Client€5B Global Industrial Machinery Company
SprintAn 8-10 week sprint
Fieldwork40+ countries assessed
“SprintlyWorks helped us turn broad country options into a clear better-cost engineering shortlist”
Strategy and Commercial Excellence
Identifying Optimal Countries for Engineering Subcontracting
The client sought to optimize its global engineering footprint by identifying best-cost countries with strong technical capabilities. However, it lacked a structured view of key sourcing markets and struggled to compare cost-quality trade-offs across regions.
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high-potential countries shortlisted. Enabled leadership to focus engineering sourcing strategy on most viable geographies.
30%
engineering cost reduction. Identified low-cost countries with strong technical talent and stable business environment.
50%
faster decision making. Streamlined site selection by consolidating fragmented data into one benchmark view.
A note on sourcing. Every figure here comes from a SprintlyWorks client engagement. Clients are described, never named. Where a figure is identified or modelled rather than banked, the line says so.
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The problem
Decision-making was hindered by limited data on talent availability, maturity of engineering hubs, and long-term sourcing risks. Existing sourcing strategies relied heavily on legacy suppliers and intuition rather than a consistent set of benchmarking criteria.
Without a structured assessment, the client risked missing low-cost, high-skill opportunities, increasing coordination inefficiencies, and under-leveraging global engineering talent pools.
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What the sprint set out to do
Benchmark engineering markets across 40+ countries using cost, talent, and infrastructure metrics
Identify best-fit countries by comparing supplier maturity, innovation density, and coordination feasibility
Quantify sourcing trade-offs to guide site selection and de-risk long-term engineering decisions
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