{"id":6792,"date":"2013-09-03T13:51:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T18:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=6792"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:46:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:46:47","slug":"the-rising-need-for-software-flexibility-with-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-rising-need-for-software-flexibility-with-example\/","title":{"rendered":"The rising need for software flexibility (with example)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" alt=\"Education\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" \/>One of the points mentioned in this recent article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/how-to-buy-business-software-you-wont-regret-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">buying software you won\u2019t later regret<\/span><\/a> was, \u201cLook for adaptability.\u201d Any software you purchase must be flexible, scalable, and easily adapt to future technology.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, \u201cflexible software\u201d is still a rather vague term. What does it mean? What does it look like in real life? Today, I\u2019d like to dive into this topic a little more, and explain what it means, how it helps your business, and even give you a real-life example of flexible software in action. Sound good? Let\u2019s get started:<br \/>\n<a name=\"20130830\"><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>What does it mean?<\/h3>\n<p>Flexible software is built on open standards and frameworks. As a result: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It runs anywhere<\/strong>: Because it\u2019s built on open web standards, flexible software works on any platform or device. It spans operating systems and databases. It works on all smartphones, tablets, PCs, and whatever devices come out in the next few years. It runs anywhere.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It works well with others<\/strong>: Flexible software integrates easily with other open applications or software&#8211;even software from other companies. It can be added to existing systems or software, and ultimately improve that software with new features and capabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How does it help?<\/h3>\n<p>As a result of the two points above, flexible software is so important because: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It doesn\u2019t hold you back<\/strong>: Flexible software won\u2019t hold your company back. Want to switch databases, devices, platforms, etc\u2026? Your software won\u2019t stop you. It will work with whatever new systems or devices fit best with your business.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It creates new opportunities<\/strong>: Flexible software frees businesses from hardware and software restrictions of the past. For instance, suppose a business needs an industrial scanner to scan new inventory into their system. Older software might limit that company\u2019s options to one or two expensive, industrial scanners. Flexible software creates a whole new world of possibilities, as you\u2019ll find in the example below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A real-life example<\/h3>\n<p>Here\u2019s a real-life example of just one possibility created by flexible software. Rather than purchasing expensive, industrial scanners, this distributor used a basic smartphone and bluetooth scanner to automate their receiving process. How was this possible? They used flexible software. To find out how, you can <span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">read the whole story right here<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the points mentioned in this recent article on buying software you won\u2019t later regret was, \u201cLook for adaptability.\u201d Any software you purchase must be flexible, scalable, and easily adapt to future technology. That being said, \u201cflexible software\u201d is still a rather vague term. What does it mean? What does it look like in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-rising-need-for-software-flexibility-with-example\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The rising need for software flexibility (with example)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"The rising need for software flexibility (with example) - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"One of the points mentioned in this recent article on buying software you won\u2019t later regret was, \u201cLook for adaptability.\u201d Any software you purchase must be fle"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-6792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-enterprise-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6792"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13758,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792\/revisions\/13758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}