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Val
ue
Del
iver
ed t
o C
lien
t
1.
In f
ou
r sh
ort
mo
nth
s, t
he
clie
nt
wil
l go
liv
e an
d
savi
ngs
wil
l b
egin
to
acc
rue
to t
hem
alm
ost
im
med
iate
ly.
2.
Tra
nsi
tio
n t
o s
tead
y-s
tate
op
erat
ion
s is
an
tici
pat
ed t
o t
ake
an a
dd
itio
nal
nin
e m
on
ths,
y
ield
ing
mo
re t
han
50
% c
ost
sav
ings
, w
ith
yea
r-o
n-y
ear
cost
red
uct
ion
s.
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Wh
y S
eeta
?
1.
Dep
th o
f ex
per
ien
ce a
nd
ex
per
tise
in
dev
elo
pin
gan
d
exec
uti
ng
new
bu
sin
ess
mo
del
s to
mak
e fi
rms
mo
re
com
pet
itiv
e 2.
A p
has
ed p
roje
ct m
anag
emen
t ap
pro
ach
th
at i
ncl
ud
ed: A
. D
efin
ing
Go
als,
Op
po
rtu
nit
ies,
an
d R
isk
s; B
. Se
ekin
gA
lter
nat
ives
an
d S
elec
tio
n; C
. D
esig
n;
D.
Ex
ecu
tio
n/T
ran
siti
on
; E
. O
ngo
ing
Op
erat
ion
s3.
Ex
ecu
tio
n-f
ocu
sed
, d
isci
pli
ned
RFI,
RFP
, an
d R
FQ
p
rocu
rem
ent
pro
cess
es4.
Org
aniz
atio
nal
sk
ills
to
sec
ure
bu
y-i
n f
rom
all
st
akeh
old
ers
wit
hin
th
e b
uyer
org
aniz
atio
n f
or
spee
dy
im
ple
men
tati
on
5.
Inti
mat
e k
no
wle
dge
of
Ind
ia, In
dia
n v
end
ors
, cu
ltu
ral/
com
mu
nic
atio
ns/
man
agem
ent
issu
esw
ith
Ind
ian
w
ork
forc
e, a
nd
bli
nd
spo
ts/p
itfa
lls
in o
uts
ou
rcin
g to
In
dia
-d
uri
ng
all
ph
ases
, in
clu
din
g n
ego
tiat
ion
s w
ith
ve
nd
ors
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Ho
w S
eeta
Hel
ped
Wo
rkin
g in
co
llab
ora
tio
n
wit
h
the
Ex
ecu
tive
V
ice
Pre
sid
ent
of
En
gin
eeri
ng
and
Cu
sto
mer
Car
e, a
nd
th
ree
mem
ber
s o
f h
is s
taff
, Se
eta
par
tici
pat
ed i
n:
1.
Co
nfi
rmin
g th
at t
he
off
sho
rin
g in
itia
tive
had
so
un
d b
asis
in
del
iver
ing
Eco
no
mic
Val
ue,
Co
mp
etit
ive
Val
ue,
Cu
sto
mer
Val
ue,
an
d O
rgan
izat
ion
al
Val
ue.
2.
