JobBOSS² – Bewertungsseite 5

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I like that I can run the complete shop through one software. From quoting, purchasing, quality, scheduling and tracking. It has made operations run much smoother with all the information in one place.

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The accounting module was not the best when we first started using it. I believe it has gotten better but have not used it again.

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It's perfectly geared to manufacturers. There are many ways to customize features and use what works for you - and don't use what doesn't work for you.

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I'm not a terribly huge fan on Crystal (one of the options for reports).

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Easy to use, operates flawless since system installation almost 5 years ago. Creating reports is very easy for everything that is important in a business environment.

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The Accounting module does not work for the Canadian market and is useless for a Canadian company. We bought it without knowing that we cannot use it.

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This product is very user friendly. We liked it from the start that is why we choose to purchase this product.

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There really isn't anything that we dislike about it with the exception of when you put in a new PO the system doesn't tell you that the PO already exists if the same number is in the system or someone else already put it in the system.

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I like the idea that you can build a B.O.M. (build of material) easily. Inventory is deducted when a job ships.

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You can't have orders, inventory, quoting.... etc open at the same time. You can't minimize a window, you have to close before opening another. It would also be nice to see bin locations (inventory) when I print the material list for an estimate. Unless you are a pro at E@ you have to really search for some reports.

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One must take my review with a grain of salt, as I am still striving to gain a working understanding of this, seemingly, robust software. My job involves creating quote packages, and JobBOSS is a very straightforward program that allows me to outline my job routings and accurately reflect the time, work cell, and costs a project requires to get it from PO to shipment.

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Our IT group could probably speak more to this; however, doing my own research when it comes to troubleshooting via the internet (Google, etc.), there is not a whole lot to pull from that is "free". Sure, there are some base level, 5 minute tutorials, that perhaps scrape the surface of what you are trying to achieve, but I assume this is where JobBOSS is able to gain/retain customers by providing expert service.

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Easy to use
Still finding things I did not know I could do with the system.
Customer support is OUTSTANDING! They always go the extra mile to help, always patient, always work to come up with a solution and will call in someone else if they need help.
Can email all documents to vendors and customers

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Can only carry 2 years of accounting without closing out to a history company
Cannot delete an inactive vendor or customer.
If you select to view a report on screen before emailing it, you cannot then email from screen view - have to close out and start ''print'' process again.

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The high points of E2 are definitely the ability to keep track of inventory & backstock, as well as employee hours! Other than those features though I find it very confusing and difficult to use.

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Where do I start? I find this software to be overly complicated and confusing which is a real problem since it’s purpose is to make things easier and run smoothly.

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The software is very user friendly & pretty easy to set up. Once you learn where everything is, you can access the information you need very fast. Customer service has never let me down.

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There isn't much documentation for some of the more advanced features such as report customization, but I appreciate the fact that you are able to do this. If you are not familiar with database management & care, it can be very intimidating, but if you have a good IT person, this shouldn't be an issue.

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The ability to track time tied to jobs as well as each individual employee. It has helped create a solid way to verify our profits as well as bill appropriately for hourly jobs.

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We occasionally have issues saving items to QuickBooks with no real explanation of what is causing it. Support always assists us, but it seems like a hiccup as opposed to something being done incorrectly.

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We love the real time capture of what's going on in the shop and where each job is. From quoting to processing to invoicing everything flows through the system easily.

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A few little default issues that pop up from time to time that I would love to change but are not available.

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It is very easy to work with. Walks you through it without any trouble. Any issues we can contact you and you are willing to help.

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1. Lists too full when you research something from the past.
2. The carry over onto the packing slip & C of C ex. "Thank you for the opportunity to submit this quote"
3.Doesn't tell you when putting in a new PO that it already exists with the same PO#
4. Not enough characters for our part numbers.

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I mainly use E2 to help set up new jobs/parts. The ability to easily create new parts, assign material, add labor times, and assign each part to a bill of materials is what I like most about the software. It doesn't take me too long to set up an entire multi tier BOM and have costing out by the end of the day.

Nachteile

The interface seems a bit dated but it gets the job done. Inventory counts can be a bit of a nightmare but we also aren't taking full advantage of the software's capabilities. Hopefully over the next few years we will grow to take full advantage of what E2 has to offer to help keep track of jobs/inventory.

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The ease, straight forward look and design

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The continuous updates that are not validated, and cause other areas in our system to be in correct and not able to be relied upon.

