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Implementation & buying
Can I customize Spectr for my shop?
Shops can tailor Spectr modules and integrations. The core facade objects — unique products, containers, crates, services calendar, field scan — are not a custom project you fund to exist. That is how you avoid the customization trap.
Key facts
- Purpose-built software still configures. It should not require a new data model.
- Integrations and reports are the honest customization.
- Recreating crate and field tracking as custom code is how upgrades die.
- Spectr’s published stance: the objects facade shops use every day already exist.
How shops handle this
- List gaps as products, not fields
“Installation tracking” is a product. “A checkbox” is a stall. - Prefer configuration you can see
Phases, systems, roles. - Budget integrations honestly
Sage, Jonas, Fleming, nesting — bring formats. - Refuse a second item master
If the workaround is dummy SKUs, you bought the wrong core.
Common questions
Is some customization inevitable?
Integrations and reports, yes. Recreating crate and field tracking, no.
Who maintains it after year two?
If the answer is only a named contractor, you have lock-in. Ask how Spectr ships changes.
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