Is Software Integration for Your Business?

Deciding on whether to build your own software solution or buying a software solution to meet your needs?

Are you a software development warehouse? Do you have a team of developers that can support your software application and provide ensure your software meets your strategic goals?

If the answer to the above questions are yes, then building your own software to meet the needs of your business goals are strategically the most appropriate path to take.  But like the majority of most small to medium sized businesses, having your own IT department and software development staff are not possible with the costs associated in maintaining and managing your software and infrastructure environment.

Luckily, in today's software market, there are millions of scripts and software packages available to meet the needs of your business.  No longer are businesses restricted to finding software that meets 80% of the customers software requirements, today's market allows customers to get a software package that can meet their needs almost 100% out-of-box for the right price.  And interestingly, finding the right software that meets almost all the requirements ends up becoming the most affordable solution to implement or integrate as the timeframe and resources required to build or produce the final software solution are greatly reduced and ultimately becoming a more affordable software solution for your clients or customers.

Aztek Web Solutions has been involved in a range of software selection and evalution projects for our customers to ensure that our clients have obtained the best software solution for their business need regardless of whether this is a simple online shopping cart or full blown accounting and inventory control and management system.  Aztek Web Solutions has recently been involved in researching, selecting and evaluating a range of software for Agas National Pty Ltd, a retail and commercial gas supplier in the south east queensland region.  Initially Agas approached Aztek Web Solutions to complete a PHP web development project as Agas had already invested considerable amount of time, money and resources with another vendor to deliver a gas management and accounting system.  However, the system delivered was incomplete, badly designed and never capable of meeting their needs.
As soon as our Analysts developed the requirements and reviewed what Agas had developed externally, it was obvious that the costs associated to build a solution to meet their software requirements would exceed Agas' IT budget and therefore not an option.  Aztek Web Solutions advised that an off-the-shelf product would be the most appropriate solution as the software maintenance is handled externally and a software solution could be implemented within the timeframe and budget that they expected.  Ultimately Agas required a gas cylinder tracking and accounting system to improve customer service, track inventory and provide better accounting and reporting practices.

Aztek Web Solutions researched a range of products, organised software demonstrations and provided a short-list of potential software vendors that could deliver a software solution appropriate to Agas National's needs.  A range of software vendors were evaluated and Aztek Web Solutions was able to find several software solution providers that had an advanced gas cylinder tracking system that was exactly what Agas required to be developed.

The software solution in the end purchased off-the-shelf by an independant software vendor can be the ultimate decision to reduce your software costs.  However, you will always require a solution expert or software analyst to ensure that your business processes and data entry requirements are streamlined to ensure that your business can increase productivity.  This is where Aztek Web Solutions can assist you.

If you need any website design, development or software integration, software support then contact us now and see how we can help your business meet its goals.