Okay, so we have at least established that you are
interested in saving money. That’s the crucial first
step and we’re glad you are here. As a manager or business owner of an engineering/manufacturing company - small, large and everything in between - you are likely under constant pressure. Increasing labor costs, volatile
currencies, changing immigration laws, newer regulatory guidelines – all contribute directly/
indirectly to engineering product development costs.
But of course, you knew all that.
Okay, so we have at least established that you are
interested in saving money. That’s the crucial first
step and we’re glad you are here.
As a manager or business owner of an
engineering/manufacturing company - small, large
and everything in between - you are likely under
constant pressure. Increasing labor costs, volatile
currencies, changing immigration laws, newer
regulatory guidelines – all contribute directly/
indirectly to engineering product development costs.
But of course, you knew all that.
What you did not know however is that even in these
uncertain times, there is a sure way of reducing your
product development costs using TrEND (Trusted
Engineer Next Door). Find out how.
What is TrEND?
TrEND is CCE’s proprietary technology solution to
address the increasing costs related to engineering
product development. The premise is pretty simple
actually.
TrEND provides a reliable communication system
that fosters natural sharing of design and
engineering ideas between remote teams, in a
way as if everyone is in the same room. We
leverage advanced technology to coordinate video,
audio and CAD streams from both sides of the
geographically dispersed conversation, to create a
natural collaboration experience.
We understand discussing complex engineering
projects is not the same as designing marketing
collaterals collaboratively! TrEND is similar to any of
the conferencing systems you use today, but on
steroids. TrEND was created exclusively for
engineers…by engineers, so it facilitates new
product development in a way that is most
natural and conducive for collaborating on
complex engineering projects.
How will TrEND save me money?
As you might have heard a countless times before,
technology is as good as the people behind it. So,
TrEND is only half the story. What makes TrEND
successful and a cost saving machine, is when we
combine this technology infrastructure with our
team of experienced engineers offshore.
Without TrEND, working on collaborative, and
complex engineering projects, can be a daunting
task. To address communication challenges that all
such engagements are fraught with, companies
often times propose the “onsite+offshore” model.
That’s when engineering consulting companies place
an engineer on site at the client’s location.
But TrEND has redefined geography and completely
eliminates geographical boundaries.
Now you do not need to rely on having an engineer from your engineering partner physically based at your location. Instead, using TrEND, you can always collaborate with offshore TrEND engineers directly as if you are walking up to a coworker sitting in the next cubicle to discuss a project. Just that this TrEND engineer sitting thousands of miles away is so accessible. Hence the "...Engineer Next Door".
So, using a mix of this advanced technology and remote experienced engineering resources, we are able to provide at least 20% cost savings over a typical “onsite+offshore” engagement model, where someone is physically present at the location you’re at. TrEND combines the best of both worlds i.e. provide access to an experienced engineering resource pool at a remote location with its obvious cost benefits, but also the convenience of having access to those engineers to discuss complex engineering projects at all times, like you would with any other co-located members of your engineering team!
What’s the catch?
There isn’t any.
TrEND is not the cheapest solution for engineering
product development, but it’s the only one that
works reliably, and will still save you significant
money (20% on an average on the typical
“onsite+offshore” engagement model). But cost is
only part of the benefit of using TrEND.
Not only does TrEND provide cost advantages, it
provides all of the accessibility you need when
working with remote teams on collaborative projects
and accelerates your new product development
process.