OneSource Customization Services
It gives us great satisfaction to provide solutions to simplify our customer's
lives. One way that we are able to accomplish this is to customize OneSource
and/or create products that integrate with OneSource that solve customer problems.
The following are answers to questions that you may have about our customization
services:
What can be customized in OneSource?
Generally almost anything. Reports are the easiest. Almost any report imaginable
can be created from a new report or by customizing an existing report. Changes
to OneSource 'forms' (screens) is almost always possible as well, but typically
requires a little more forethought. In some cases, you can make your own changes
without a problem. However, in most cases, we recommed allowing us to make the
changes for you, and if possible, add them as a permanent feature to OneSource,
so they can be continually tested and released in future versions as well.
If our version of OneSource is customized for
our company, can we stay current with future updates without overwriting our
changes?
Yes! We have devised a unique way to automatically install OneSource updates
AND automatically import your new or customized forms and reports in
a matter of seconds.
What do you charge for your customization services?
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$120/Hr
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For customers with a current Annual Maintenance Agreement,
for customizations that will generally improve the OneSource product for
the majority of our customer base. |
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$150/Hr
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For customers with a current Annual Maintenance Agreement,
for customizations that will generally NOT improve the OneSource product
for the majority of our customer base. (This includes most non OneSource
development, including Ecommerce integration, EDI mapping and integration,
etc) |
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$240/Hr
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For customers that DO NOT have a current Annual Maintenance
Agreement, for customizations or tech support services related to OneSource. |
What services are billable when customizations
are performed?
Generally speaking, any 'time' that we need to contribute to the project, start
to finish, to complete the work to your satisfaction, including time involved
in:
- determining and specifying your requirements.
- designing and developing (coding) the customization work.
- unit and beta testing the work.
- demonstrating and/or delivering the work to you.
- training users and/or creating training materials.
- tweaking and refining the finished result to your satisfaction.
Which is better, an 'Estimate' or 'Fixed Bid'
for customization services?
It depends. If you have taken the time to outline every detail of how things
will look and function, a Fixed Bid may give you greater peace of mind than
an 'Estimate'. The nice thing about Fixed Bids is you know exactly what the
cost will be (assuming the scope of the project is not changed by you during
the development process). On the other hand, since the development house is
taking more of the 'risk' in terms of many of the unknown costs to deliver the
final product, some fixed bids are priced as much as 50-100% higher than an
'Estimate. Since this sometimes produces a win-lose, we generally favor giving
'Estimates' of what we realistically believe a project will take. We believe
this ultimately lends to the customer getting exactly what they want for less
money.