Business Overview
You’re probably thinking this is just another option with little substance or benefit. But just consider the following pointers:
- Businesses constantly evolve – operational methods change
with alarming regularity. Reacting quickly to change
(and sometimes even anticipating it) is what makes your company
successful. A computer software package is written (and priced) to go a
long way towards providing something that everyone wants. There is
no mileage for a package provider in writing code “just in case”
someone needs more comprehensive functionality in a certain area.
- All organisations do things slightly different. The price and
ease of installing a packaged solution forces compromises which often
take the gloss off a new I.T. solution. While businesses want the cost
benefit which comes from an “off-the-shelf solution,” there are frequently
aspects of this which can cause difficulties with existing practices. The
stock answer of “then we will change what we do” may prove more difficult
than envisaged – especially if the change results in a decrease in service
or functionality.
- Most staff expect a standard windows interface - it’s what they are
familiar and comfortable with – and no amount of statistics showing how
much more efficient text-based screens are will persuade otherwise!
A number of software offerings put together a pseudo windows interface
to overcome the problem: often just compounding it when it fails to perform
in a standard way. Producing a true windows-style input and output to
supplement the existing “engine” can give the best of both worlds.
- Complementary Software is designed to supplement your computer package – not
replace it. The investment of money and time already made is not wasted. We
just provide the missing bits and try to give you the nearest thing
possible to a “Bespoke package.”