Custom software and ERP for small businesses in Panama
PanaMila Labs is the technology department for small businesses in Panama that can't sustain an in-house team. When no off-the-shelf tool fits the way you work, we build what's needed: an ERP, a management system or a custom app, in your name.
When the business adapts to the software, and not the other way around
Many small businesses end up working the way the tool they bought allows: spreadsheets for what the system can't do, duplicate processes, data copied by hand. If that costs you hours every week, a system built around how you work can cost less than continuing to adapt.
What's included
- Process analysis: we understand how you work before designing anything.
- Design and development: an ERP, a management system or an app, with what your operation needs and nothing more.
- Integrations: with your website, your CRM, your email and your calendar.
- Launch: migration of the data you already have in digital form and training for your team.
- Everything in your name: the system, the data and the access stay under your control.
A case: a sports club in a single system
We digitized a sports club's entire operation in a single system, from bookings and tournaments to bar orders. We share what we learned in the tournament spreadsheet and the bar business; and about bookings, in why a booking system is harder than it looks.
What's not included
It doesn't include the cost of servers or third-party services, which are in your name, or maintenance after delivery, which is agreed separately with a monthly plan or an hour bank. Anything outside a stage's scope is quoted as a new stage.
How we work
- Free diagnosis. We look at your operation and whether it makes sense to build or to use something that already exists.
- Proposal. Scope, stages, price and timeline, before we start.
- Build. In stages, so you use parts of the system before it's all finished.
- Delivery. We leave it running, with the access in your name.
- Feedback and final adjustment. With real use we adjust whatever is needed.
Part of your technology department
A custom system needs someone to look after it afterwards. With a monthly plan or an hour bank, we stay that team. That's how your technology department works.
Companies that trust us
Frequently asked questions
Build or buy?
If there's a tool that fits the way you work, you should use it, and we'll tell you so. We build when adapting to the tool costs you more than building it.
Who owns the system?
You do: the code, the data and the access stay in your name.
How much does it cost?
It depends on the scope. We define it in the free diagnosis and split it into stages, each with its scope and price defined before it starts.
How long does it take?
A first stage you can already use is usually ready in 4 to 8 weeks, depending on the scope. The next stages build on that base.