Nearshore in Portugal
We deliver strong web development and intelligent process automation capabilities, to help you to transform and grow your business.
About us
Experience you can trust
LBC is an international management consulting and digital transformation firm, with headquarters registered in Portugal since 2001. Also registered in California since 2008. Web Development and Process Automation are two of our verticals.
In 2023, LBC was considered “Digital Leader” in the competition best companies to work for.
High Client Satisfaction:
+1.200
Projects
18
CountriesOur Services
In Web Development and Intelligent Process Automation
Turn-key Solutions
You tell us what you need, we’ll do it for you.
In the process, we will interact with you to keep you updated about the developments, so that you can tune them to your updated needs.
Team Augmentation
You tell us what you need, we will make the resources available for you.
Experience of our development team
7
Years of
Experience on
Average
100%
With International
Experience
100%
Degree & Master
Degree
100%
English
Speakers
Web Development
User-centered innovative experiences
Front-end Development
Back-end Development
UX & UI
CMS
- Intranet
- Networking platforms
- Corporate Portals
- E-learning
- Tailor-made Development
- E-commerce
Research &
Analytics
We transform ideas into user-focused products. Our work is done closely with our customers to pinpoint the problem that needs to be addressed. Afterward, we research and analyze the market and design a customer journey, in order to ensure the best possible solution.
UX/UI
Design
We are committed to create the best possible interface and experience that helps you achieve your goals. From the initial sketch, using successful methodologies like Design Thinking, Interaction Design, User Journey, Usability Testing, to the high-fidelity prototype (grids, color, texture, layout, visual and motion design).
Development &
Integration
We associate Design with Engineering to create a solution that fits your business needs with the right technological package, elegantly and efficiently.
Maintenance &
Growth
A product doesn’t stop evolving after the first launch. We work closely with our customers to ensure the stability, scalability, and growth of every solution we build.
- Business Analysts
- UI/UX Designers
- Software architects
- Engineers & Developers
- Testers
- DevOps Engineers
- Accessibility Experts
Intelligent process automation
BPM, RPA, Process Data Analytics
BPM Platforms
Front-end Development
Back-end Development
BPM Maturity and Readiness Assessment
We help companies evaluate their maturity level as well as their readiness to change and adopt a performance-oriented culture, based on a business management’s process. Together we will design a successful BPM adoption program by addressing a few critical success factors.
Process Development and Implementation
After a BPM Readiness Assessment, we help companies select the technology that best fits their needs and also engages in one of the possible and different business models, consequently helping the company successfully achieve its BPM goals.
BPM Center of Excellence Deployment
A BPM CoE will play an important role in helping the company design and establish a long-term vision and methodical approach to implement BPM initiatives and practices such as: process governance best practices; continuous improvement culture and practices; establishment of standards and optimization of resources.
Seamless integration with third party external systems
Most companies have different internal systems where parts of their processes are implemented and/or where specific data is managed (ex: HR data). BPM platforms orchestrate and implement the company’s processes in order to integrate with third party systems. We offer extensive knowledge and experience in these third-party integrations.
Process Mining and Data Analysis
By analyzing and mining the process execution data, we help companies identifying areas and processes that are candidates to (re)engineering and improvement hence eliminating their constraints and bottlenecks, thus contributing to a continuous improvement strategy based on real life data.
Personalized Support and Maintenance
LBC is able to provide resources with know-how and experience in supporting and maintain BPM implementations within companies that do not have such resources.
Customizations with full-stack developments
Most BPM platforms provide out-of-the-box impressive features and capabilities. However, in real life, companies very often need to adapt and customize these platforms and developments to very specific needs. LBC provides experienced full stack developers that help with these specific needs and customizations.
- Business Analysts BPM
- Developers, with strong Full-Stack capabilities
- Process Mining and Data Analysts
- Process Modeling (BPMN 2.0 DMN UML)
- Reengineering Analysts
- UXUI Designers
- Software Developers
By design our work includes
Digital
Accessibility
We have accessibility experts, who ensure WCAG 2.2 standard and European Accessibility Act compliance in our projects.
