Re: in-house development versus packaged solutions

Ray Porter wrote:

A lot of the pros and cons of in-house developed vs pre-packaged
vertical depend on the business/facility operations that you are trying
to automate in the first place.

For example. Accounting is accounting. It is hardly ever worth the
effort to roll your package. That development time is better spent on
integration with a well-established package or set of modules.

While some packages offer a lot of customization possibilities (ie.
SAP), you will pay dearly for it.

If your operation does not easily fit into a "vertical" solution
market, then going with your own development efforts often work out
better. Don't underestimate the buy-in from your IT staff and the
value of their ability to completely understand, support and modify a
system without the assistance of a 3rd party.

PS. If you're currently discussing options that run near 10 million,
please contact me. I'm sure we can do it for less :-)

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Kevin Powick
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