Saturday, May 7, 2011
Test Drive Software Before You Buy or Lease
I suggest that you test-drive software before you buy it. Let the staff members who will use it test-drive it as well; if they don’t like it, they won’t use it. Many companies that sell catering software now offer a web version of their application, which is less expensive and quicker to get up and running. You can get a listing of catering software vendors by visiting www.catersource.com.
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I agree wholeheartedly. Adoptability is the key to getting ROI from a software purchase.
ReplyDeleteI was talking with the owner of a large catering company a few months ago and she mentioned that they had purchased a large and expensive catering management program and that they had never used it. She went on to say that they watched the tutorials and heard the sales pitch and decided to buy it without consulting their staff or even considering how it would work in their organization.
Long story short, they sat on it for almost a year before even installing it and then found it was not the best fit for them.
Almost every vendor will give you a test run if you ask.
I am guilty of this. I purchased a very expensive program last year, and have never fully set it up, rendering it useless. I have a fantastic summer hire working on finally inputting all of the necessary data and teaching me how to use it.
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