Deciding Whether to Build or Buy Order Management Software

These charts walk through the process of deciding whether to build a series of ordering applications in-house or to buy them. In this scenario, a continuous-flow manufacturer wants to improve its order fulfillment and inventory-tracking processes and to open them to customer and supplier networks. Compare your options using our three-step spreadsheet tool, available as an Excel file (compressed) Project planners may regard these tasks and costs as representative of projects of this size and scope, but should tailor assumptions to meet their own requirements.

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