"If there is something we are not able to do more effectively, cheaper and better than our competitors... we should employ somebody else to do it." Henry Ford, 1923
Software development requires specialist skills and knowledge, usually takes a long time and is always expensive - which is why an increasing number of companies are outsourcing some of their work, or even whole departments, to external suppliers.
Choosing a location for your outsourcing is largely a question of risk versus reward. Although it might be easier to manage a relationship with a local company this will not provide the financial advantages that outsourcing to an emerging market, where labour costs are lower, will bring. However there are a number of unknowns and the further offshore you go the greater the potential risks.
Many companies have historically chosen locations in Asia but there is an alternative, that offers a balance between reducing costs and retaining control, and is much closer to home - eastern Europe.
Wages are still significantly lower than in the UK, US and western Europe. Eastern European companies are also much closer than their Asian counterparts - geographically, culturally and in the way they do business. Poland, for example, is only an hour ahead of the UK, so communication is quicker, simpler and more reliable than it is with a country in another time zone.
A further advantage is that many former Eastern Block nations, including Poland, are now members of the EU, making them more in tune with their European neighbours and consequently more straightforward to work with.
Future Processing has been providing quality software outsourcing services to companies in the UK and US for a number of years. We are based in Poland, the biggest and most economically advanced of the new EU member states, in close proximity to some of the country's most renowned technical universities. Our location gives us access to a pool of talented and well-educated software engineers with excellent English skills, so we can provide top-class software development services at a much lower price than could be achieved in the UK or US.
Outsourcing with Future Processing offers a number of business advantages, including:
