Support
The target is to achieve a 30/70 (onshore/offshore) ratio on development projects. A 30/70 project ratio is very profitable.
Nearshore or Offshore
20% 80% Enhancements 90% Implementation 10% Reporting 90% Monitoring 10% Upgrades 10% Performance Tuning 90% Technical Analysis 50% Application Analysis 50%
Maintenance projects require less onshore staff so a 20/80 (onshore/offshore) ratio works well. A 20/80 project ratio is highly profitable.
Support
Support projects require less onshore staff so a 20/80 (onshore/offshore) ratio works well. A 20/80 project ratio is highly profitable.
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Senior Managers
Orange Telecom
Develop a global voice platform Leveraged Unisys offshore/onshore team Caritor provided a systems analyst and a systems architect to work with the Unisys team in Malvern Performed complex integration of various components from more than twenty different suppliers to work with the reference architecture. Periodic reviews between onshore and offshore teams ensured uniform communication across the two teams facilitating them to work as a One Unisys team; not as two separate suppliers.
Northwest Airlines
NWA had a backlog of coding Cargo change requests including industry required changes. Contract completed in less than two weeks. Provided a mix of domain expertise in Cargo onshore while utilizing economical offshore Unisys resources in Bangalore. Utilized onshore/offshore model, two resources onsite at NWA, and four UGSI programmers offshore. Delivered a unique and effective solution completing backlog of coding Cargo change requests.
Sul America
Modernize the legacy applications used for Enterprise Content Management (ECM). Leveraged resources with certifications on various FileNet applications from Unisys Global Services India (UGSI). Two resources from UGSI performed requirements gathering onshore in Brazil and four UGSI resources worked onshore in Brazil Successful deployment of the FileNet solution has strengthened the relationship with SulAmerica, which has approached Unisys for further development works.
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