Extending a package solution
Your package solution might be fine for most things you do, but hopeless at one or two aspects. So people create a “work around”. Some work arounds are used for years and are no big deal. Others can be a terrible drag on the business, both in dollar terms and in people-stress terms.
Often a custom software solution can work with the data already entered in your package solution, replacing those work arounds with smooth, quick systems without any double keying. |
Integrating separate solutions
Your business might use two or more separate solutions for different areas of the business, for example sales and shipping. Often this means you are constantly transferring data with Export / Import steps or even with double keying.
A custom solution can often help. It might just be an automated interface to eliminate the time and errors of the old double keying. Or it might be a replacement of one or all of the separate solutions with a more unified system. |