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Lawn Wizards: Case Study

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Thank you for sharing your view on this discussion. I viewed your response to the question to understand your points in favor of outsourcing the bookkeeping project to Lawn Wizards. Afterwards, I noticed that you raised some cogent points, especially focusing on accessing the suppliers associated with Lawn Wizards, but I have to maintain my position on the matter by recommending the purchase of commercial software. Initially, I was divided between recommending the COTS software path and the outsourcing path since clearly the in-house software development option was not feasible due to the lack of available resources. Indeed, establishing connections with all of the suppliers associated with Lawn Wizards is valuable, yet Lawn Wizards ultimately

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