AUGUST 20184The engineering services industry has evolved over the last 20 years. Over this period, customer expectations and service offerings from suppliers have changed. Commoditization of IT, maturity of services, adoption of new technology trends like Internet of Things (IoT), analytics, and sustainability-related technologies is fuelling the growth of engineering services in the country. Unlike in the past, India-based global service providers (GSPs) have been considered for more strategic roles like co-innovation and joint development projects, which are based on a risk-sharing model. Engineering services has traditionally included services required at each stage of the product lifecycle, from conceptualization to retirement. Product design and development, which is core to the engineering function, have long leveraged IT through tools and databases and through the automation of certain processes.Organizations often require a variety of specialized engineering services when developing a new product, process, or a service. This includes concept development, design elements, prototyping of the product or service itself, plus the infrastructure, equipment, and processes involved in their manufacture, maintenance, or delivery. Several start-ups have tapped the opportunities that engineering services market is presenting currently. These start-ups are integrating IT more tightly into the design of products so that technology envelopes and enables them. Smart machines and equipments are engineered with built-in IT so that it connects to a smart platform for predicting, preventing and scheduling maintenance. Identifying the same, in our current edition, we have featured a list of "10 Best Startups in Engineering Services". The list features innovative start-ups that act as experts and assist organizations to sustain profitable growth and help them unlock the true potential of product portfolio. These start-ups believe a tightly integrated product-service combination can be used to solve real time problems rather than mere products.Do let us know your thoughts.Nandini MukherjeeManaging EditorEngineering Services Start-ups are Shaping the FutureEDITOR'S NOTEsiliconindia DECEMBER 201711How is Digital Transformation is Changing the Landscape of Businesses in India Vol 4 · Issue 2 - 2 · August, 2018 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Nandini Mukherjee Editorial Team Amit Raja Naik Lakshmi G Pooja Devi Pavithra V.H Sales & Marketing Tapas Ranjan Mallick Garima Anand Editorial Queries editor@startupcity.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindiamagazine.com/subscribe Cover price is ` 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of Siliconmedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2018 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.sales@startupcity.comGroup Art Director Ashok KumarCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalVisualisers Mohana Krishnan Vimalraj MSr. Manager Sales & Marketing Amrit Singh
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