1st Custom Software

Custom software, to make your small business more efficient
Custom software, priced specifically for small businesses
Software solutions, customized for your small business needs

Fast - Affordable - Easier

We're a small business working for small businesses. We can't afford expensive solutions for our company, and neither can you. We understand how small businesses operate. Our company has developed automated solutions for common small business tasks such as:

tracking inventory and/or special parts requests
consolidating information
scheduling equipment and personnel resources
optimizing routes
data entry and re-entry
copying and sending documents and invoices

Since we already have the experience of creating software solutions for small businesses, we can take this work and our knowledge and produce results for you quickly. So why purchase custom software:

Business strategy: you may require a specific solution to cope with your client, supplier and distributor relationships
Internal organization: you may wish to streamline your various internal processes into one main software/database application
Software lifecycle: you may wish to develop software solutions that have a longer lifecycle than off-the-shelf packages with greater flexibility
System integration: you may require compatibility between existing and new applications with a web interface

Most software development specialists advise against bespoke software because:

Off-the-shelf applications are adequately customizable
The software lifecycle is too short. Custom software lack the resources to cope with it
Developing a bespoke application costs 30-40% more than an off-the-shelf alternative
Customized Software lack the necessary in-house bespoke software support expertise
Off-the-shelf packages have a familiar user interface, lessening staff training requirements
Bespoke software must be adapted, and can dramatically change an business model

Develop bespoke software if you:

Can afford a long-term investment
Can't find an off-the-shelf alternative
Can spare adequate development lead-time
Need application specific software
Can rationalize costs
Can increase your company's operational efficiency

To create our software solutions, we will use the software that you currently own, if it makes sense to do so, or recommend low-cost software packages that we have successfully used with other customers. We use a regular old hammer to hit the nail.

Organizations appear to be subject to the law that governs sharks: If a shark does not move, it cannot breathe. And it dies.
Moving organizations tend to keep moving. Dormant ones tend to run out of air and die.
Act like a shark. Keep moving. Ask us about how Custom Software will give you more air to breath.