Custom Software a MUST for many Businesses

 Many companies have discovered that pre-packaged software is not suitable for all aspects of their business. Some of the problems with off-the-shelf software are:

• Because off-the-shelf software is designed to handle a wide range of tasks, it usually does many things you are not interested in and few you are.
• Pre-packaged software forces you to change your business practices to the way it works instead of conforming to the way you do business.
• With pre-packaged software, there is usually no on-site support.
• If you use off-the-shelf software to control different areas of your business, you end up with multiple programs that do not share data. This not only necessitates duplication of data entry but also promotes errors in your data and reporting.

 For these reasons, custom developed software is, in many cases, the better means by which to operate your business. Custom software provides the best of all worlds. While getting only the functionality you need, you can streamline your efforts around a common data source.

 Oh, and try asking your pre-packaged software vendor to add a new feature or change the size of a text field, but don't expect anything, at least, not this year.