Build Your Own - Many businesses may be collecting data on their own in highly manual, time-consuming, error-prone processes using spreadsheets or databases that they have created themselves. CSRware, like all of its competitors, differentiates against the build-your-own solutions, by offering a solution that eases data collection, automates the process, tracks goals and creates reports in compliance with various international standards. Because CSRware is a SaaS solution, the time to implementation is short. In addition, it's modular, turnkey and easily configured to your needs.
Enterprise Software Solutions – Big ERP companies essentially sell business intelligence enterprise software that has been customized for sustainability reporting. CSRware differentiates from this group by offering a SaaS solution with all the attendant generic benefits of SaaS: easy, quick implementation, seamless upgrades, etc.
Reasons Businesses Still Hate (in-house) Enterprise Software
High Cost of Ownership: 91% of respondents said it was a "significant" or "very significant" business problem. *Forrester Comment: "We believe that the concerns related to cost of ownership are primarily due to the installations of on-premises packaged applications, where internal support requirements and vendor maintenance contracts are a significant burden to IT shops."
Difficult Upgrades: 87% said it was a "significant" or "very significant" business problem. *Forrester Comment: "While upgrading the packaged apps will extend their useful life and provide relief from vendor-imposed version support deadlines, the upgrade process itself is often disruptive and expensive."
What the Apps Deliver Doesn't Match Business Requirements: 80% said it was a "significant" or "very significant" business problem. *Forrester Comment: "While packaged applications are mature in many of the core ERP areas (such as finance, procurement and HR), most customers still find gaps that must be addressed via customization or workarounds."
Inflexibility Limits Process Change. 75% said it was a "significant" or "very significant" business problem. *Forrester Comment: "Inflexibility tends to be more acute in older legacy packages, as well as modern packages that have technically complex tools for workflow and business rules configuration."