Computer software allows you to make use of your computer's resources. The right software can increase productivity and efficiency, while software that does not fit with your requirements can hinder your efforts.

Choosing the Right Application

We are first and foremost a consulting company. When we begin a project, we sit down with you and discuss the goals of the project and determine requirements. From there, we look at the available products already developed. Often we will recommend such "off the shelf" products as they can be used immediately, and are designed to meet the most common customer requirements.

Don't Make Do

Many things can affect the requirements of your software: Growth, industry and government regulations, and changes in goals and strategy to name a few. When change occurs, frequently companies do not change their software or the way they use it. They make do with what they have and what they know. Over time, productivity erodes, time and costs go up, and once automated processes can become very personnel intensive. At that point, one is at the mercy of the software.

Customized Programming

Sometimes purchasable programs do not fit with your business needs. Problems include lack of features, dependencies on other software products, too many features that go unused, and it might just be too expensive. We can help. Whether you need software for a single computer, on your office network, on the internet, or to have other programs communicate with each other, we can make it happen.

Examples

These are practical examples of how CMI can help put software to work for you.

• A custom invoicing system - How we developed a specialized invoicing system to work with QuickBooks®

• Online Survey I - An example of information collection, storage, and retrieval on the Internet.

• Online Survey II - An exmple of a system to manage and modify an online suryvey.