PMO Desk
Entering India

Enter India on plan, with every deadline and incentive tracked

For companies setting up an Indian entity or plant, building a team in India through an employer of record, qualifying Indian suppliers or launching a product in India.

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Call us when

  • You have decided to set up a company, office or plant in India.
  • You are hiring a team in India through an employer-of-record (EOR) provider.
  • You are qualifying Indian suppliers and need them to meet your standard.
  • You are launching a product in India through distributors.

What we do

  • One plan for registrations, premises, hiring or suppliers, and launch.
  • A calendar of legal, tax, import and certification deadlines.
  • State and central incentives tracked from application until the money arrives.
  • Hiring, supply or sales tracked against plan every week.
  • Reports in Japanese and English for Japanese companies.

What we measure

We agree the exact measures with you at the start, using your own data. These are typical.

Time until you are operationalHiring, supply or sales against planIncentives actually received
On the platform

What you see each week

Every program runs on the PMO Desk platform. For this service, your view includes:

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  • Calendar of legal, tax, import and certification deadlines
  • Incentives tracked from application to money received
  • Hiring, supplier or sales progress against plan
  • Supplier scorecards, in English and Japanese where needed

When it ends

When your India operation is live and run by your team, the team is at full size, supply is stable, or the product is selling as planned. Then we check the results again.

  1. We hand overOn the date agreed at the start. You run it from here.
  2. 3 months laterWe check the results again, from your own systems.
  3. 6 months laterWe report how far results are from what you approved.
  4. 12 months laterDid the program deliver what it was approved for?

Who does what

Role
YouApprove the business case and the results we measure. Make the decisions at each checkpoint. Run the operation after we hand over.
Your vendors and partnersDo the work: build, hire, supply, deliver. They work under their own contracts with you.
PMO DeskRuns the program for you on the PMO Desk platform: one plan, regular checkpoints, risks tracked, honest reports in your time zone. Accountable to you, paid only by you.

Questions

Do you file our registrations or incentive claims?

No. Your lawyers, accountants and advisors file them. We keep the calendar, check the paperwork is complete and make sure nothing is missed.

Do you work with Japanese companies?

Yes. For Japanese companies we govern Indian suppliers and partners to your quality and delivery standards, and report in Japanese and English.

Other services

Setting up an India centre

Building a capability centre in India, or moving work into one.

Reviewing an Indian vendor

An honest review of your vendor, then monthly oversight.

Rescuing a program in trouble

An independent assessment and a clear go or stop decision.

Exiting India

Closing or restructuring an Indian company.

Tell us about your India program

Start with a 30-minute call. We will tell you honestly whether we can help, and what the first step would cost.

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