Distinguish between Readymade, Customised and Tailor-made accounting software.

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Q. Distinguish between Readymade, Customised and Tailor-made accounting software.

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Basis	Readymade	Customised	Tailor-made
How obtained	Bought off-the-shelf, as-is	Readymade package, then modified	Built from scratch for one organisation
Cost	Lowest	Moderate	Highest
Time to start using	Immediate	Some development time needed	Longest development time
Fit to specific needs	General/standard	Partial — some specific needs met	Exact fit to that organisation
Suited to	Small businesses with standard needs	Medium/large businesses with a few special needs	Large organisations with unique requirements

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