D3M

Vorteile: Once you have fully loaded your library it is quick and easy to layout system diagrams and proposals, much more accurate and timely documentation produced.
It took a little while to refine our library of components, although now we can share that library with our dealers together with pricing (d3m pro version). During a project the clear collaboration between all stakeholders (sales, tech, install,client) runs much more smoothly as everything is so clearly laid out. After Sales Support is by far not such a headache, the project documentation can be pulled up online as long as you have a internet connection (or pre-download it if not) so fast resolution and customer perception of the company are second to none.

Nachteile: As this is a web based application, the internet connection to the server can be occasionally slow when loading larger files and library elements.

Kommentare: I have been very impressed with D3M and Teldio (Parent company) in general, in the way that they have built custom solutions for the telecommunications industry, with a detailed focus on 2-way wireless systems specifically. Their support is fantastic and you really get the sense that you are working with a competent, focused, passionate team of individuals when you are working within their software. Their attention to fine detail is fantastic.

Vorteile: This software makes it extremely easy to build concept diagrams, topologies, proposals, and quotes. The software allows you to visually represent concepts for system design to both financial and technical stakeholders. You can switch between technical and icon views, line up items with grid-mode, show color-coded interconnections between different pieces of equipment, and even assign configuration values for equipment to be visually represented on-screen. They have a very large icon library, which covers most of the major equipment manufacturers in the industry, and they appear to be adding to it all the time. You can import your own inventory and part numbers, as well as costs for parts which allows you to auto-populate detailed quotes based on the visual items you've put on a topology document. You can build document templates, which allow you to put together professional proposals for prospective clients also and ultimately saves you more time and effort the longer you use the software.

Nachteile: No complaints. They have made a lot of improvements to the software in the past year.

Kommentare: D3M connects our team. Managers, technicians, engineers and IT can all collaborate together. Customer service has been fantastic and the new features are constantly being released.

Vorteile: I like that it is cloud based so that all of our team members can work together. We don't need to host or support any software. We don't lose older versions of flow charts or misplace them. Everything is in one centrally located system. It is also built for Resellers of two way radios. This is evident in the icons and the method in which you design the systems.

Nachteile: The proposal and documents features falls short. If it were a rich text editor like Google Docs, that would allow us to have more fluid proposals when responding to RFP. We still find ourselves exporting images and including with our proposals as opposed to writing the proposals directly in D3M

Kommentare: System drawing.

Vorteile: Cloud base, easy to collaborate.

Nachteile: The icons and some features break at times, constant changes can be disruptive but are necessary.

Vorteile: The ease of creating system designs using graphical icons and the ability to allocate part numbers automatically to each item. The ability to build a quotation and customise it with the dealer or end -users name and logo gives a professional look and feel. The other useful feature is your ability to share projects with other members of your team and review them in 'real time'

Nachteile: The biggest issue I have is updating parts lists. When you upload a new CSV file, any entries that have been deleted in the new file are not deleted from the on-line list. Existing entries are amended but you then have to go through the list and delete the unwanted entries one-by-one which can be a time consuming business. I appreciate that any existing projects would be affected by removing part numbers.