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OffSite U.S. Based Project Centers: The Dakota Model In challenging economic times companies seek options to maximize their IT investments. Eagle Creek recognizes that our clients are required to work within today's budget constraints and are seeking effective alternatives to the traditional onsite development and support models. Eagle Creek has spent the last several years refining the next generation of services delivery - The Dakota Model. This Delivery Model utilizes our U.S.-based Project Centers in North and South Dakota while leveraging our industry leading onsite experiences and expertise, resulting in a low Price and high Quality Implementations, Upgrades, Integration Services and Global Product Support. Eagle Creek’s Dakota Model resolves the issues of offshore:
….and retains the hourly rate of 50% lower than equivalent on site services. The Dakota Project Centers Our Dakota Project Centers are located in Valley City, North Dakota and Pierre, South Dakota — convenient, accessible and located in the United States. Increasing Return on Investment (ROI) or lowering Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) begins with a lower cost structure for consulting rates. North and South Dakota offer some of the lowest total cost structures and best business environments in the United States. Employee related costs are 50% less than either coasts, and 25% less than most “interior” cities. Non-wage related costs are 10% to 20% less than other parts of the United States. In addition, North and South Dakota historically have some of the highest employee retention rates in the country, averaging 93%. This combination provides Eagle Creek the opportunity to offer consulting rates up to 60% less than comparable onsite rates. Collectively an economic environment is created that effectively competes against offshore on price, minimizes risk through employee stability and proximity, and maximizes quality through a world class resource pool. Read what the Governors and Senators of both North and South Dakota are saying about Eagle Creeks unique approach….. “As you know so well, in this era of global economic competition, cost considerations tempt many companies to send jobs overseas. I believe that if we are to retain such jobs in the US, and grow more of them in the future, we need to do more than appeal to business leader's sense of patriotism - we must also remind those leaders that companies like yours can deliver the services they need at competitive prices, and with superior performance.” It was great to see the success your company has experienced in North Dakota, and it reinforced the tremendous opportunity North Dakota and the United States have as an alternative to offshore outsourcing. Eagle Creek understands that it’s more than simply saying we’re going to go offshore. What they said was, ‘we’re committed to quality’. In South Dakota and the upper Midwest, people would say it’s a matter of culture. It’s a matter of recognizing you finish the work when you start it. It’s a matter of saying you dot your i’s and you cross your t’s…you’re not sloppy in your work. Eagle Creek’s growth is a great example of the exciting things going on in North Dakota. With affordable energy costs, a skilled workforce and aggressive investments in higher education and technology, our state is continuing to create a positive business climate that allows companies like Eagle Creek Software Services to succeed. Benefits Project managers today face a dilemma: the need to reduce costs while increasing output, delivered in a way that will not jeopardize the project. Onsite is too costly and offshore is too risky. With Eagle Creek’s state-of-the-art, US-based Dakota Project Centers you'll get the safety and security of onsite delivery with a cost savings of up to 50% compared with onsite.
Eagle Creek’s Dakota Project Centers — experienced consultants with all the qualities and capabilities of our onsite teams — at roughly half the cost.
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