Comments on: Onsite offshore coordinator vs. offshore onsite coordinator

By: Onsite offshore coordinator vs. offshore onsite coordinator « Small Business, Small World

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:09:15 +0000

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By: Satyam

Satyam — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:22:32 +0000

Other points to consider are

1. Typical big client has several team members skilled at different functional areas. Who do we send to manage offshore ? Where as keeping an offshore lead onshore makes it easy for him to talk to all these subject matter experts.
2. We need to find a client personnel who is willing to work the overlapping hours and work lot more than 8 hours a day as our current offshore guys do
3. We might be de-motivating the offshore team by clearly giving a hint that the team members will never get to travel.

By: Offshore outsourcing company

Offshore outsourcing company — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:58:41 +0000

Nice post. Thanks for sharing this blog.

By: Jiang

Jiang — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:31:02 +0000

For outsourcing to China, a bilingual and technical oriented offshore coordinator is a must for success. The best candidates are people who are Chinese and have lived in the US for several years. They are better equipped in bridging the gap between the offshore companies and the clients.

In Chinese companies I worked with, most of them have seedy practices that can only be stopped by an outsider with monetary authorities.

By: nick krym

nick krym — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:16:22 +0000

Thanks for good words; more importantly – great article as well as the blog overall. I found a lot of interesting thoughts as I browsed through it. On topic of coordinators I’m with you – one of the best ways to establish continuity, clear communication channels, etc. In my experience finding the right person for this job is the key to success, expats with strong financial ties to US (e.g. have a mortgage to support) make the best offshore onsite coordinators. I’ll probably expand on it in my blog later on. Thanks, nick