How Carter’s Saved 20% in Costs with ITTStar’s Onshore Data Expert

Executive Summary

Carter’s, Inc. (CRI) is the largest branded marketer of baby and children’s clothing in the U.S., with a history dating back to 1865. As the company continued expanding its data and analytics initiatives, it partnered with ITTStar for onshore IT staffing services to quickly onboard experienced Data Scientists with analytics expertise. This engagement enabled Carter’s to accelerate project delivery, maintain business continuity, and reduce staffing costs through a flexible contract staffing model.

Customer Challenge

Carter’s required an experienced onshore Data Scientist with analytics expertise to replace a departing team member without disrupting ongoing projects. The organization also needed expertise in dashboard development and machine learning integration while maintaining alignment with its internal team and time zone. ITTStar fulfilled this requirement through data scientist staffing services, rapidly deploying a qualified onshore resource who seamlessly integrated into the existing analytics environment while keeping hiring costs under control.

ITTStar Solution

ITTStar quickly deployed an experienced onshore Data Scientist through its IT staff augmentation services, enabling Carter’s to maintain project continuity without delays.

Acting as a long-term staffing partner, ITTStar provided complete transparency throughout the engagement while delivering highly skilled analytics professionals through a flexible onshore staffing model that reduced hiring complexity, accelerated onboarding, and optimized project costs.

By providing AWS data analytics staffing services, ITTStar enabled Carter’s to rapidly scale its analytics capabilities with experienced professionals who possessed expertise in dashboards, machine learning integration, and cloud-based data platforms. The engagement reduced hiring time, lowered operational costs, and ensured uninterrupted delivery of critical analytics initiatives.

Impact and Benefits:

• Trusted Partner: ITTStar has been a trusted partner for the past several years and has continued to deliver the work exceptionally. ITTStar being an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner who has a global presence and has AWS Data & Analytics Competency under the badge, without having to go through multiple vendors based on the locations and managing hurdles.
• Transparency & Control: Carter’s retained 100% transparency of ITTStar’s costs and investments throughout the process and now has full control of the resource, working effectively and efficiently.
• Cost Effective: Carter’s saved on an average of 20% of their average cost they spend on other partners through ITTStar’s Onshore model.
• Time Saving: Carter’s saved 40% of their baseline average time spent in terms of sourcing, interviewing, and qualifying new hires, as well as dealing with multiple vendors.
• Operational Free Management: With ITTStar managing the resource, Carter’s had peace of mind with ZERO involvement in managing routine day-to-day operations.