On 6/22/06, Bill Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm keeping an eye out for canned solutions. As mentioned, I'm highly skeptical about getting involved with any development work at all for a single business. I see that approach as nothing but trouble.
I've had similar experiences. Businesses have to be *REALLY* unique to need something other than what is off the shelf. Mostly, businesses who insist they need a custom solution do not understand what they are asking for, how much it will cost (in money, their time and their effort and in long-term support). At Blackstone, the hardest hurdle a client needed to get over to engage with us was to convince us they needed a custom solution. We convinced many to look into off-the-shelf account, POS, inventory, ERP, CRM and MRP systems. Restaurants are the business with the highest rate of failure. One of the reasons for that is that there are few business people starting them. Chefs and cooks may make great food, but the business of running a restaurant depends on many other skills. Kind of like consulting depends on writing great code, but a lot more. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