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Easy to use.

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No major improvements for a long time, only add on utilities or fixes.
Seems outdated compared with other software.
Not flexible to our needs.

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Information can be obtained in several ways

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search has to be exact, unlike professional

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The user interface was easy to navigate and made the most sense.

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Since the web-version has been released, it seems like the reporting functionality has more issues with creating food reports.

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It is well suited for a job shop and ShopBoss is huge in scheduling our shop.

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Little issues that don't make certain modules that functional. Some tasks can be quite tedious to get through.

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Ease of making and editing Travelers, Tracking time is simple, the logging in is really easy to teach. Customer service has always been helpful.

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Linking a CAPA to a NCN in the quality tab. That should be a thing. Also when you create a CAPA from the quality tab, you cant edit the "Job Number, Order Number, Customer Code and Customer PO". That has to be done in another area.
The Travelers dont always refresh when you "Reprint" one in a separate tab. Very miss leading when you get used to the program and has caused errors from us assuming information of a part.

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All in one shop control. Many sources to learn from. Online classes with learning pass have been very helpful. 2-day job control was excellent.

Nachteile

building the database from our dissembled old system was time-consuming but that was our old ways fault. the system is set up for a small product (only a few components per part) and our system is a large complicated system we have to learn how to do multi stage component jobs and the learning center recorded lessons all do just small widget examples. would be nice to have a class on large multi component job building. Need a class on Solidwork BOL uploads.

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The system is very user friendly and intuitive. Training new users takes little effort. Focused areas of use for each aspect of the organization.

Nachteile

All software has it's quirks. The one thing that frustrates our user the most is the inventory aspect, but we have learned to deal with our frustrations.

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Easy to train employees on. The features, customer support.

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The price per user to switch to Web based. This cost is the only reason why we have not switched to web based.

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Ease of use (took some time to get hang of it) but overall it's user friendly. Great for data entry and data base for anything you need from prints to parts images being uploaded.

Nachteile

Integration was not easy process. For the first 5 months or so, we got a implantation person who just wasn't meeting our needs and seemed to careless about it so it put us behind drastically. We got a great person at the end who seemed to do more in one day than our previous did in 5 months. If we would have had the same person we had at the end, we would be in much better shape and actually being using the system more than we have been. It was very disappointing but most of it, I had to learn on my own.

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The user friendly format. The process takes you from estimating/quotation through to invoicing . We use the shop floor and quality modules daily.

Nachteile

The scheduling module takes a bit longer to master but that is probably due to the nature of our busines..

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Easy to learn and use
Customer support is top notch

Nachteile

Having to type the exact nickname to find customer/vendor, etc.

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It is very easy to use. It is very stable and dependable.

It is very powerful. The implementation team did an outstanding job of understanding our business and processes, then setting up E2 to mirror our business.

Nachteile

No complaints. It does everything we need it to do.

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The one thing we like a lot is the quick overview that jobboss allows

Nachteile

we attach drawings and pictures to all of our part numbers. There is not a straightforward way to just say "ok I have attached a drawing right here now allow it to be shown on all operations" you have to manually enter the drawings on each operation which is ok but can take some time. If this was cleaned up then it would get my 5 starts for ease of use

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For us, the cost/time tracking is the most important feature. As long as you train your employees to accurately enter their time and pieces into the system, it will provide you with VERY accurate Cost data.

Nachteile

The scheduling portion is cumbersome and hard to use. This could be that we are a job shop, and aren't making the same product again and again.

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It does the job well, as long as we use it properly.
Reports are easy to obtain

Nachteile

Sometime too many clicks required to complete task

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The quality area of E2 is very well laid out and easy to use. It is very straight forward and easy to input information.

Nachteile

The thing I would want to see is more filter options when looking at the shipping summary. It can be broken down well but could use more filters. The one I ran into is that it accounts all line items of a work order. So if a work has 4 sublines, it says that they are all late when in fact it is just one thing that is late.

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This software is very easy to use, make changes to. Provides great visibility to see the status of jobs. Very easy to quote jobs, collect production data, and keep us running.

Nachteile

No Complaints, it has allowed us to do everything that we need to stay running on a daily basis.

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user friendly - many ways to get the same information -

Nachteile

sometimes when searching for something, it doesn't come up unless you have exact number - like if there are spaces between...
I'd like to print a production summary and group it by customer - but it doesn't give that option.

