E-marketplace

The E-Marketplace System provides the production backbone that enables WSI Internet Consultants to deliver the highest quality Internet Solutions, in the most cost effective way.

The E-Marketplace System is comprised of a global network of web development centers, all interconnected through WSI’s online production management system MAPS™. Located in strategic locations around the world, these production centers can provide a broad range of service options to WSI customers including the availability of development in unique language character sets (i.e. Chinese, Arabic, Hindi etc.). For those companies that want to tap into large international markets, WSI’s multi-lingual development centers make the development of multi-lingual sites possible as well.

WSI’s international growth has enabled it to mirror the production strategies of large software development companies like Microsoft and Oracle who have set up production centers in various high technology and low labor cost jurisdictions such as Bangalore or Pune, India (the silicon valley of the east). In addition to the benefit of cost savings, many companies that have amongst the highest quality standards in the world (such as General Electric, whose six sigma program allows for only 6 defects per one million products) have found development regions such as India to exceed what they are able to achieve domestically in terms of quality. These regions allow companies to hire developers with software engineering degrees for far less than one might pay a minimum wage counter clerk in the Western World.

MAPS™, the system that governs the WSI E-Marketplace System, is an Intranet based software application used by WSI Consultants to manage the entire development lifecycle of each client’s solution. MAPS™ provides a collaborative development environment where developers, staff and the client may communicate through all phases of site development. MAPS™ efficiently enhances development quality through its integration with the Code Depot and utilization of MDT components, while monitoring client satisfaction levels, in real-time. The result… the highest levels of value and quality for each WSI client