Dev
elo
pin
g ve
nd
or
eval
uat
ion
cri
teri
a th
at w
ere
dri
ven
by
Eco
no
mic
V
alu
e, C
om
pet
itiv
e V
alu
e, C
ust
om
er V
alu
e, R
eso
urc
e V
alu
e, a
nd
Ris
k3
.D
evel
op
ing
a R
equ
est
for
Pro
po
sal
(RF
P)
dri
ven
by
th
e fi
rm’s
ob
ject
ives
, k
ey p
erfo
rman
ce a
reas
, an
d a
nti
cip
ated
ris
ks/
pit
fall
s 4
.R
esea
rch
ing
the
un
iver
se o
f p
ote
nti
al s
up
pli
ers
wh
o c
ou
ld m
eet
thei
r n
eed
s5
.E
xec
uti
ng
No
n D
iscl
osu
re A
gree
men
ts w
ith
fif
teen
fir
ms
and
sen
din
g R
FP
s to
th
ese
firm
s6
.E
valu
atin
g ea
ch r
esp
on
se a
nd
sel
ecti
ng
six
fin
alis
ts7
.O
rgan
izin
g (t
he
logi
stic
s) a
nd
vis
itin
g th
ese
six
fir
ms
in I
nd
ia,
for
det
aile
d d
ue
dil
igen
ce o
f tr
ansi
tio
n a
nd
ex
ecu
tio
n r
elat
ed p
eop
le,
pro
cess
es a
nd
tec
hn
olo
gies
. T
he
cli
ent
team
was
vis
itin
g In
dia
fo
r th
e fi
rst
tim
e, a
nd
we
visi
ted
fiv
e ci
ties
, in
fiv
e d
ays,
an
d a
cco
mp
lish
ed o
ur
goal
s, r
etu
rnin
g to
th
e U
S, p
erfe
ctly
hea
lth
y8
.Se
eta
enga
ged
ver
y c
lose
ly w
ith
all
RF
P f
inal
ists
to
mak
e su
re t
hat
all
pu
t th
eir
bes
t fo
ot
forw
ard
to
mee
t cl
ien
t ex
pec
tati
on
s, s
o t
hat
th
ecl
ien
t-fi
rm
cou
ld m
ake
bes
t-q
ual
ity
eva
luat
ion
s an
d d
ecis
ion
s9
.In
Pro
cess
:Se
lect
ing
two
of
the
fin
alis
tsfo
rd
etai
led
dis
cuss
ion
sfo
rfi
nal
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Sum
mar
yO
ffsh
ore
Ou
tso
urc
ing:
Key
Su
cces
s F
acto
rs1.
Fo
cus
on
dri
vers
fo
r o
uts
ou
rcin
g, d
eliv
erin
g b
alan
ced
sh
areh
old
er v
alu
e an
d l
on
g-te
rm v
alu
e2.
Use
an
ex
ecu
tio
n-f
ocu
sed
pro
cess
fra
mew
ork
th
at:
1.
Eva
luat
es O
pp
ort
un
ity
2.
Eva
luat
es A
lter
nat
ives
an
d s
elec
ts o
ne
for
op
tim
al r
esu
lts
3.
Fo
cuse
s o
n d
etai
led
des
ign
/pla
n f
or
tran
siti
on
to
ste
ady
sta
te
op
erat
ion
s4
.E
xec
ute
s th
e tr
ansi
tio
n5
.A
ssu
res
smo
oth
, ste
ady-s
tate
op
erat
ion
s
3.
Co
nd
uct
po
rtfo
lio
an
aly
sis
to d
eter
min
e w
hat
to
ou
tso
urc
e4.
Ch
oo
se a
n a
pp
rop
riat
e o
uts
ou
rcin
g b
usi
nes
s m
od
el5.
Imp
lem
ent
an i
tera
tive
, ex
ecu
tio
n-d
rive
n p
artn
er &
lo
cati
on
se
lect
ion
pro
cess
6.
Dev
elo
p a
nd
ex
ecu
te a
fo
cuse
d t
ran
siti
on
pla
n7.
Dev
elo
p a
nd
ex
ecu
te a
fo
cuse
d s
tead
y-s
tate
op
erat
ion
s p
lan
8.
Ret
ain
an
in
dep
end
ent
advi
sor
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“Th
ere
is n
o s
uga
r-co
atin
g th
is:
in a
fla
t w
orl
d,
ever
y i
nd
ivid
ual
is
goin
g to
hav
e to
ru
n a
lit
tle
fast
er i
f h
e o
r sh
e w
ants
to
ad
van
ce h
is o
r h
er
stan
dar
d o
f li
vin
g.”
“Wh
en I
was
gro
win
g u
p,
my
par
ents
use
d t
o
say
to
me,
‘To
m,
fin
ish
yo
ur
din
ner
--
peo
ple
in
Ch
ina
are
star
vin
g.’ B
ut
afte
r sa
ilin
g to
th
e ed
ges
of
the
flat
wo
rld
fo
r a
yea
r, I
am
no
w
tell
ing
my
ow
n d
augh
ters
, ‘G
irls
, fi
nis
h y
ou
r h
om
ewo
rk -
-p
eop
le i
n C
hin
a an
d I
nd
ia a
re
star
vin
g fo
r y
ou
r jo
bs.
’ ”
Th
om
as
L. F
ried
ma
n -
au
tho
r o
f “T
he
Wo
rld
Is
Fla
t: A
Bri
ef H
isto
ry o
f th
e T
wen
ty-F
irst
C
entu
ry”
Fin
al W
ord
Th
ank
yo
u
PR
AD
EE
P A
NA
ND
SEE
TA
RE
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