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Engineering Services: A Nearshore Approach |
Engineering Services outsourcing is a relatively new service offering of Global IT companies looking to expand their service portfolio. Compared to IT outsourcing, engineering outsourcing offers different and new challenges to both the customer and the vendor. The principal opportunity for engineering outsourcing is accentuated by some of the unique changes impacting this market: |
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- The Shelf life of products is becoming shorter, accelerating the pace of innovation. (Need: Creating and sustaining a shorter innovation cycle.)
- There is a great demand for quicker new product introduction, with attendant price pressures on products. Innovation is the name of the game today. (Need: Faster innovation.)
- Cost of product introduction is going up year on year, with manufacturing process and marketing costs going up. Outsourcing has the potential for reducing ‘manageable costs’.
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In response to such pressures, many U.S. companies have started the process of replicating the success in IT outsourcing, and are trying to offshore engineering services. This worked well for low level engineering work such as drawing conversion. However, at higher skill levels, complexity in outsourcing increases due to the same challenges listed above. With changes to the engineering practices (by increasing analysis upfront, reducing prototyping costs and bringing all the stakeholders quicker into the product development cycle), the challenges mount.
A Nearshore solution to Engineering services has the potential to overcome some of these challenges while taking advantage of the benefits that are available in the current market: |
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- Ensure price comparability with experienced, net effective offshore aggregate costs –the aim is to help customers control their costs, just as with offshoring
- Ensure process reliability in delivering an outsourced engineering service
- Ensure time to market issues are addressed on a daily basis
- Ensure seamless work integration with customer in-house teams
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| U2SI is pioneering the nearshore delivery of Engineering Services that leverage local talent available while retaining the benefits of reduced cost, reliability and maturity inherent in the current global sourcing models. Please look at the whitepaper on nearshoring for more details on how we can help you. |
Engineering Services:
U2SI competence in Engineering Services is categorized into two main areas:
- Product Life Cycle Management Services
- Design and Manufacturing services for Consumer products, and other manufacturing services
- Hi-tech Embedded system designs and product design services
The highlights of these services are shown below:
- PLM Services:
- Areas of Expertise: Tc Engineering, Tc Enterprise and Tc Unified Architecture
- Consultancy services for creating a process for PLM
- Business process mapping and schema design
- Data modeling, Life cycle and work flow modeling
- Implementation, Customization and Multi-site distribution
- Upgrade and data migration services for legacy data migration
- PLM add-on application development
- CAD/PDM/ERP and portal interface development and integration services
- Web deployment of PDM and PLM applications
- Infrastructure Design and deployment for PLM applications
- Training, maintenance and support services
- High Speed Manufacturing Services:
- Area of expertise: Cartoners, converters, High speed and discrete manufacturing
- Plant Equipment Design and maintenance
- High speed paper and tissue manufacturing
- Diaper and training pants design & manufacturing
- Optimization of high speed manufacturing lines in food and beverage industries
- Planning, creating and executing multi-functional engineering teams
- Distributed manufacturing planning
- Embedded Systems Design & Development Services:
- Areas: Automotive industry, Telecom industry, Consumer Electronics.
- Platform Hardware Design
- FPGA programming experience
- Linux OS and BSP Development
- Application and Protocol software development in Java and C/C++
- Test & Automation software
- Lab Information Systems integration and process optimization
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Vision
U2SI is started with the objective of providing US fortune 1000 companies engineering services in a cost effective manner by running the operations from low cost centers within US. In today's environment with shortening design cycles, increased product proliferations and ever tightening budgets, we see companies continuing to send product development projects to offshore locations where labor costs are cheaper. This is currently done by many organizations either by having captive offshore development center or by outsourcing the development to an offshore vendor. Whereas this approach clearly lowers the hourly development costs, the overall project development cost savings are not significantly down. The reasons are many and some of these are no domain expertise, high attrition rates, unreliable physical infrastructure, geographical time differences, and remote management overheads. Clearly Nearshore operations do not have many of these limitations and our teams operating from low cost areas can execute projects on time with no additional cost increases.
