Global Delivery Model in Offshore Outsourcing

chillibreeze writer —Beryl Kuhn

In recent times, the industry has been abuzz with the need for GDM and its relative importance for the modern day business needs. Customer demands and the opening up of the world economy have heralded a need for a newer methodology for achieving a world-class product. GDM or the global delivery model is the next generation step in attaining more out of the tangible, offshore outsourcing benefits.

It can be explained with the help of a simple example. A customer in the US has a requirement whose specifications are analyzed onsite (US), the development and coding happens in India and the machinery utilizing the software is built in China. Every location’s domain expertise helps the final product to have the best of both worlds, technologically and functionally.

GDM is a method of providing comprehensive solutions by employing a method of delivery that is spread around the globe. The different companies that work on the customer’s requirement are experts in their respective fields, enabling the end product to have the best qualities of each company’s expertise. GDM promotes globalization in a major way by allowing more vendors spread geologically to compete amongst themselves and build a final superior product.

Next generation businesses are going to demand low-cost, high quality, and consistent service for all end products that can only be achieved by GDM. GDM offers a huge amount of benefits like:

Cost effectiveness
Quality Adherence
Domain expertise
Global talent utilization
Contingency plans

Offshore outsourcing has been happening for quite some time and its quantitative benefits have been measured and appreciated. Earlier offshore outsourcing referred exclusively to a stopgap cost savings arrangement wherein the complete project was outsourced to one location. With companies acquiring more domain expertise around the globe, there was a need for utilizing this global knowledge pool in building a world-class product/solution. GDM is the answer to that need and has huge gains for every business requirement.

In recent times, Indian vendors have invested a good amount of money in building and promoting low cost GDM that has helped to develop world-class solutions. Many top Indian IT companies offer all the benefits of GDM and have excellent industry verticals expertise. These companies have a robust people and processes system in place for the entire spectrum of client needs. This paper enumerates more on the GDM paradigm, its advantages and the reasons why XYZ Company’s GDM model is the best choice for your business requirements.

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