软件的配置（Deployment of Software）

有一个外资厂（非软件业）的软件采购程序如下，

1. 如果公司现有的软件可以用，用现有的。
   
2. 如果修改运作程序后，公司现有的软件可以用，修改运作程序，用现有的。
   
3. 如果公司现有的软件可以用，但要供应商修改，让供应商可以修改。
   
4. 如果市场上有现成的，买现成的。
   
5. 叫供应商制作。
   
6. 内部制作。
   

供应商的软件，至少有以下好处：

1. 供应商是软件业者，软件科技掌握能力更强，
   
2. 供应商提供的软件，以最佳做法（Best Practice）为基础，适用于很多客户，软件架构健康，方便未来改良，
   
3. 供应商的软件，有很多客户使用，就是说，经历了很多实用测试，较少出错，
   
4. 用供应商的软件，长远来说，较便宜划算，
   

Software Purchasing Procedure of a non-software industries MNC is as follow:

1. If there is existing software in the company which is usable, use that software;
   
2. If by changing the operating procedure, existing software is usable, change the operating procedure, and use the existing software;
   
3. If with enhancement works done by vendor to the existing software is workable, ask the vendor to do the enhancement;
   
4. If there is Commercial-Of-The-Shelf (COTS) Software available, buy that software,
   
5. Ask vendor to develop;
   
6. In house develop;
   

Software from software vendors at least has the following benefits:

1. Software vendors deploy better and advance software technologies, and keep up to date with them,
   
2. Software is designed best on Best practice, thus suitable to a lot of customers, the architecture is more robust and ease of future enhancements
   
3. Software is use by many customers, ie: have gone through tremendous 'live testing' by customers, thus lesser bugs
   
4. In long term, is cheaper.