Onsite & Nearshore Resourcing from Mexico

The challenge of access to sufficient number of qualified technical resources has usually been solved by offshoring of project work to India. This popular Onsite-Offshore model typically consists of 30% of project resources based Onsite in the U.S., usually at the client’s offices and 70% resources based out of a Delivery Center in India.

The Onsite resources manage the coordination and communication with client management as well as the communication with the Offshore team. The typical blended cost of such a model offers between 35% and 47% savings over a fully Onsite team.

However, some of the challenges of this model are:

  • Communication and coordination difficulties due to wide-disparity between time-zones.
  • Lack of visibility and direct contact between the offshore team and client personnel.
  • Reduced savings due to significant Onsite resource requirements for coordination.
  • Visa uncertainties limit the flexibility of bringing specific resources from India to the US.
  • High-costs of travel between US and India and long lead-times limit opportunities of personal communication between client-side Onsite team and the Offshore team.

The Nearshore Resourcing from Mexico solution from ManoharTech offers a lower-cost, flexible and easy-to-implement solution to the prevalent Offshore model. This consists of basing majority of the project team in a dedicated Nearshore center in Mexico along with a handful of semi-permanent Onsite resources. Most team communication is done in real-time using messaging software as well as video conferencing and telephone calls.

  • Due to lack of time-zone disparity, the Nearshore team works essentially the same hours as the Onsite team and client personnel. This allows direct interaction between ALL team members, ensuring better communication and more robust team dynamics.
  • The ability to work in the same time-zone and ease of electronic communications means that the Onsite-Nearshore resource split can be usually between 10-90 and up to 100% Nearshore. The blended cost for such a team offers savings between 50% and 67% compared to an all Onsite model.
  • The availability of the ‘NAFTA’ visa program, travel between Mexico and the US is not subject to the usual uncertainties of normal visa-based travel.
  • Proximity of Mexico to the US mainland makes for quick, inexpensive travel between client and Nearshore locations, creating more opportunities for personal interaction and flexibility in managing Onsite resource surges quickly and for shorter periods.