U2SI and our strategic partners have been serving the US Clients for many years. Our clients in Engineering services include recognized names in Consumer Products, Hi-Tech, Automotive and Manufacturing industries. Well funded along with a robust infrastructure and a mature organizational support, we are well positioned to quickly ramp up the organization to satisfy the unique needs of our clients quickly and effectively. Our clients can be serviced immediately from the existing centers in Ohio or we can extend our reach into the other low cost centers in consultation with our customers.
The management team of U2SI has over 100 years of total experience serving the global clients. This experience, in the areas of innovation, project and program management, technology development and global sourcing has contributed to substantial business benefits for the customers in the areas of competitive differentiation, speed to market and cost savings.
Management Team:
- Ram Mynampati, Chief Executive Officer
- Krishna Kumar Pillalamarri, President
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Siemens Teamcenter
Strong working experience of Teamcenter Engineering, Enterprise and Unified Architecture.
Strong working experience of migrating Tc Engineering and Enterprise to Tc UA.
We put together teams with skill sets ranging from: Project Managers, System Administrators, Solution Architects, Configuration Engineers, Customization developers, Data modelers, work flow, implementation and support specialists to support our customers from concept phase to post implementation phase.
We will offer our customers the following Teamcenter services at different phases of implementation
- Pre-Implementation
- Strategy consulting and requirement management
- Needs analysis and technology assessment
- Business process reengineering and process mapping
- PLM product evaluation and FIT GAP analysis
- Architecture and infrastructure assessment and planning
- Implementation:
- System architecture definition and solution development
- Data Migration, Interoperability and Site Specific Customizations
- Interface development and integrations with other enterprise systems
- Change management, work flow, product structure management
- Visualization, access control, security, data migration and vaulting
- Production Roll out
- Post-Implementation
- Systems administration, training, help desk
- Data archiving / recovery , performance tuning, maintenance and enhancements
- Contingency planning and on-going support
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Careers |
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We are looking for Senior Engineers with excellent C, C++ and Java programming skills. Product Life Cycle tool configuration and installation experience is a plus. Teamcenter Engineering, Teamcenter Enterprise and Teamcenter Unified Architecture knowledge is preferred.
Please send your resumes to staffing@u2si.com |
HiTech Design |
U2SI has System Design expertise covering the areas of Personal Computers, Telecom and Networking, and Cable Set Top Boxes. Its system design expertise include: Silicon Design, Platform design, Firmware (BSP, Driver development, Diagnostics etc.), and Test Application development. Operating systems experience include: Windows Linux, Android, VxWorks, and LynxOS. U2SI founders have taken several projects from concept phase to Production phase. Mobile Platform reference designs, Residential Gateways, DSL Modems, and VoIP Telephony Services Platform are some of the projects completed in the past. |
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- Silicon Design:
- Market Segments: Graphics, Video and Telecom
- Prior experience includes: Graphics/Video controllers for Personal Computers, Flat Panel Monitor Markets, Single chip ADSL SoC for Residential Gateway Markets.
- Platform Design:
- Proven track record in taking the design from concept to production phase
- Sub System (Ex: Power Supply, Memory, Graphics, Flash, WiFi, etc.) Design expertise
- Schematic Capture
- Layout (High Speed Layout Guideline development expertise)
- Fabrication, Assembly and Debug
- Design for Manufacturability
- Prior experience includes: Notebook Reference Designs, Graphics Card design, Custom Graphics Module designs for Notebook, Flat panel monitor controller Cards, Residential Gateways etc.
- Embedded Software Development:
- In depth knowledge of C & Assembly language
- Expertise in developing device drives with RTOS especially VXworks & LynxOS
- Through understanding of micro computer internals
- Developed custom device drivers for PCIe and PCIe switches on the Linux platform
- Experience in full software development lifecycle, from software specifications to design, coding, unit and integration testing as well as maintaining the needed software development documentation.
- In depth knowledge of following sub systems: Graphics/Video, Audio, WiFi, HDD, File Systems etc.
- In depth knowledge of Bus standards like PCIe, USB, and familiar with automotive bus standards like CAN bus.
- Prior experience includes developing firmware for Set Top Boxes, Flat panel monitors, Embedded Display Sub Systems, Residential Gateways and Printers/Faxes/Scanners etc.
- Application Software:
- Application development in Java and C, C++
- Prior experience includes: VoIP Telephony Services Platform that includes: Billing Module, Online subscription Module, Payment Module, Admin Portal, Customer Portal, etc.
- Test Applications in C, C++ for STB, Residential Gateway and other markets.
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Partners
U2SI has established key industry partnerships with reputed organizations to better service client needs.
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Siemens is a globally operating technology Company with core activities in the fields of energy, healthcare, industry, and infrastructure. On a continuing basis Siemens has around 362,000 employees as of September 30, 2013 and business activities in nearly all countries of the world and reported consolidated revenue of €75.882 billion in fiscal 2013. Siemens operate in excess of 290 major production and manufacturing plants worldwide. Siemens is a world leader in providing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions under Teamcenter family of products. U2SI is an authorized Siemens partner for marketing, implementing and servicing Teamcenter products and specializes in Product Costing Solutions (PCS) software.
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U2SI is part of the Microsoft Partner Network and markets and services products and solutions on Microsoft platforms.
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DCG is a global provider of Agile, software quality management and software analytics solutions that enable high quality, on-time and on-budget delivery of software through all phases of the development lifecycle. Since 1994, IT organizations have relied on DCG to address immediate and long-term application development and maintenance issues, delivering valuable improvements at the right price. DCG’s clients span industries, regions and size, including the Fortune 100 and Global 1000. DCG maintains a U.S. corporate office in Malvern, PA, and a European corporate office, DCG-SMS, in Blackpool, UK. More information is available at www.davidconsultinggroup.com.
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Cabeus is an end-to-end strategy, process, and technology solutions firm, specializing in the areas of business process management, enterprise collaboration, content management, and mobility. Cabeus’ mission is to assist their clients to unearth the full potential of their IT investments by partnering in strategic and implementation initiatives around enterprise collaboration, content management and mobility. Cabeus brings strong expertise integrating collaboration and content management platforms with other enterprise applications including PLM. The team at Cabeus is process-centric, client-focused and value-driven with key focus on methodology and results. More information is available at www.cabeusinc.com.
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Recent Webinars:
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March 14, 2018, 10:30 AM PDT - Webinar
Part and Tool Cost Estimation for Manufacturing Companies
Time: 10:30 A.M. PDT
Presenter: Krishna Pillalamarri, President, U2SI
This webinar by U2SI will showcase how to simplify the estimation process, how to use advanced features such as cycle time calculators and project profitability and how to experience a multi-fold increase in the quotes submitted and accuracy in cost estimation
It is quite common in the industry that many manufacturing companies struggle to increase the accuracy, and the number of quotes they produce each month. This is primarily due to extensive manual effort and over reliance on spreadsheets. Estimating the cost of the tool and the part just from the customer supplied drawings provides great freedom from the drudgery of Excel spreadsheet based estimation tools, charts and endless search for estimates already done. Siemens’ Teamcenter Product Cost Management solutions are the best way to estimate cost of manufacturing and net sale price of manufactured parts and tooling, spread cost awareness in each department of your company, and get your finance to enthusiastically adopt the technology.
This webinar by U2SI will showcase how to simplify the estimation process and how to experience a multi-fold increase in the quotes submitted and accuracy in cost estimation. U2SI will demonstrate the actual software with a ‘real life’ example.
U2SI executives who conducted the webinar are well versed with not only features and functionality of the PCS software but also having substantial experience with manufacturing industry to offer custom solutions to your specific challenge.
Please click on the following link to listen to the webinar recordning: !