Cyber security
We value your cyber security concerns and our experts will help to keep your project safe.
Testimonials
It has been a pleasure working with LBC.
You have expressed professionalism, flexibility, partnership and a real passion for learning.
Our joint projects have proved to be a successful partnership as LBC teams became an integral part of the Genpact teams in those projects, while in other projects LBC is taking the lead and becoming Cora Sequence ambassadors. I hope we will be able to expand and grow.
Eilon Gilad
Genpact | Digital Intelligent Automation – Operations Leader
Countries
Belgium, Spain, UK, USA
Service
Process Automation
Project Summary
Several projects in nearshore and at client premises, involving IT arquitecture, code development, testing and project management bridging USA and India
Industry
Finance & Energy
Team Size
2 to 5 specialists
Duration
6 to 24 months
Technologies
Cora Sequence BPM, .NET, Java Front-End with JavaScript, Bootstrap and JQuery and UI components such as Telerik
eSPap has found in LBC a steady and reliable service provider with outstanding technical knowledge to develop complex BPM software solutions for the public sector in Portugal.
César Pestana
CEO eSPap
Country
Portugal
Service
Process Automation
Project Summary
Several projects. Highlight: Business Analysis, Design of Requisites, Development of software, including integration with SAP and External Portal, testing and maintenance of finance management software for 650.000 public servant users.
Technologies
Cora Sequence BPM, .NET, Java, Front-End with JavaScript, Bootstrap and JQuery and UI components such as Telerik.
The Portal of COTEC Portugal, designed and carried out by LBC, serves our members and a wide community of users, who can access at any time, a wide collection of information, management tools and digital content. Moreover, in everyday life, the operation of the Portal is efficient and effortless, its availability is permanent, and it’s also characterized by high performance in operation and response to users’ requests.The COTEC Digital Portal is today a mandatory reference and a strategic asset that foster the daily relationship and connection of our institution with the communities of innovators. Our recognition to LBC for the competence, professionalism, and quality they putted into the work of carrying out this project.
Jorge Portugal General Manager COTEC PortugalCountry
Portugal
Service
Web Development
Project Summary
Human Centered Approach. User testing, prototyping, implementation and maintenance.
Industry
Public Sector
Team Size
3 specialists
Duration
3 months
Technologies
Invision, Photoshop, Html5, Css3, PHP, Javascript, WordPress.
Fusion for energy has worked with LBC in the development and maintenance of our Sequence Cora platform. LBC staff has demonstrated to be professional, committed and have delivered consistently. Overall, we have had a good collaboration and we’re happy to work with them to continue to expand our platform..
Iacopo Ianniello
Fusion for Energy | Senior System Architect Engineer
Country
Spain
Service
Process Automation
Project Summary
In nearshore and at the clients premises, involving code development, testing and project management.
Industry
Energy
Team Size
3 specialists
Duration
3 years
Technologies
Cora Sequence BPM, .NET, JavaFront-End with Javascript, Bootstrap and jQuery and UI components such as Telerik
Ready to start
a project?
Fast Track Results and Increase Value
Not sure how to start?
Email us directly nearshore@lbc-global.com
Why LBC
Holistic approach
LBC combines business and technology skills for the best results. Our strategy DNA combined with advanced digital skills, ensures pragmatic services focused on inspiring solutions.
Customized Service
LBC does not assume large-scale projects, but rather smaller engagements where proximity, quality, agility, and our full attention and top-level performance can be guaranteed.
Performance-focused, beyond staffing
LBC makes available to you our vertical knowledge on web development and process automation.We use our team for advisory, software development or team augmentation. We may have to reinforce our team to better respond to your needs, but the contractual relationship is always with us.
A Bridge to Silicon Valley
We have done Technology Watch, supported the Acceleration of international startups, and conducted Immersion Programs on Innovation for executives in Silicon Valley.
Happy People will deliver
better and faster
In 2023, LBC was considered “Digital Leader”
in the competition “Best Companies to Work For”.
Why Portugal
Portugal has a very high quality of engineering talent at a competitive cost, the world’s seventh-highest non-native English proficiency, and a leading tech environment where excellence meets innovation.
