Very strong pressure of the OEMs onTier-1s’ labor unit costs for subcontracted development activities
Strong asymmetry among the dynamics of the various regions (Western Europe / Eastern Europe, USA, China and India)
5-year strategic plan design window requiring to develop a specific strategic plan for the Engineering function
Aligned commercial ambition with rightly sized pool of resources
Enabled team commitment on a project staffing strategy reducing unit hourly cost by 13% across the strategic plan timeline
- Iterate with teams to reach a consensus on the commercial ambition (at program level, at a 5-year horizon)
- Review a standard staffing model ; define an efficiency improvement trajectory
- Define offshoring patterns (assigned at program level)
- Define several offshoring scenarios/ footprint scenarios
- Foster alignment on the reference scenario and underlying ‘best shoring’ practices