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Product Costing
Teamcenter Product Cost Management Solutions
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At a time when shorter product lifecycles, coupled with higher product variability mean that the share of tool costs in relation to the total costs of a product line is steadily increasing. This implies a greater need to include the cost estimates of tools and timing of investments in product cost management – both in tool and mold making as well as in tool purchasing from suppliers.
For any manufacturing company, it is absolutely critical to estimate what your new product is going to cost before the product is approved for manufacturing. Taking an example case of Injection Molding and Tooling companies, almost all parts they manufacture are new, and the tooling tends to be new. Even though this is a brutally competitive industry, there have been no solutions to predict accurately the manufacturing cost of a new tool, or a part based on that tool, save for experience! Even with experience, it is normal for estimates to be off by as much as 30% to 50% from actuals. And since experience can also walk out the door any time, companies are always dependent on a factor of safety in their quotes to their customers, which makes them uncompetitive.
Siemens, a manufacturing giant itself, has introduced a product called ‘Teamcenter Product Cost Management Solutions’ to the US market to solve this problem. This product will reliably calculate quotes to increase the likelihood of achieving target margins for the tool and parts manufacturer. It also institutes upfront value engineering principles for cost avoidance using ‘Design-to-cost’ (DFx) simulation and techniques. Users of this technology can also optimize purchase prices through detailed ‘Should Cost’ estimates. For all NPIs and investments, you can ensure profitability and ROI through cost transparency and fidelity. It is also exciting that you will be able to use data from your ERP and PLM systems directly into this technology.
At a time when exact and reliably calculated tool and product costs are an important foundation for product success for most companies, having that ability to manage both the tool and part costs as part of a program management is a highly advantageous function. TCPCM addresses this with a huge knowledge domain supplied with the software, which includes labor costs in many countries of the world and material properties database, along with a large machine and reference manufacturing processes database.
U2SI, with its proven track record of can deliver this technology to you through a range of services including, but not limited to, installation, commissioning, training and advanced feature implementation.
General features are:
- Mold manufacture: Molds of any size, from one inch parts to larger than 100 inches, can be accurately estimated.
- Tool manufacture: Tools for stamping, die casting, progressive dies, etc., can all be estimated for cost.
- All mechanical parts: Cost estimation and net sales price calculation for all plastic injection molded parts, forged, stamped, machined, milled, drilled, turned, assembled or other process manufactured. Complex assemblies, even for automotive and aerospace applications, can be estimated.
- PCB assemblies: Complex PCB stuffing and soldering processes can be estimated.
- Knowledge domain: Global access to holistic database for labor rates, machine rates, materials, standard data and costs, special costs, and tooling material costs.
For all your manufacturing and part cost estimation needs, please contact us, even if your own process is not described above.
For more details, please contact: info@u2si.com.
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Agile Software Development
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Agile software development involves not only different set of techniques compared to traditional SDLC but it is also a new philosophy to Software Development. Agile adaptation mandates organizations to apply a different mechanism to how projects are managed, much more collaborative than the traditional hierarchical form of management. U2SI provides consultative services to help manage the agile process in the areas of User Story Development and Program Management.
U2SI has also teamed up with David Consulting Group (www.davidconsultinggroup.com), a recognized and highly respected Consulting firm to expand our service offerings. Together with DCG, we offer the following additional services in Agile Software Development:
- Executive Coaching Sessions – A one-on-one coaching engagement focused on the roles of IT and business in Agile projects.
- Agile Team Coaching – An intensive team tune-up with an on-site Agile coach.
- Mindset Review – A comprehensive review to gauge if Agile is a fad or a commitment within your organization.
Please contact us at info@u2si.com to see how U2SI can be an extension of your Agile team.
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March 14, 2018 - Webinar
Part and Tool Cost Estimation for Manufacturing Companies
Time: 10:30 A.M. PDT
Presenter: Krishna Pillalamarri, President, U2SI
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Archived Webinars
Overview of Tool and Part Costing using Siemens TcPCM
Product Costing Solutions using Siemens Product Cost Management
Presenter: Krishna Pillalamarri, President, U2SI
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