Top Talent
Portugal has been recognized as a top-ranked talent hub in quality/price ratio with very high English-speaking proficiency.
- #1 in language skills
- #2 highest rate of new engineer graduates in Europe (OECD; 2020)
- #12 in management education
- #14 in university education
- #15 in graduates in science (IMD World Talent Report, 2020)
- Several universities in top world rankings
- 14,1% Foreign Students In Higher Education (2019/2020; OECD)
- Recurring and future Web Summit host, until 2028
Strategic location
Remarkable adaptability and flexibility to every kind of challenges. Historical and memorable multicultural bridge makers.
- 1 hour difference to Central European Time
- Nearest European country to US and Canada (5 hours from New York)
- Same time zone as UK and Ireland
- #1 in quality of life for expatriates
- #3 safest nation in the planet
- #7 in the world in political and social stability
- #3 planet & climate index ranking (Source: goodcountry.org, 149 countries)
Leading tech economy
Portuguese open economy engages top-rated technological and entrepreneurial companies (like Google, Siemens or Microsoft).
- #1 trading across borders (World Bank)
- #2 most open country to FDI (OECD)
- #21 better infrastructure (WEF)
- #8 IEB digitalization index (EU, 2021)
- #31 innovation capability (WEF)
One of the fastest growing start-up ecosystems with 4 unicorns
Largest 3D metal industrial printer in the world
Service Centers with: 35% providing ICT & software services; 85% employees with higher education; 45% operating in more than 1 language; Annual growth rate of 14%; 8% of employees with foreign nationality
Meet the Team
Why is Nearshoring growing in Portugal?
Nearshore services have increased over time in Portugal, and we are here to explain why. IT Nearshore in Portugal is on the rise and the pandemic Covid-19 didn’t slow it down.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Nearshoring and what is Offshoring?
LBC, based in Portugal, provides services in onshoring, nearshoring, and offshoring to the Portuguese, European, and North American markets.
Nearshore refers to outsourcing to clients located in close proximity in terms of time zones, such as Germany.
Offshore refers to outsourcing to clients with considerable time zone differences, such as California.
Onshore refers to outsourcing to service providers located in Portugal.
The comparative advantages of each relate to criteria of cost savings, time savings, convenience, efficient communication.
LBC optimizes these criteria for the Portuguese, European, and North American markets, with competitive prices for a high quality of delivery, proficient English communication (plus French, Spanish and German), time-zone convenience, cultural alignment, legal responsibility, and IP Protection (registered in Europe and in California).
In some cases, we can bundle our services to make the best of different solutions, as in the case of a US client for whom we provided project management of a development team chosen by the client located in India. The Indian team developed code, LBC managed and revised the work, and then engaged with the US client, making the most out of time zone differences and relative unit costs to maximize results.
Why Portugal?
Portugal also offers specialized professionals with a high degree of adaptability across all sectors at highly competitive costs and supported by the excellence of its infrastructures. In the past 10 years, a wide range of global digital companies have set up internal nearshore hubs in Portugal and Portuguese service providers have been substantially increasing their services to the international market.LBC recruits its staff at the top universities such as Nova and Católica for management and Instituto Superior Técnico, Nova, and Minho for software development. LBC has been considered at the top of “best company to work” in all the years it competed (1st, 2nd and 3rd place in its category).
What are the advantages of Nearshoring?
Cost Optimization and Resource Management are the more easily measurable advantages, yet you also benefit from educated feedback during the development process, a diverse set of new opinions and ideas on your projects, and similar legal procedures regarding IP protection.
Why choose LBC?
We exist to support you in this journey, as a trusted and personalized consultant capable of strong execution. You can count on us to lead your next project with an innovative vision and ongoing communication, so you can always know what is happening at every point and specify every adjustment you deem necessary. Our client’s satisfaction is always our top priority, and we are proud to have an extensive record of success stories from our previous partners.
How do I apply? Which positions are available?
LBC is always looking for new talent to help us serve our clients with the best possible product.
We strive to learn and evolve with every project, and we welcome everyone that can help us move forward!
For more information on available positions click here.
To make a spontaneous application, click here.
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