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Extended Engineering: A New Perspective on Offshore Product Engineering

Overview A silent revolution has been going on in Product Design & Engineering Outsourcing. This was mainly fueled by technology product companies taking advantage of a rich technical pool of engineers with a definite cost arbitrage. But as the revolution progressed, the R&D outsourcing has seen refinements and developed into a key element in a company's strategy. This paper articulates the 'Extended engineering' paradigm and the benefits of such a model.

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Publisher	Wipro	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2004	Downloads	18
Format	White Papers
Topics	Outsourcing

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