Providing offshore development services to software package authors to help ensure cost effectiveness and operational flexibility

The situation

BellHawk Systems Corporation, Millbury, Massachusetts, USA specialise in providing software solutions for the tracking and control of materials and operations to companies working with the DoD and FDA. Their product meets the high quality and traceability specifications required in these industries. 

The overall cost of performing software development in the USA is becoming prohibitively expensive for the middle market owing to: 

·          High salaries for technical staff

·          The costs of providing fringe benefits like health care

·          Levels of taxation 

BellHawk products are sold on the basis that they represent a good fit for customer requirements and can be customised easily (either in-house or by BellHawk partners) to meet very specific local requirements.

The objectives

BellHawk sought to partner with an offshore software development organisation that could work as an extension of its US team to perform cost effective customisation work and help with product development. 

BellHawk sought an established Microsoft Certified Partner that could work to the same standards as itself.

The Technosoft solution

Technosoft set up an Offshore Development Centre to collaborate directly with senior BellHawk systems architects and provides flexible programming resources to meet the demand for customisation work as the numbers of BellHawk users increases across the USA and elsewhere. 

The technology skills supplied include:

·          Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2000/2003

·          SQL Server 2000 including programming in Transact SQL and developing stored procedures

·          Visual Basic 6 and VB.Net

·          Microsoft Access with embedded VBA

·          Microsoft Visual Studio 

Technosoft has implemented the BellHawk solution at its UK office in Stockport, Manchester to help manage the distribution of products manufactured by the Technocraft Group of companies in India and act as a demonstration site for UK BellHawk customers.

The benefits

BellHawk Systems Corporation has successfully extended its operations to include a flexible and cost effective programming resource.

As a consequence it is well positioned to:

·          Service its chosen target market cost effectively

·          Handle larger volumes of local sales

·          Generate sales for the BellHawk system in countries beyond the USA

·          Rapidly incorporate new features into the BellHawk line of products

Contact Vinod Shirsath at our Mumbai office to learn more about how Technosoft software developers provide a flexible Offshore Development Service to customers across the world.