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Why Should I Outsource?
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A large number of technology and product development companies, from established players to Silicon Valley start-ups are leveraging collaborations with
external
product development service providers to increase the agility of their development process and reduce the total cost of development. Such product development partners typically perform non-core tasks like obsolescence engineering, testing, code maintenance or easily specifiable, volume work such as, PCB lay outing and documentation. As customers plan and budget investments for new product development and sustenance engineering, there is an opportunity to consider this approach.
Outsourcing Product Development Services will help you to
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Achieve more out of pre-allocated product development budgets |
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Focus on core New Product Introduction related tasks |
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Provide economic flexibility to manage the unpredictability of continuation engineering |
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| Q. |
Has anybody used the
outsourced model effectively for product development?
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Yes, large product and technology companies like, Microsoft, Oracle, National Instruments, Honeywell and also smaller venture capital funded organizations and many small product companies have used
the outsourced model
successfully for many years now.
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| Q. |
Why should I outsource to Oaces?
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Low volume manufacturing. |
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Low cost region cost leverage; provide you with the ability to explore previously ignored cost take out options. |
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Flexible engagement that helps you cater to changing resource requirements. |
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Faster time to market; in-house resources focus on product development. |
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| Q. |
What kind of services can I outsource to Oaces?
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We can act as your one-stop shop for the following services
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Hardware Design |
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Mechanical Design and Engineering Drawing |
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Firmware Engineering |
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Software Development |
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Test and Certification Services |
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| Q. |
In what areas can Oaces offer such outsourcing services?
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End to end product development |
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We have the capability to provide end to end product development. We can design and develop a product, make short run prototypes, have them certified and provide the manufacturability documents to your contract manufacturer. |
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Aspects of product development |
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Just work on parts of the development effort say, board layouts from developed schematics, obsolescence impact analysis, porting of existing code, fault insertion testing of a board, developing an automated test jig etc. |
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| Q. |
Why are these services attractive for me?
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They are from an ISO certified company |
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The company has over a decade long experience in delivering work remotely |
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They are at a third of current fully burdened employee costs as it leverages the cost structure of a low cost country (India) |
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The team providing these services has a focus on control, instrumentation and automation |
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The organization already does business with all types of companies which include small organizations as well as large F100 companies |
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What are the various engagement models you offer?
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What is the best way for me to get started?
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Generally, the first step is to identify a “pilot project". The pilot project will usually be large enough for some meaningful experiences to be gained, but small enough to avoid adding too much complexity to a first time effort. This should be typically of the order of 1000 hours or more of effort, delivered over 4-5 months
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What are typical examples of a pilot project ?
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Obsolescence impact assessment study for a set of boards |
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Developing an additional protocol capability for an existing product |
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PCB Layout work for a few boards |
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Porting of a software application from one platform to another |
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Upgrade/Migration of firmware between platforms |
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| Q. |
Does this mean I have to share the "IP" of my products?
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Not at all! Oaces will act as an independent contractor and will not have ANY share in your IP. We are in the business of providing services since more than a decade and have processes to ensure IPR protection. At our organization, IPR protection happens at three levels
Contractual
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Alliance contract has protection clauses |
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Organization level NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) |
People and Processes
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Mutually exclusive and dedicated development teams |
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NDAs signed for each employee in the team |
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Periodic audits to ensure if IP protection aspect of process is followed |
Infrastructure
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Dedicated network domains |
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Disabled disk drives |
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Document shredders |
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Network data monitoring |
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How do I get in touch with you?
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You can send an email to harikesh.nair@oaces.us |
