On-Line Demonstration & Feasibility Study

JobTime Systems, Inc. is pleased to perform live on-line demonstrations of it's finite scheduling software products on behalf of qualified prospective clients and partners. 

5 Minute Response ...   

We can start your on-line demonstration in as little as 5 minutes notice to help you get set up... just give us a call, and you can begin to see our software.  Ask your most challenging "hot button" questions, and watch us respond ...  

Why the On-Line Demonstration is more effective ...

It is challenging to learn all the new "buzzwords" and terms in Advanced Planning and Scheduling.  For most people, it is unclear how this new kind of software can help you until you first see an actual example.    

In our experience, other product demonstration tools leave clients with more questions than answers.  Rolling Demo's give a basic, general impression, as well as multimedia slideshows.   But finite scheduling has at least an equivalent amount of "mental content" as the entire scope of MRP/ERP.  If you want to create an accurate production models of your shop, this simply requires a one-on-one explanation to help you understand how scheduling rules, constraints, bottlenecks, buffers, and other scheduling terms actually fit into your own local shop situation.   Most newcomers have told us that that trying to operate an full download of an actual scheduling system, without the necessary education is time consuming, inefficient, and frustrating for the end-user.   Finite scheduling is so different from classic MRP, that software screens and concepts can feel just as confusing and intimidating as being placed in the cockpit of a Boeing 767 and being told to fly the airplane without first having the proper training. 

Therefore, when you see a live on-line demonstration, you can stop the presenter and ask questions at your own pace.  You can get critical questions cleared up.  This is the right way to make the best use of your own valuable time.  When you are working with a live specialist, you can describe your own company's unique scheduling "hot-buttons", get direct answers, ask for clarifications, all at your own pace. The on-line demonstration lets you quickly get the answers you need, to your most pressing scheduling issues, and determine whether the JobTime scheduling products are a good match for your own needs. 

About that Internet Pace ... 

In today's non-stop economy, it is critical to respond to your competitor's lead-times.  Your competitors are looking at scheduling just as hard as you are.   JobTime pioneered on-line scheduling demonstrations since 1992, and has kept pace with the rapidly changing technology in this arena.  The same technology lets us give you immediate software support, and keeps our clients raving about the quality of our on-going product support.   By using the internet to the maximum extent possible, you will be able to accelerate your evaluation of JobTime. 

It makes good business sense to evaluate software as inexpensively as possible, prior to spending your valuable time and money on travel for training courses, or to visit vendors at trade shows, or to make field trips to reference sites.   Some prefer learning over a series of short sessions to be  far more effective than a 8-hour classroom experience.

Another advantage of the live online demonstration is that we can even "teleconference" multiple decision-makers from different locations.  You can ask relevant decision makers to join the conference, no matter where they happen to be located in the world!  This lets key people share the application demo simultaneously.  This benefit can greatly reduce the time and travel costs of gathering your key people to be in the same office at the same time. 

The Initial On-Line Demonstration

Your initial demonstration can be handled quickly.  We suggest that the first session be with just yourself.  This will first verify the feasibility of the technical connection, and let us focus on your company's "hot buttons" that scheduling needs to solve in your own company.  (Murphy shows up on the internet, just like he reports to work every day in your shop).   We can offer you a choice of a broad variety of demo applications, selecting a manufacturing example which is closest to your own situation.  The available manufacturing applications include, but are not necessarily limited to those listed on our "Applications Page"..   

On-Line Demonstration Tools 

We provide on-line demonstration by internet and a live phone conversation. We can use any of the following on-line demonstration software products:  

Access Across Your Company Intranet

Today, most companies, have found it necessary to protect their internal computer Intranet by using a company firewall, to prevent unauthorized access.  Unfortunately, the firewall protection also typically blocks the IP ports needed by products like NetMeeting or PCAnywhere32.    

In the case of protective firewalls, we suggest WebDemo since this technology is purely web based, using ports 80 and 443, and is often not affected by firewalls, unlike many other 'Webinar' tools.    

Try a Dry Run First

We strongly suggest that we first try a "dry-run" connection of both a live on-line demo connection, and also our demonstration material.  This step will establish the feasibility of the on-line demonstration. Your feedback regarding what is most critical at your company will also increase the effectiveness and benefits of the on-line demonstration to a larger group of people. 

It is a important to verify the connection prior to gathering a large group.  This will guarantee the effective use of the valuable time of  your local audience.   

Give us a call! 

When you are ready for your free initial on-line demonstration, let us know!

Mini-Feasibility Study

Following the initial product demonstration, if you believe that JobTime is likely to be a good fit to meet your needs, we can also provide a "mini feasibility demonstration", using sample data drawn from your own company.   

We will provide you with an Excel spreadsheet, (we call it JobLink/Excel) which enables you to define your own calendars, work centers, resources, routings, and orders, up to 20 shop orders and 100 operations.   We can coach and assist you in completing the spreadsheet.  The mini-study allows you to see your own data actually being scheduled by JobTime's software, and the standard output reports and graphs are generated and forwarded to you as part of the study.   As a sales promotion, to clients with an active procurement, there is no charge for the first 8 hours of this service, normally sufficient.  For those who are new to the subject, and are only seeking education and orientation in finite scheduling, and desire a demonstration using data from their own shop, a reasonable fixed price 1-day project is available.  

With the mini-study, we again provide you with a live on-line demonstration using the on-line demo tools mentioned above.  The mini study is performed for a nominal fee which can be credited toward a future systems purchase.  Please contact us for further details about this opportunity.

Maxi-Feasibility Study

Following a mini-study, you may want to pursue a full data set of your entire set of orders being run through JobTime, with a full set of reports, and a number of analysis reports and commentary.  As a consulting service, we are pleased to provide you with this type of analysis, to help you verify feasibility of software functions for your shop, and full consideration of reports, prior to considering a full purchase decision of the system. The full scale Maxi Study typically requires 3 to 4 days of our time, depending on the complexity of your scheduling constraints.  Contact us for further details of the "Maxi-Feasibility Study", which includes training & 'try before you buy' capabilities.

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