Packaged IT solutions
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I'm perhaps in the minority here, but I like the idea of flexible packages. You start with a basic package, which businesses can understand, then tweak it slightly to fit. It's a bit like cars. BMW do a 1 series a 3 series and a 5 series and they are a fixed price, but once you've picked the model that suits you best, you start tweaking it with things like leather seats instead of cloth, better audio, a sunroof, etc etc. This sounds the same, which makes sense to me.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
I found this thread fairly difficult, I was very attached to "my baby" as I'd spent time planning it and working out all the neat little packages but the biggest asset to my business will never be pre-set packages, there are countless providers out there doing the same thing, if you want to distinguish yourself don't try to copy mass market with packages.
Tons of vendors do packages, not custom solutions. It's a very common way to go because it can be tested as a complete solution and priced reliably.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Tons of vendors do packages, not custom solutions. It's a very common way to go because it can be tested as a complete solution and priced reliably.
True, but are you a vendor or a consultant would be my question.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Tons of vendors do packages, not custom solutions. It's a very common way to go because it can be tested as a complete solution and priced reliably.
True, but are you a vendor or a consultant would be my question.
Consultant means not-packaged. The term package implies that you don't need consulting (one could argue that consulting was built into the package - someone consulted on what a good package would be before making it.)
But when you go to McDonald's and get a pre-packaged combo mean (package) you don't think of the cashier or the fry guy as a consultant, they aren't making recommendations based on your needs, they are just providing a package.
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But, in the fast food example, a lot of chefs and research went into getting the formula down as to how to make tasty food, cheap, that could be replicated easily.
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I think my main point to @Ambarishrh was - Do you want to be another packaged supplier competing on the same feature-set and price?
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I would love to provide solutions as per clients requirements. The resturant example makes me want to think that I want to be the chef not the billing guy!
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Yeah, but at Burger King (at least in the UK), you can customise your package. So I get the cheeseburger meal but ask for it without gherkins.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
Yeah, but at Burger King (at least in the UK), you can customise your package. So I get the cheeseburger meal but ask for it without gherkins.
They lost a lawsuit in the US and were not allowed to claim "your way" anymore because they were actually limited to the packages that they offered (although some were unlisted.) They used to refuse to customize and some vegetarian group sued them for claiming it was your way when even something simple like leaving off ingredients wasn't an option. US courts agreed, now they are the very definition of "packaged" meals (at least in the US.)
Maybe they like UK customers more and actually allow you to customize.
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That being said, I've had many local Burger Kings break the rules and customize for me. But they were officially not allowed to.
