Is Body Leasing Really Simpler?

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For a development, you would like to call external support. Is it more efficient to have the engineers on place in your company or to award the task as a project to an external full service provider?

Body Leasing has many Advantages

Body Leasing, i.e. engineers working on the premises of the customer has many advantages:

• In advance no specification and definition of the task is needed; the task can be defined during the project bit by bit.
• The communication with the engineer is simple because he is on place.
• The knowledge (know-how) remains in your company.
• Tool and IT environment including processes can directly be used locally.
• You see the engineer.

Really?

Is the piecewise definition of the task more efficient?

In most cases I know, a clear definition of the task at the beginning has lead to overall smaller effort for communication, error correction and maintenance. The effort can be significant at first, in return afterwards your own staff is free for their actual work.

Is communication on-site really needed?

We have just seen the efficiency of an up-front task definition. In addition many open-source projects show that persons who do not even know each other can successful perform large projects due to modern means of communication.And of course we value personal contact, i.e. we like to be on-site for transfer, coordination and integration.

Does the Knowledge of Temporary Staff Remain On-Site?

Does it not leave the company together with the leased engineer? Because the task has been defined bit by bit and so exists only in the head of the engineer in its entirety, most of the knowledge leaves your company with the engineer.
When a project has been defined and also the extent of documentation, the knowledge can flow back to you. And by the way: our engineers are on average 6 years here (for a company history of 13 years), in body-leasing after 6 years you are certain to get a new worker who needs new instructions.

Do Tools have to be Used On-Site?

Thanks to virtual private networks (VPN), nowadays this is no problem at all.

Is there a Point in You Seeing the Engineer?

This is an advantage which a project cannot offer to you... Instead a well-defined project with clear goals guarantees that the task is finished at the desired date and the required quality.
In addition we stay in regular contact with you during the project and as needed we conduct meetings and above all common workshops with your specialists.