Get your ICT sourcing strategy and services right in 2014

Would you like to outsource ICT solutions?

Offshore?

Nearshore?

Local?

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© 2014 Thomas Lidforss International v.2.0

Client Services - Sourcing

TLi“Do More with Less”

with services from Thomas Lidforss International (TLi)

“Extract the value-creating factors in your business”



Sourcing Strategy in 2014 – (1)

Bundle of activitiesSource consistentlySelect best option for

each bundle

R&D and production IT enterprise applications IT for R&DCommon IT infrastructure

Value-creating factors; centralization, scale advantages, process standardization, automation, and labor arbitrage

Source: McKinsey, Rebalancing your sourcing strategy, 2014



Sourcing Strategy in 2014 – (2) Diversify sourcing Onshoring - The trend is for manufacturing Offshoring - IT and business processes

Provides flexibility by avoiding fixed costs Short lead times to add or reduce resources

Nearshoring (Neighbor countries) and Farmshoring (Home country low cost location) Access to local language skills enabling relocation of activities

higher up the value chainSource: McKinsey, Rebalancing your sourcing strategy, 2014



Growth Strategy in 2014

1. Establish your own Farmshore/Nearshore center(s)2. Start using Offshore services3. Acquire Offshore center from Nearshore center4. Repeat/Expand in different countries and markets

Optimize your Global and Local Business; Get Financial results, Tax benefits, Knowledge, Local markets, Flexibillity



Shared Services Outsourcing? – Do More with Less

• Focus on your value-creating services • Lower your costs, increase flexibility • Extend your reach with business partners



What we do – TLi, a business advisor and outsourcing management company

• A technology enabler also providing business services, brokering the best deals

• Using the latest technologies creating mobile apps, SNS software, portals, auction sites, e-commerce, business apps and QA

• Connecting Responsive Web 2.0 to mobile apps and devices

• Backed by experienced teams from selected service providers



How we work – Marketing, Sales & Business development

• Analyze and screen service providers

• NDAs and sharing of opportunities with selected Service Provider

• Analyze, advise and further develop business plan facts

• Evaluate business model and assist in plan of approach



How we work – Requirements & Product Management

• Collect and assist with scoping out requirements with customer, share with selected Service Provider

• Develop (if needed) together a phased customer driven roadmap



How we work – Project Management• Develop and order project proposal, assign

contacts in cooperation with Service Provider• Get detailed scope of amount of work, proposed

working model and assigned project lead from selected Service Provider

• Negotiate prize, terms, scope and approach strategy with client (Fixed Price, T&M, ODC)



How we work – Development/Test Project

• Follow up, monitor and escalate when needed • Project lead and team runs agile development and

test allowing customer project access and delivery• Invoicing according to project milestones client will

pay service provider and service provider TLi• Make sure of transparency services are provided

and security when required



Local/Remote Working Model

• Marketing• Sales• Bizdev• (Requirements)• (Product mgt)• (Project mgt)• (Agile dev)• (Agile QA)• Follow up/Escalate• Upsell

• (Marketing)• (Sales)• (Bizdev)• Requirements• Product mgt• Project mgt• Agile dev• Agile QA• Management• Maintenance & Support

Local (TLi) operations Remote (SP) operations

() = Not prime


Why use us?• Local/remote shared working model• A business and technology partner

• Increase your revenue and value factors

• Reduce cost/risks

• Expand your knowledge through partners.Contact Thomas Lidforss InternationalOslo, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.lidforss.com [email protected]






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