D3M

Kommentare: Very quick turnaround time for quotes and project proposals. It has saved us a ton of time compared to creating quotes and proposals in our original software program.

Vorteile: Easy to use interface with simple port connectors allows a designer to quickly design a proposal so the client can see all the required equipment and how it links together. Similarly, the same proposal can be given more detail for an installer or internal use. The technician can print-out the detailed view and take it to the job (or view it electronically on their laptop) so that there are no ambiguities in what cable is connected into what port.
The database of parts allows the user to add in an inventory of commonly used components with associated costs.
The customer service and support team is excellent!

Nachteile: Formatting options of both the project documents that D3M generates are limited. Page breaks can be inserted between items, but there is no preview of how the PDF document will look prior to generating the output. As such, time is required to print out a PDF document, open the PDF viewer, look through the entire proposal to see how it looks, and then go back into D3M to tweak the layout so that it hopefully looks better in the next iteration.
Similarly, there are no formatting or line controls in the current quoting function of the software. All line items must be displayed (no conglomeration options exist), which limits the ability to store cost information and display single-line-items to the client. It currently does not allow you to edit how the quoted information is displayed, so font, sizes and layout options are fixed. Other than those options, it is a very useful piece of software.

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.