Onshore work methods V Offshore Supplier work methods - how to strike a balance?

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Any advice on the best way to strike a balance between the work methods of an offshore supplier and the work methods of a new onshore team?

We have an offshore supplier with about 2 years who have their own working practices and methods. I was bought in as the first onshore developer for my company with the view to vetting the code that comes in and putting together some best practices.

Now from what I've seen there are lots of holes in their process (e.g. estimation, planning, code reviews, coding standards from about 10 years ago, no concept of mocking, refactoring etc).

I need to be seen as a problem solver and not a problem creator but also I need to try and be somewhat forceful of what they are doing needs improving and at the end of the day they are a supplier. I would appreciate any advice.

Thanks.

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