A small business, for example, an independent stationary shop that consists of a few employees with a shop (bricks and mortar) and an online shop (website) requires a small system, which can allow customers to order stationary online, track orders, manage stock for both shops, and produce monthly reports.
If we break down the business requirements, we can understand more about the type of system:
Customer website
Administration system
Manually order stock from suppliers
Manually arrange delivery
Low order volume (less than 100 units per day)
No need for legacy system integration requirement
No interest in owning IT infrastructure
Very limited budget for IT
Although it is listed last, the budget requirement will probably be the main factor in designing a system. If service providers have an initial budget of $5,000 to get a system built, and they only want to spend a maximum of $100 a month on running the system, then we're not looking at a...