How IT Companies Can Build a Culture of Margins Amid Economic Headwinds with Kytes: Made in India, for the World

Kytes founding team- Sandeep Kumar, Akash Agarwal, Shivani K. & Chandrashekhar O.

Kytes founding team- Sandeep Kumar, Akash Agarwal, Shivani K. & Chandrashekhar O.

New Delhi [India], November 3: India has long been called the “Golden Bird”.

Once for its riches, now for its intellect, innovation, and digital leadership. 

Today, India’s IT industry has evolved from being the world’s outsourcing hub to becoming its digital engine. The IT and BPM sector is projected to reach USD 350 billion by 2026, contributing nearly 10% to India’s GDP. And yes, that’s massive — for both enterprises and the people powering them.

Yet even in this promising era of global delivery leadership, Indian IT firms face growing pressure on profitability. Margins are tightening, delivery costs are climbing, and global headwinds are reshaping how clients define value.

The next phase of growth will depend on how efficiently Indian enterprises connect delivery excellence with financial foresight — turning operational strength into sustainable margins. And Kytes makes it happen.

The Rise of Homegrown Enterprise Technology

Founded in Pune, India, Kytes began with a clear vision — to help project-driven enterprises achieve 10× growth by making project management smarter, simpler, and more connected. The AI-enabled [PSA+PPM] software brings that vision to life by digitizing every stage of the project lifecycle, giving teams the visibility and control they need to deliver with precision.

“Our mission is simple — to make project management intelligently simple,” says Sandeep Kumar, Founder & CEO of Kytes. “Enterprises don’t need more tools; they need unified systems that connect project delivery, project resources, and project financials. When those come together, efficiency naturally scales.”

Cementing the Hidden Gaps of Margin Leakage

Margins leak through small but compounding inefficiencies — untracked cost escalations in long contracts, delayed timesheets leaving effort unbilled, senior engineers deployed on low-complexity work, or scope changes without revised purchase orders. Each inefficiency may appear minor, but together they can reshape a quarter’s financial performance.

“We never lost projects — we lost profitability between them,” recalls a delivery head from a mid-sized IT firm. “By the time finance consolidated data, the impact had already occurred. We needed visibility at the speed of execution.”

In a volatile economy, such gaps magnify. Enterprises require connected visibility — a single framework that aligns delivery execution with financial outcomes in real time.

From Oversight to Foresight

Kytes integrates project delivery, resources, and financials as a single version of truth, enabling enterprizes to digitize and automate projects end-to-end:

  • Forecast utilization and bench capacity accurately
  • Monitor planned vs actual costs and margins live
  • Automate billing and recognition once timesheets are approved
  • Quantify the financial effect of scope or schedule changes instantly

This unified management model, powered by AI embedded at each stage, empowers teams to stay on the same page and act early instead of reacting late.

Building A Culture of Productivity, Efficiency, and Margins 

Kytes moves profitability from being a finance metric to a shared organizational mindset.

Project managers gain commercial visibility; finance teams track variance in real time; leadership views utilization, effort, and margin trends across portfolios.

By aligning everyone to the same data, Kytes builds accountability into daily operations — transforming margin control into a collective discipline rather than a post-project audit.

Innovation with Purpose

Kytes reflects the maturity of India’s software ecosystem — built locally, benchmarked globally, and focused on measurable business outcomes. Its architecture blends deep domain experience with advanced automation to help enterprises standardize delivery, improve compliance, and enhance predictability.

Indian companies are now competing with global peers not just on cost, but on operational precision. Kytes takes pride in enabling that transition — helping organizations in IT, Pharma, GCC, and EPC sectors operate with transparency, agility, and foresight.

Thriving Through Headwinds

Economic headwinds are no longer temporary disruptions — they’re shaping up a new operational reality. The enterprises that will endure are those that transform uncertainty into intelligence, making every decision data-driven, compliant, and financially sound.

Kytes enables that transformation — not by adding more complexity, but by turning complexity into clarity. It empowers leaders to navigate volatility with structure, transparency, and confidence.

Visit: – www.kytes.com/