Consulting

• Localization Readiness Audits
  
  New to localization?
  Companies that have never localized before need to find out what they are getting into before they begin in order to avoid making costly mistakes.  Our Localization Readiness Audit will examine your software code, your processes, and your infrastructure to ferret out disconnects that will hamper your timelines and your quality.  After kick-off, discovery, and analysis phases, you will receive a written report in white paper format containing results and recommendations.  Optionally, reporting and consultation can continue onsite on an as-needed basis.
  
  Acquiring or being acquired?
  Companies contemplating acquiring other companies to extend their global reach or product offerings typically neglect performing due diligence in the area of localization.  This is short-sighted because localization is expensive, and if the prospective acquisition is not prepared, unexpected costs and product delivery delays may be encountered.  LocFlowTech has both the academic and the hands-on background to provide acquiring companies with a true and independent assessment of risks and potential hidden costs.
  
  
• Process Mapping
  
  We first listen to you to gain understanding of your business goals and to understand your current processes and priorities.  Then we perform an extensive gap analysis, comparing your way of working with known industry best practices.  Finally, we identify opportunities for improvement including process, personnel, and responsibility adjustment, technology implementation, supplier choice, training venues and topics, as well as many other pragmatic and proven efficiency-enhancing measures that you can implement.  If, at that point, you wish further help in adopting these new practices, we can help you do so.
  
  
• Internationalization
  
  Internationalization is an essential step in globalization of your product. By internationalizing your product, it will be world ready and you will avoid redundant engineering work during the localization process. Our Internationalization Audit will examine your product requirments and your software code. After kick-off, discovery, and analysis phases, you will receive a written report in white paper format containing results and recommendations. Optionally, reporting and consultation can continue onsite on an as-needed basis.