Custom applications provide organisations with systems that meet the exact requirements of their market or sector. Enabling greater productivity and visibility of operations which in turn creates much stronger competitive advantage.

All organisations are unique. Even if it is a company in a saturated market with many competitors, the particulars of the individual business processes have evolved to work in the way that best fits the culture and preferences of the people that form the company. Nexus aims to build applications that meet the processes of organisations in ways that seamlessly integrate people with processes. Systems that support, enable, and encourage productivity.

The best software for any task is software that has been designed specifically to do the job. That is the Nexus opinion and it may sound like common sense but the other option is to use commercial off the shelf (COTS) to fill the need.

The virtues or proprietary software houses have been rehearsed by the companies that create them at least as often as they have installed the software for their clients, and their arguments for buying it sometimes seem compelling. Except for the most cursory or routine of processes, proprietary software in general offers a one-size-fits-all approach that in reality fits no one. The merits of custom or customised solutions are clear:

• Functionality is delivered that is expressly ask for, that works in the way defined to the software analyst that designs systems.
• Functionality does not have to be bought that isnt required and will probably will not be used. Functionality that more often then not confuses users and detracts from the core business processes they need to focus on.
• Proprietary solutions almost always require additional expensive development work to customise them in ways that make them usable.
• Custom software empowers and further enables existing processes and often removes bottle necks rather then causing widespread cultural upheaval.
• Importantly custom software should be built with open architecture that supports the specific future development goals of the organisation, rather then relying on the future update from the vendor. The enhancement strategy of the vendor is unlikely to align well with the unique future user requirements. Indeed the ongoing support and development opportunities available from a custom software house can be tailored to the needs of the specific organisation or application.
• Custom software can be built around the existing software and hardware assets of an organisation.
• Training, support, and system documentation can be tailored to the specific requirements of the organisation, additionally there is no reliance on the software house to continue providing support.
• Custom software can take advantage of cutting edge technologies as and when they arise and are not tied to the legacy iterations of previous versions of proprietary software.

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