Product development Center (PdC) for Cadence Design Systems
Technology
Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Software and Hardware Technology
Scope Summary
Product Lifecycle Management, Technology Acquisition, BOT
Task Summary
In a drive for innovation Cadence is constantly looking to expand its presence in places with excellent education and engineering discipline as well as locate a number of indigenous technologies to enhance Cadence product lines, including the design of high-performance electronic systems and integrated circuits (ICs). A new TDC was to be built supporting Cadence's line of the most comprehensive products in the industry, including end-to-end solutions for system, digital, analog and printed circuit board designs.
Business Objective
Cadence was looking to outsource a number of permanent technology initiatives where the required skills mapped well into the country profile of Russia. The new teams capable of handling the full-lifecycle support of some of the world's most complex technology products needed to be assembled. The processes and resulting work products needed to be seamlessly integrated with the rest of the organization under the standard Cadence Governance Model. Part of the objective was to transfer the TDC into Cadence ownership once the organization reached critical mass.
Solution
Cadence chose Mirantis TDC Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model as their entry into Russia. Mirantis worked with Cadence to build and integrate the initial team, worked on modifying and transferring the new processes and governance to the Moscow-based TDC. Mirantis worked with Cadence to transfer Cadence's corporate culture to the remote center and also helped in achieving greater integration with teams in San Jose, Asia and Europe. In addition to the R&D program, Mirantis also managed Cadence's entry into the leading electronics universities allowing Cadence to become the leading EDA in Russia. Mirantis also managed indigenous technology acquisitions for Cadence allowing them to build their technology portfolio and Russian presence to the level when it was considered internally as a center of excellence.
Result
Cadence and Mirantis were able to integrate the remote operation and in less than three years achieve its goal of reaching critical mass and executing a transfer option of the BOT relationship. Mirantis and Cadence were then the first in the industry to bring to fruition the successful completion of a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) methodology, providing Cadence a distinctive new approach in maintaining a Technology presence in Russia. Today, the Cadence Russia development center is the third largest R&D site in the company.
