European Firms not Confident of Outsourcing to India

Many European firms have found India’s offshore model inadequate for the kind of work they would like to outsource, a report by market research firm Forrester has said.

“Several European firms sent large teams to India during the past six months as a way to test the offshore waters, but we found that these initiatives lacked a solid vision and strategy for the type of work to be sent offshore, Senior Analyst with Forrester Sudin Apte said.

The report ‘Offshoring Strategies for Continental European Firms’ found that Indian providers struggle to build up meaningful local presence.

Their risk-averse approach means that they won’t make even smaller local staff acquisitions unless they see a direct and immediate increase in their European sales books, it said.

The report has also advised Indian offshore providers eyeing continental European business that they must change their risk-averse attitude and invest in building sizable local capability to win deals from European firms.

The report highlights that both Indian as well as European offshore providers have problems helping their European clients go offshore.

Source from: Economictimes.com

Engineering and Architectural Outsourcing at Boom

Domination of India software industry doesn´t need introduction any more. India software development and support services are catering the industry in the best possible manner. And making these more complimentary is the outsourcing process of services and support to India. Big shots gun Like US and UK are outsourcing their work to India. And in the process of outsourcing each and every single work is outsourced and architectural and engineering outsourcing is vital part of this outsourcing process.

Engineering and architectural outsourcing implies producing drawings in India where as the designers are far there in other countries waiting for the drawings produced in India. This is called on-site (design base) where as the production site is called off-shore. As Indian brains are best in the industry countries like US, Europe and Australia are outsourcing engineering and architectural designs and work. They are open to Indian market and this is making our economy more booming and strong.

Successful engineering outsourcing has following points for success:

Great Brains at Minimum Budget: Engineering outsourcing is not an easy job and these engineering designs and work needs lot of input. The ontime delivery and throughput is must for the timely success of the project. Which is very much essential to make any project successful? And keeping in mind the budget and the duration of work involved, Indian market offers best man power with brilliant brains and less costing. Delivering the quality engineering drawings and work at the right time. The main reason for engineering outsourcing to India.

Motivational Factors: Great Indian brains are more motivated showing more productivity for higher rewards and remuneration. As the cost difference between onsite and offshore has great difference. People on offshore production center are highly paid and show more productivity.

Quality and Standard: As engineering outsourcing, engineering works, engineering designs needs great perfection and quality. World knows that India brains are hard to find. And work standards are very competitive and error free. Indians show great level of professionalism, in each and every department of services. Getting the best quality and timely works lure these countries to outsource engineering and architectural work to India.

Pricing: As the pricing of quality work, design and development is very much cheaper in countries like India. Countries like US and Europe get their work delivered at low price.

Brain Drain: As due to bad infrastructure and economy, India suffers brain drain, but due to engineering outsourcing. Indian brains will not be going to leave their country as they will be lured by good salary and prospects by these companies. They will also have all options open to visit the on. Thus attracting the best talent to them these engineering outsourcing firm benefits to maximum.

These points make engineering outsourcing so successful in India. And there are many firms which are offering the best services for engineering outsourcing.
Source from: losangeleschronicle.com

Indian Cities Leading the Outsourcing Pack

A joint study by Cyber Media’s Global Services magazine and investment advisory firm Tholons listing the ‘Top 50 Emerging Outsourcing Cities´ has found India leading the pack listed with six cities while China is listed with five cities and Philippines with one. This is a clear reflection of the potential the IT skills and outsourcing prowess that India wields. Emerging at the top is Chennai followed by Hyderabad at second position and Pune at No.3, Kolkata at No.5 and Chandigarh at 9th position.

Developed infrastructure, highly skilled work force and lower costs and attritions are factors that worked to Chennai’s advantage. The report claims that Chennai is expected to house more than 73,000 workers of the top three Indian Information Technology services companies. Also, it has emerged as an established location for automotive engineering, productive development and healthcare BPO.

Indian cities are attracting outsourcing industry biggies due to various reasons such as infrastructure development which is attracting many foreign investors. Better planned roads and public facilities, cost of living, prominence of educational institutions, lowering operating costs and lower attrition rates are also leading factors for making India a leading outsourcing destination.

Among other cities, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad have been ranked among the best for their application development and maintenance skills. Established destinations, according to the report in the field of business analytics, are Delhi NCR and Mumbai with Bangalore ranking as an emerging destination. For engineering services established leading cities include Bangalore, Chennai and Pune with Delhi NCR ranking as an emerging location.

The cities are ranked according to scale and quality of work force, the inclination towards identifying skill-sets and work force related metrics, and financial, infrastructure and risk environment.