Selecting Offshore Vendors
The key criteria to be kept in mind for selection of
your ODC partner are given below along with the benefits:
Experience: Translating into Low risk for you
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Number of years in operation |
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Number of ODC's set up |
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Size and growth of different ODC's |
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Expertise and experience in process of setting up an ODC quickly
Clients with whom the company has partnered with |
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Reference checks resulting in positive customer feedback |
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Successful project track record in client's areas of interest |
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Maturity of senior management team and availability of experienced
project managers |
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Availability of existing resources which match client's technical
skill set requirements |
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Local geographic presence |
Performance: On time-On Budget track record
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Fixed price model performance |
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Risk-Reward model performance |
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Mechanisms that enable to monitor and thereby enforce continuous
improvement in performance |
Flexibility: Customer tuned execution and business
models
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Models of Business: T&M, Project based |
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Models of Execution besides ODC |
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Willingness to invest in training staff in new areas of technology
to support new customer requirements |
Quality: For Predictability in performance
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Established ISO, SEI-CMM and TQM processes. At least
SEllevel 4 maturity in processes and ISO compliant |
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Well established and comprehensive project management
and quality assurance procedures |
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Willingness to adopt to client's management and quality
assurance procedures if required |
Scalability: For managing your growth
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Ramp up/down in relatively short notice |
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Minimal Startup time |
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Availability of Skilled resources as required by the
client |
Resources: For providing you higher bandwidth
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Existence of solid HR practices and successful track record of recruiting/retaining
engineers |
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A well structured team with appropriate educational and project
management background to deliver solutions to clients |
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Large Resource pool for quick ramp up |
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A wide spectrum of technology skills to cover almost all requirements
of a client. |
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Multiple skill sets for added perspective in their solution designing
capabilities Leading to better value for clients. |
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Knowledge and expertise in horizontal and vertical technologies |
Value: For providing you Cost Benefit Advantage
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Innovative execution model like the ODC |
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Delivering productivity and quality at substantially lower cost |
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Providing fast turnaround by utilizing time difference advantage
through seamless connectivity provided by satellites |
Confidentiality: Providing you the Comfort feeling
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Articulation of a corporate policy governing IPR issues Continuous
culture building |
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Legal and contractual definitions of responsibilities Exclusive
facilities for large clients |
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Network Isolation |
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Restricted access to source servers |
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IP Audits |
Stability: To give you a secure feeling
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Sound corporate financial track record |
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Size of the company |
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Number of years in the Business |
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Number of customers |
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Position of the company in the country of operation |
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Adequate technical manpower |
Innovation: To help you with solutions involving
leading edge technologies
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Ability to adapt to new technologies fast |
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Ability to deliver viable solutions using new technologies |
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