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The systems · What a system really costs

The quote is the down payment.

A plant owner studying a printed software quote while a First Stop consultant points at a hand-ruled five-year total cost comparison, legal pad and calculator on the desk, the machining floor through the glass

On the call, we would ask

  • What did the last system cost by the end of year two, against what the quote said?
  • Who inside will spend half their week on this for six months, and what stops while they do?
  • How much of your data has to be cleaned before it can move?
  • Which customizations would you ask for, and which could you live without?