Sharpax Consulting operates four distinct practices that provide a 360° cover to manage your global procurement goals.
These practices are domain-agnostic while functionally they target improvements in IT outcomes.
1. Sourcing Advisory Services
IT Procurement Strategy
Software portfolio/candidacy assessments
Accelerated global sourcing
Supplier Assessment
Contract structuring & Renegotiations
Transition Management
Governance design, setup, and ongoing management
VMO as a service
GIC Strategy and Lifecycle
Captive shared services strategy
Location and partner assessment
Negotiations with software parks, partners, and government
Execution (Greenfield, Build-Operate-Transfer, or M&A)
Statutory process support (registration, trademarks, etc.)
Health check audits
IT Organization Assessment
IT organization assessment and redesign
Enterprise solutions assessment for cloud transformation
Digital workplace strategy
Legacy infrastructure to cloud strategy
Software license optimization
Onboarding program management
Digital Sourcing
Industrial automation readiness assessment
Digital strategy assessment
IoT devices strategy and pricing
Digital services provider sourcing lifecycle (negotiations to contracting)
Governance and implementation oversight
2. Benchmarking and Data Services
Software Services Pricing
ADM, Testing and QA
Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
ERP (Technical and Functional)
Web/Mobile App Development
Charge rate benchmarking and negotiations
IT Infrastructure Pricing
FTE rate benchmarking
IT Infrastructure cost benchmarking (RU, FTE and AMC)
XaaS solutions - Cloud subscription rates and discounts
Common hardware procurement costs
Digital Transformation Pricing
Digital workplace pricing
Device strategy and mobility
Industrial IoT device and services pricing
AI and automation pricing (Serviced through Third-party Partner RPA2AI)
Custom Benchmarking
Pricing for digital tech, automation (RPA, IoT, etc.), AI, and Cognitive solutions
Pricing required for a country not listed in our pricing database
Pricing comparison needed for different cities within a country
3. Engagement Governance Services
VMO as a Service
Supplier governance organization plan, build, and run
Support transition from vendor to partner
Ongoing vendor management
Engagement Health Checks
Outsourcing engagement health checks
Subsidiary/captive center to parent relationship health checks
Global Supplier Audits
Vendor pre-engagement due-diligence
Ongoing engagement performance audits
Security, disaster recovery, and business continuity risk audits
Captive Center Audits
Relationship audits
Captive center performance audit
Security, disaster recovery, and business continuity risk audits
4. Research and Training Services
Supplier Research
Offshore supplier assessment
Supplier specific charge rate, scale, capability, and skills reporting
Acquisition and due-diligence support
Location Assessment
Greenfield location evaluation
Country macro assessment
City competitiveness assessment (Focusing on India and China)
Management Development
Sourcing best practices training for the CIO office
Specialized training for internal procurement teams
