Custom ERP Software Development Is It Worth It? Custom ERP Software Development Is It Worth It | Page 4

RISKS OF DEVELOPING CUSTOM ERP SOFTWARE
The solutions and services that custom ERP software development is meant to
provide, is usually not in box therefore, it requires a lot of time and finances to
initialize the design resulting to high upfront fee.
Since the development of a custom online ERP software is on basis of your
requirements, to get a high-quality system that maneuvers around future changes
easily despite it being a first-time project, you require a developer with
experience. Such resources are hard to come by as you are outsourcing.
In addition, your contact with the developer who initialed the system needs to be
consistent. This is because they would understand the system better during the
development cycle: design, testing, QA/ testing, and training. This may be hard to
do especially if the developer is not reliable.
Despite that, custom ERP software helps to save an enormous amount of money
in long-term perspective. You may ask how is that possible. Each company counts
on continued growth, including the number of employees, field force, and offices.
In many cases, a bigger number of users means the continually growing expenses
for the licensed ERP solution. Enterprise support packages are often sold as extra
services and are way more expensive than support from the custom software
development provider whose support is often included in the contract. Also, it is
worth to mention that your organization will be the only one supported for the
product which means better and faster communication.
So, the expenses for the existing user licenses, new licenses, and support of the
off-the-shelf solution is growing exponentially and completely overlap custom
ERP software development costs in a couple of years. In its turn, custom ERP
software will justify its high upfront costs, because your enterprise won't be