Plixos provides a suite of SaaS tools aimed at optimizing the outsourcing of software development by offering governance and support solutions that enhance decision-making and manage vendor relationships. Their offerings include an outsourcing advisor, tender manager, and outsourcing director which streamline the outsourcing process from strategy development to implementation and governance. Plixos emphasizes cost savings, risk management, and project transparency, making their tools suitable for various stages of the outsourcing project lifecycle.

1. Industrialisation of global SW Outsourcing
pliXos Vision and SaaS* Tools
Joerg Stimmer
joerg.stimmer@plixos.com, +49 172 8247436
* Software as a Service

2. Gartner's Key Topics in Outsourcing & IT Services Our Solutions
Industrialised Low Cost Services and Cloud-Based Solutions Whole pliXos suite
Multisourcing Strategies OA, OD
Strategic Vendor Management OA, OD
Global Sourcing and emerging Offshore locations OA, OD
Outsourcing Governance OA, OD
Creating a Sourcing Organization Whole pliXos suite
Vendor Selection and Contracting TM
Negotiation and Renegotiation Strategies OA
Managing Risk in Outsourcing Deals OD
Transition between Outsourcing Providers OD
The pliXos suite of SaaS products:
Industrialised Cloud-based solutions for your Success
Outsourcing Advisor (OA) Tender Manager (TM) Outsourcing Director (OD)
The pliXos SaaS solutions cover all key topics relevant for your success
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3. The pliXos suite of SaaS products:
Industrialised Cloud-based solutions for your Success
Outsourcing Advisor (OA) Tender Manager (TM) Outsourcing Director (OD)
The pliXos SaaS solutions cover all phases and offer significant savings
pliXos tools offer significant benefits, in any phase of your outsourcing project
Phase Cost savings Time reduction pliXos Tool
Strategy Definition Up to 80% Up to 60% Outsourcing Advisor
Vendor Selection Up to 60% Up to 50 Tender Manager
Implementation & Governance Up to 30% “Early Warning Indicators” Outsourcing Director
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4.  pliXos is a specialist provider of support and governance solutions which
enable successful delivery of outsourced software development - be it onsite,
near-shore or offshore.
 pliXos offers innovative solutions throughout the software sourcing project life
cycle.
 pliXos helps its customers benefit from distributed / remote applications
development through
 simplifying and standardising their outsourcing decisions.
 improving their control and management of outsourcing service providers.
 Our investors include
pliXos - About Us
We are a highly innovative provider of SaaS solutions and build on strong investors
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5. pliXos Global Sourcing Platform -
Secure Cloud Based SaaS Solutions
Through standardization, automation, and low cost, pliXos empowers all companies
to take advantage of global sourcing.
* operations by customer /within his environment is possible
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6. Outsourcing Director– just outsource
From day one Best Practices as well as full investment protection
concerning systems and service providers deployed for the customer
On site
Outsourcing
Director
Automates and
standardises the
services governance
Development
team
Remote location
Service ProviderCustomer
Projekt Management
Office
Significant benefits
- One system, no complex integration required
- Cost effective usage as Software as a Service, no ramp up costs
- Change of service provider without change of systems or data
- No security risks due to certified operations out of Germany
- Full transparency and control of data and of the service provider
- Systems optimised for Outsourcing / Offshoring
- Synergies concerning processes, interfaces as well as costs, Best Practices
- …
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7. Typical Outsourcing Steps and pliXos’ Solutions
Developing an
outsourcing
strategy
Finding the right
partner
Excelling in
operations
Helping clients meet their objectives in an optimal, efficient and low cost
way using the pliXos Global Sourcing Platform solutions
Outsourcing Advisor Tender Manager Outsourcing Director
The pliXos SaaS solutions cover all phases of an outsourcing project
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8. 1. Strategy Definition & Simulation:
Outsourcing Advisor
Enabling the development of an effective sourcing strategy as efficiently as possible
through significantly reduced cost and shorter project duration*
* compared to typical consulting project resp. in-house process
Supporting the development of
customers‘ outsourcing strategy
Business case analysis,
cost calculation
Analysis of the overall
suitability for outsourcing
Assessment of possible service
providers and suitable locations
Outsourcing Advisor
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9. 2. Tendering & Evaluation:
Tender Manager
Evaluating and selecting the most suitable service provider as efficiently as possible
through significantly reduced cost and shorter project duration
* compared to typical consulting project resp. in-house process
Creation of tender documents
(RFI, RFP)
Building the central contact
management
Management of tender
participation, supporting the NDA
process
Management of quotations and
responses
Supporting the evaluation process
with advanced analysis
capabilities
Tender Manager
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10. 3. Implementation & Governance:
Outsourcing Director
Delivering remotely developed applications software at lower cost with significantly
greater project transparency and with reduced risk of failure
* compared to typical in house process
Supporting the reporting
process to management
Supporting project
requirements & planning
Creation of project knowledge
base and communication
scheme
Management of documents
requirements, project teams
and source code
Analysis of software delivery
quality
Outsourcing Director
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11. Outsourcing Director - Implementing the Vision
Instant availability of accurate project data without the time-consuming set up
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12. Comprehensive reporting with further drill-down functionality
Complete set of well established tools optimised for management of global Software projects
Enhanced Reporting on Development Progress
Comprehensive reporting for the project manager and his team
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13. Freely configurable CIO cockpit“,
e.g.
