/BLG.05Field Notes — Page 5
Notes from the build floor
What software really costs, when custom beats off-the-shelf, and which processes to automate first — written by the team that ships the systems, not a content agency.
App Developers in Pakistan: Where the Talent Is and How to Choose by City
How to choose a mobile app developer in Karachi, Lahore or Islamabad — what apps each city's businesses commission, what every Pakistani app has to handle, the questions that separate app builders from app sellers, and how to run the project remotely.
One app, three kinds of buyerFIG
Software for Sialkot Exporters: Orders, Export Documents and Payment Tracking
What an ERP or order system has to do for a Sialkot exporter — sports goods, surgical instruments, leather — from buyer sampling and approvals to vendor job-work, export documents and LC or advance-payment tracking.
From sample approval to shipmentFIG
CRM Developers in Pakistan: Choosing One by City
How to choose a CRM developer in Karachi, Lahore or Islamabad — what a CRM has to do for each city's kind of sales team, the questions that expose a developer who has never built one, and how to run the project from another city.
Where the leads actually liveFIG
ERP Developers in Pakistan: Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and the Rest
How to choose an ERP developer in Pakistan by city — what Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad teams are practised at, what Faisalabad, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Multan and Peshawar businesses need instead, and the competence checks that matter more than location.
The same ERP, five industriesFIG
Hiring a Software Developer in Pakistan: Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Compared
What actually differs when you hire a software developer in Karachi, Lahore or Islamabad — the kind of work each city does, how to meet and manage a team in another city, and the checks that matter more than the postcode.
Three cities, one decisionFIG
Web Design in Pakistan: What Changes Between Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad
How a business website should differ depending on whether its customers are in Karachi, Lahore or Islamabad — what visitors in each city expect, what they search for, how they pay and contact you — and how to brief a web designer in any of them.
Same site, different buyersFIG
Manual Systems vs ERP: What Actually Changes in a Working Day
A side-by-side look at five everyday workflows — sales orders, stock, invoicing, month-end and customer queries — run manually and run on a system, including what an ERP does not fix.
The same day, run two waysFIG
How to Automate Your Company: The Order to Do It In
A practical method for automating a business: how to choose the first process, how to score the rest, what to leave manual on purpose, and how to phase it so each stage pays for the next.
Order of operationsFIG
How to Build the Business Case for an ERP
How to work out what your manual process costs, which savings are credible, which costs you must include, and how to present a payback figure that survives scrutiny.
What to put in front of whoever signsFIG
Custom Software Development in Pakistan: A Practical Guide for Business Owners
What custom software development actually involves in Pakistan — when it is worth the money, how a project runs from discovery to launch, what you should own at the end, and the mistakes that repeat.
Where a custom software project actually spends its timeFIG