Today, off-the-shelf abounds.  If you have a need, you can probably find software that's already been created that will meet 75% of your needs.

But what about the other 25%?

The last 25% or so of the capability of software is part that affects productivity the most.  Unfortunately, it's difficult to justify the cost of custom software for that last 25% because it's difficult to understand the potential benefits in productivity.

So what are the benefits of custom software to consider?

Custom software will:

• Streamline tasks.  If you've ever cut information from an off-the-shelf software package and pasted it to another program to put it in the right format, then  you know what we're talking about.  Any time you have to do this, it takes time and increases the potential for the information to be pasted incorrectly.  We've all experienced the dreaded cut-and-paste errors.