Avasant has been working with many cutting edge technology and innvoation companies. Our expertise has helped many companies realign their sourcing strategies to focus on innovation, source innovation services from quality & cheaper destinations. We have subject matter experts who understand the needs of the innovators industry and can help guide and assist in identifying and implementing the best sourcing solution for your company.
| Client | Client Need | Outsourced Services Value | Solution | Results |
| A leader in Global consumer electronics | Strategic sourcing initiative to consolidate application production support with a single service provider, client objectives were to reduce costs, improve services and process, and to create opportunities for innovation. | 5.5 years, $130 million | Consolidating service providers by conducting a market assessment, analyzing the application / technology portfolio, assessing the risks, developing a financial model; resulting in a RFP, site visits, contract negotiations, and transition of services to the selected firm. | Implementation of a managed services model with detailed SLAs at cost reduction of more than 30%. |
| A $6 billon consumer electronics manufacturer | The client sought an enterprise solution to automate its import & export documentation process | 1 year $3 million | Conducted an organizational requirement interview with organizations in US, Japan and China., due diligence on compliance with U.S. Custom and Border Protection, and a vendor selection process and pilot testing | The engagement resulted m full-scale global implementation of the solution |
| A leader in high-end audio/visual consumer electronics | The client was operating under an SAP hosting and infrastructure support services contract that was no longer meeting its business needs, was inflexible and was above market pricing levels. | $600,000 per year | Conducted an assessment of the client/service provider contract including the MSA, SOWs and pricing. Prioritized recommendations and best practice language to assist ^ the clients contract renegotiation efforts. | Renegotiated contract and significantly improved SOW, SLAs and adjustments in pricing all of which provided more flexibility for the clients future growth needs. |
| Japanese Automobile Manufacturer | Outsourced client seeking improved service levels and significant reduced IT spend level for their IT infrastructure and application services. Client also wanted to execute a multi-sourcing strategy as opposed to their current single Provider strategy | $1B over 10 years | Two separate Competitive PFP processes executed and contract negotiated with multiple new Service Providers | Significant cost reductions (25%), significantly improved service levels, with best of breed Service Providers |
| Automobile Re-seller | Projected rapid growth in the number of retail stores throughout the US led to the need to expand the capacity and availability of the companys real time transaction processing systems that were insourced | $20 million over 3 years | An RFP process conducted with a select number of data center services providers which led to a flexible and SLA focused data center services contract | Data center services allowing Client to reduce operational risk and allowing its key sales transaction support infrastructure to keep pace with growing sates volume |
