Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success
Managing Non-Linear Growth in the Indian Software Industry
1. The Indian Software Industry
Managing non-linear growth
Moving up the value chain
- A Practitioner's Perspective -
C V Jayanthi
– Independent Consultant
Pooja Sharma
– Sr. Consultant, Leading IT Company
Excerpt of Paper Presented
at IIM, Bangalore
2. CONTENTS
• Points of Inflexion
• Non-linearity via industrial
revolution
• Non-linearity in branch next door
• Varied views of the elephant
• Moving Up the value chain
• Back to first principles
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3. Point of Inflexion
Growth drivers Diminishing
marginal utility
Cost
Arbitrage
Abundant
Resources
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4. Non-linearity via Industrial Revolution!
- creation of specialised units
Structural -participative labour engagement models
changes : -outsourcing non-core work
value – added
products
Specialization in India
strengths : Good domestic
markets
- Outmoded machines
-Labour issues :
Large composite mills : end-to-end approach numbers, productivity
: spinning, weaving, designing training
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5. Non –linearity in the branch next door?
Servicing –
Branch, e-
banking
channels
Functional Collections
Head Office depts Sales –
– central
Branch +
recovery +
agency
Circle / agency Customer,
Functional Functional
Regional/ depts + depts + Revenue,
Zonal admin admin
Compliance -
sales, sales, sales, Compliance – Bank Operations
Branch operation, operations, operations, Risk
– Back-
compliance compliance compliance management
office
+ Tech
Product –
Technology +
Business
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6. Varied views of the elephant…..
Platform based
offerings – Cloud,
SAAS, PAAS…
Automation in low-value
jobs - RIM
New business models –
pay as u go Cross-industry process
adaptation - lean 6
7. Moving up the value chain - Technology for technology
industry…..
Futuristic technologies like robots, artificial intelligence
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8. Moving up the value chain - Pricing Models
Capex - Opex models
Business
value linked
Basic – benefit-
business based
linked –
Fixed price, transaction-
SLA based
dependent
Time &
Material,
resource
dependent
Linear models Non-Linear models
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9. Moving up the value chain – Customer perception
Developed Emerging
markets markets
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10. Moving up the value chain – Reskilling
1 mn Servicing
workforce BAU
Investment
Worker vs for reskilling
architect/
consultant
Reskilling
Multi- methodology
layered,
multi-
dimensional
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11. Back to First Principles
• Creativity in education
• Science over engineering
• Collaborate over compete
• Nurture small niche units
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