How to choose a custom software company, what a delivery process includes, and what actually moves budget and calendar.
Most inbound requests are not "a website". They are approvals that still print, masters that disagree, or a packaged tool that cannot bend. Warehouse floors belong in the WMS guides. This cluster is the back office.
Ask about process, permissions, APIs, acceptance and source — not the cheapest slide.
Discover on the floor, freeze v1, then permissions and interfaces. Screens first reopens the project.
Modules, migration, APIs, permission complexity and whether a mobile client is in v1.
Priced by roles, documents, integrations and reporting — not by the sticker "ERP".
Small tools often show a usable build in 6–10 weeks. Multi-org systems more often take 3–6 months.