Megha Soft maintains an Offshore Development Center (ODC) in India essentially to provide cost-effectiveness to its Partners and Clients around the globe. MST's approach is to have a pool of specialized multi-disciplinary resource available to its Clients on a dedicated or as-needed basis. MST organizes and manages the team, supervises the project life cycle and constantly trains and keeps the Team updated with the latest development concepts and technologies. MST maintains the intellectual talent to meet the explicit business objectives and growing needs of its individual Client. MST's ODC acts as a virtual extension for the Client.

The strategic value to a company lies in its ability to have world class service, operate through best practices without having to make significant investments and manage processes internally or increasing headcount and fixed costs.

MST's Outsourcing Approach are designed to assist you get the best out of your Offshore Outsourcing experience by using best practices. This Approach is continuously refined based on inputs from the "Best Practices" sessions held with the various clients.

After understanding the business drivers, needs and requirements, MST will develop an Offshore Solution for the Client and present it as part of the formal contract. After identifying which of your IT functions are most suitable for outsourcing, our experts will help you:

Working offshore is totally different ball game, new rules, new issues and new risks. It is very important that you understand these challenges and have a plan to conquer them. Our expertise in this domain assists you with:

Governance is the key to a successful outsourcing initiative. Governance in an outsourcing setup involves putting a monitoring and evaluation program in place and deciding on various performance levels and deliverables to be measured. Our experts work with you and your team to develop monitoring and evaluation programs that best suite your business environment. We help you identify area of potential improvement, take certain proactive measures and derive an action plan for the future.

MST has a proven Value Addition Model that defines a steady progress from being just a development partner to a business partner. As the relationship evolves, MST gains sufficient knowledge about the Client's products and services to identify and implement improvements proactively. MST adds further value to the projects from the extensive experience in developing the best solutions. At the highest level, MST works with Clients to achieve their business objectives.

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MST offers multiple engagement models to meet diverse needs of global clients. You can choose from any one the generally accepted models below or a combination of them for different phases of your project. We can work with you to customize a model to address your specific need.

This option works for Clients who are concerned about progress in remote projects, milestones-based payment schedules reinforce progress monitoring. It helps justify payment based on achievable milestone and visible progress reduces risks.

A Dedicated facility is an extension of the customer's own engineering/development center. Through such Dedicated facilities, we offer the best skill sets, resources, flexibility and time-to-market advantages to the customers, taking all necessary efforts to protect the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of the customers. All rights to the IPR developed in the Development Facility vests with the customer. The Dedicated Facility also provides a cost effective solution to customers requiring continuous offshore support. For such dedicated relationships, we also implement customer specific quality/process frameworks and teams are trained for the specific needs of a Client. The resources are paid on a retainer basis.

In the Build-Operate-Transfer Model, MST launches a dedicated facility for the client. This facility is like an extension of the client's own facility. The dedicated facility leverages MST's technical infrastructure, processes and execution capabilities. The dedicated facility is staffed either by existing MST's resources or by Client's resources or by resources hired specifically for engagement or a mix of them all. MST has a well-defined mechanism for the smooth transition of the facility to the client.

MST's Offshore Outsourcing  delivery models are designed to suit varying comfort levels and scenarios. Whether outsourcing is part of your strategy for cost reduction, improving operations and / or restructuring, the services we offer will provide financial return, risk mitigation, strategic alignment, political impact and intuition.

The offshore delivery model entails that all project development, from initial study to testing, is done on MST's premises. This particular model works well in scenarios where the project goals are well defined and deviation from the same is unlikely. Management and communication during the course of the project is the responsibility of our program managers - the internal clients, who work with tried and tested methodologies to ensure that delivery is as per schedule. The offshore dedicated project team, works within predefined processes, thereby making this models the most cost effective.

The onsite delivery model entails that skilled MST professionals are deployed on the client's premises. This delivery model is viable only if fluidity is required in a project, if there is need for a specific resource type or if post-deployment support is imperative. From initial consultation to maintenance and support, our representatives are highly qualified and combine excellent business acumen and strong inter-personal skills.

This model, a combination of both onsite and offshore, is the best of both worlds, and results in optimized costs and maximized efficiency. The onsite team will directly interact with the clients and will serve as consultants, program managers and developers, depending on project requirements. They will do requirement studies, design and development, while interfacing directly with clients. The Offshore Outsourcing team will interact only with the onsite team and will provide additional crucial support, thereby reducing costs and implementation time. The model allows for scalability and has enormous operational benefits

ODC Partnership Model aims at creating relationships with customers who seek long-term services. Our model involves the creation of a dedicated Offshore Development comprising engineers who have or built domain expertise in specific areas. This ensures continuity within the project and iterative use of components while continuously upgrading to market requirements and effectively addressing business critical issues like our clients' time-to-market pressures.