I am sufferring through the use of a POS software system that is truly buggy throughout. Buggy Sorts, Missing Reports, Limitations everywhere.
Am I crazy to think that a group of experienced Panorama developers could possibly work together to create a better product? While hearing the whining of the Facebook group that shows this is a pervasive problem, I’d love to think that this could be pulled off. It will take a huge amount of coordination and management, but I think it could be very worthwhile.
Thoughts?
I am not a “naysayer” by nature. And I’ve also seen retailers work with woeful systems. Problem is, often they are required to use it because of orders from “Corporate”. And their system usually has to tie into a Big Brother, downstream.
That leaves independent Ma-and-pop, independent businesses. And, at the time I looked into it, those types of businesses had such a tight financial margin that they couldn’t begin to pay a professional fee for the job, which would mostly be a “one off”.
Maybe the tide is turning - I hope so - but even niche Panorama applications at a community college were eventually nixed as the IT department insisted on PCs. And then that department was required use a larger system with a $50,000/year (or much more) maintenance fee rather than my $15/hr for 3 hours every 4 months (just for the testing/tutoring department).
The EHR (electronic health record) market was another place where Panorama could fill in the missing reports from major systems like Epic. And I did that when I was “in charge” of the software configuration side. But the IT department doesn’t want to support both Mac and PC platforms.
So I absolutely agree that a Panorama Design could augment or replace what’s in the marketplace. But, unfortunately, the “Sell” needs to cover not only the user who will benefit from the data/reports, but also the IT department responsible for the hardware and security from within and without.