Product engineering is a challenging business. It is driven by very high volume and low margin just like businesses in all other segments like oil and gas, paper and pulp, medical, mining, marine, power, energy, or cement. Most of the sales of a new product happen during the first three months of its introduction. Customers look at functionality and its compliance to regulations in the market to make their purchase decisions. Time-to-market, price, and brand loyalty are the other factors that drive market acceptance. This white paper addresses the need for a compliance-driven new product development processes and how offshoring the process provides manufacturers an indispensable strategy to lower-costs and gain competitive advantage.