XUMA Case Solution
This market is full ofbig players, including the leading consulting and systems integration firms. Till date, assembling these packages has been a very labor intensive procedure, which starts basically from scratch with each new customer. Because of this, the packages are pricey and time consuming to develop, and the businesses that build them operate mainly as "body shops." XUMA is trying an extremely distinct strategy.Its foundersconsider the software parts which make up e-Business packages are now much like the hardware parts which make up a computer; self contained, modular, and simple to interconnect. If they succeed at this, they'll have divorced the cost they are able to bill from the expense of constructing them for their options.
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PUBLICATION DATE: April 20, 2001 PRODUCT #: 601170-PDF-ENG
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