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Engineering services represent one of the largest sections of the industrial world, with an estimated 750 billion $ worth of value addition per year. These services comprise a vast swatche of design & support services essential for the functioning of practically every industry, spread across the entire spectrum of engineering. A significant portion of these services also are being outsourced and there is potential for more outsourcing in this field. What are Engineering Services?Engineering services are those service functions that deal with or related to core engineering processes. Examples are: CAD / CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Manufacturing), Electronics Product Design, Failure Analysis. The distinction that needs to be drawn here is between engineering functions and engineering service functions. An engineering function could be auto engine manufacturing. A related engineering service function would be designing the engine. It is similar to the distinction between manufacturing and manufacturing support services. How is it possible to offshore engineering services?Engineering services, especially in design, can easily be exchanged offshore.Almost 30% of companies have outsourced a piece of their new product development and introduction (NPDI) process. And another 40% are expected to outsource activities in the next two years, making offshore outsourced engineering services one of the fastest-growing outsourcing markets. Engineering work is generally not seen as a commodity. It is seen as an iterative process of design and reevaluation. There are many stages— planning, design, manufacturing or construction, and then finalization. Each step requires the skills and expertise of an engineer in different ways. The final step may require an engineer to actually operate, teach the operation, or sell the product.  While the entire engineering process does not seem conducive to offshore outsourcing, there are pieces that can be outsourced. Typically, a company outsources projects or engineering tasks to another company within the United States. However, some of this work is starting to go offshore. Larger engineering companies would actually set up divisions abroad where they would hire foreign engineers to work for their company. For example, Boeing has a Russian division designing airplane components. General Electric employs over 6000 engineers and scientists in Israel, Hungary, India and China to research and develop. SPICEsim is unique within the Engineering Services Outsourcing (ESO) industry with more than 25 years experience in turning customer's concepts into world-class products through our unique set of value-added CAD or CAE solutions. These solutions include electronic and mechanical design, printed circuit board development, electronic circuit simulation and modeling, signal integrity analysis and finally, mechanical simulation. Below is a summary of competencies of our engineers gained through years of experience and continuous training.
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