Size = Project volume (GBP)
Colour = Quality, Time delays etc.
Full drill-down functionality
Dashboard for Overall Overview of Management
Easy overview for the top management, configurable and full drill down
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14. Tool integration with open service bus - GloBuS*
Funded research project for Integration of the pliXos Outsourcing Director with „leading
3rd party systems & tools“ by an independent and open service BUS
Customers obtain all benefits of the comprehensive KPI reporting of the Outsourcing
Director by still keeping the already existing tools in place
* Global Bus System
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15. GloBuS approach
 Funded by the Bavarian ministry
of economy
 Started in 11/2011
 Duration of 3 years
 Project ownership and lead by
pliXos
 Close cooperation with Munich
Technical University for analysis
of existing interfaces, options for
standardisation and technical
specification
 LOIs by experienced user
companies (corporations) for
friendly user test in their
environment
 ...
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16. Sourcing Advisory as a Service - SAaaS®
connects sourcing advisory with the Global Sourcing Platform
Outsourcing Advisor
Configuration and data collection
Training
Development of sourcing strategy
Management reporting
Workshops
Updating the strategy
Tender Manager
Configuration and data collection
Training
Development of RFI/RFP
Provider evaluation and selection
Contract negotiations
Workshops + mgmt. reports
Outsourcing Director
Configuration and data collection
Training
Development governance
Management reporting
Change management
Workshops performance etc.
Every module of the Global Sourcing Platform is support by specific advisory services–
Every advisory step during the Sourcing-Life-Cycle is supported by tools from the Global Sourcing Platform
Sourcing Relationship PerformanceAssessment Dashboard
SAaaS®
The integration of expert consultancy allows an efficient usage of the pliXos Global
Sourcing Platform and optimised solutions for the customer
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17.  Customer
 Has undertaken a major outsourcing to one of the top global service providers in
2008 (hosting, operations, ADM etc.)
 Sees significant room for improvements concerning quality, costs etc. but does
not have transparency
 Currently uses RUP as process, has insufficient reporting and no transparency
 pliXos
 Undertook initial analysis of status quo with focus on ADM in 2011
 Saw several areas with room for improvement concerning transparency on
projects in general, quality and costs
 Defined a short (6 months), mid (12 months) and long term (24 months) strategy
for implementing well defined improvements
 Implementation of 6 months improvements under way
Challenge of a large „media company
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18. Benefits of pliXos’ Solutions
Quick results
Immediate savings
Verified and optimized models
No investment in additional IT infrastructure /
support
Reduced project risks
Flexible, rapid and cost-efficient customer
engagement
We are keen to provide you those benefits. Test us out!
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19. pliXos – A Highly Experienced Team
Dr. Joerg Stimmer (Sales, MD)
• Physicist, TU Munich
• 12+ years international sales, Consulting
• MD1, > 400 employees, >> 30 Mio. € turnover
• Outsourcing, Global SW Development
• Founder and VP European Outsourcing
Association and BITKOM working group
Outsourcing
• IPO new market, Germany and NSE, India
Adrian Quayle (Sales UK)
• B.Sc., University of Manchester Institute of
Science and Technology
• 15+ years in Sourcing Consulting
• 20+ years in IT management consulting and
benchmarking
• Board Member UK National Outsourcing
Association and Chair ISO TC Outsourcing
Joerg Junge (Dev., Operations, MD)
• Dipl.-Ing. Engineering, TU Munich
• 14+ years project management
• 10+ years SW projects & IT operations
• Lead of global SW development with external
partners
• Interims CIO, MD
Lars Eilebrecht (SW Architecture)
• Dipl.-Ing. SW Engineering, University Siegen
• 10+ years SW Architecture & IT Security
• Project management & IT consultancy
• Open Source expert, founder and VP Apache
SW Foundation
A senior team, well set and with proven expertise in all areas
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20. Extension of SaaS Tool Suite to a B2B Portal /
Marketplace for Outsourced ADM
Currently in final test; “Landing Page“: www.plixos.com/match or www.plixos.com/market
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21.  High level of automation in governance
 Consolidation and standardisation of services,
“Service Catalogues“, comparability of prices
 One standardised contract, incl. KPIs and SLAs in
line with those provided by the SaaS Solutions
 High comparability of service providers concerning
quality, performance, flexibility etc.
 Simplified options to change service providers
 Perfect match with enhanced SaaS offerings such as
Business Case simulations, Know-how Pool,
Sourcing Marketplace, Tenders etc.
pliXos Vision in global ADM Sourcing
See also
http://www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk/articles/item/3540-standardisation-in-outsourcing
http://www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk/articles/item/3717-how-do-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-smes-best-benefit-from-outsourcing
http://nearshoreamericas.com/services-integration-nearshore-delivery/
Especially SMEs will benefit from „Standardisation, Automation and SaaS in
offshore/nearshore ADM Sourcing”
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