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Experience: We are a small family owned business , and we did our research and E2 was the best company to offer shop control in conjunction with our ISO certification. We have been using E2 since 2010.

Nachteile

Reports do not allow for customization for our specific needs, it can be done but there is an additional cost. We found the scheduling system a challenge to make work.

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I purchased E2 in the late 80’s when it first came out on the market. It was a perfect fit and it served us/me well for my 30. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]and there team have always been a a great to work with.
My son just got the latest up grade, I can’t speak for him, but I believe he is very happy with the system in general.

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I cannot think of anything we didn’t like about the software.

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It is very easy to use and when having an issue the support team will get access for you to let them look around in your system to help you solve the issue you may be having

Nachteile

The only issue I have is that it is more of job shop software than accounting software as in things have to be done manually and errors are easier made from data entry than if things were done automatically

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Tractability on just about everything. Efficiencies, Material Planning

Nachteile

Vacations can not be entered in Job Boss ahead of time otherwise, overtime is paid out. Not being able to do this make scheduling less accrete. Quoting is not accrete in the system. Unipoint does not give PPM. Knowledge sync and Unipoint are a separate program. For my shift, I have 2 paid breaks. How do I pay my employees for this but have the time taken out of the job they are clocked into?

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The software flowed in a very similar fashion to how we processed our work right out of the box making it very easy to implement.

Nachteile

I wish the custom reporting was easier to set up at times.

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I like how JobBoss has features to better coordinate within your business and how to more efficiently run things. This is the main reason why we bought it.

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Contrary to popular belief, JobBoss is horrible quality for what we put into it. Our company has put thousands of dollars into this Software and even bought several of the utilities. Firstly, the CAD BOM Import Utility has a character limit for multiple level jobs. We build big machines and thus require a lot of Assemblies and Sub-Assemblies. After importing the BOM from Solidworks and trying to upload it to a job, the only way to do so is to create new jobs for each Sub-Assembly which do not link to the Parent Job. In addition to this problem, we constantly get connection issues and incredibly long response times when entering multiple line items on Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, Materials on a Job, etc. Customer "Joke" Support has been contacted several times regarding this and they never seem to come up with a solution on 99% of all issues. They respond to customer requests in a completely untimely manner. This company is not customer-friendly and very well may never be. God knows how they even got bought out by someone else. One of the worlds mysteries that I will never know the answer to.

Vorteile

Easy order tracking system, user-friendly, is now web based.

Nachteile

Adding inventory and parts is laborious.

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Vorteile

Seems to be an adequate system for manufacturing. I have nothing else to compare it to. I come from the non-profit world.

Nachteile

We under utilize it because we do not seem to have people proactively seeking or asking for training. Could be a little more user friendly in certain areas. How to's/ suggested ideas to utilize the system. Easier access for all to tutorials. Our people expect to just be told how to do their job in it. One person will never be versed or know how the use the entire system in our company.

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Easy to use once you understand how the product works.I've been using E2 for over 20 years now and it has helped us grow our buisness by leaps and bounds. I would definitely recommend training like anything else. The training made a world of difference.
Excellent product. I would recommend it to anyone in the manufacturing industry.

Nachteile

I wish I would have started with the whiteboard when we were a smaller company. It would have made implementing the whiteboard a lot easier to earlier in growth than later. Otherwise I don't really have to much to complain about.

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Easy to use, the report, the inventory control,

Nachteile

the old version more easy to use, attached file, no technical support in french,

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Ease of use. Simple setup of widgets from purchasing to final product shipment including the labels!

Nachteile

Customization is best left to ShopTech unless you are familiar with Crystal reports.

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It's job shop/manufacturing focus for being so flexible to a variety of manufacturing workflows, their customer service & technical support team for being extremely helpful in solving problems and offering creative solutions to the unique challenges of every business(especially ours)

Nachteile

The MFG software could be further optimized, client side tab navigation can be cumbersome at times. The reporting is using crystal reports and could have benefited from a total departure to SQL Report Builder

Vorteile

Adaptability between job shop type production to repetitive manufacturing, real time labor tracking, finished inventory tracking.

Nachteile

All modules are contained within jobboss, meaning you cannot break modules out in separate windows to work in multiple modules at a time next to each other. the flipping back and forth causes errors from time to time. Raw material is not that easily maintained. It only shows you total amount of material in stock, and the work around ,per Jobboss support, to track individual pieces is too cumbersome to maintain with accuracy.

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Shoptech's customer support is second to none. Every time I have a question or concern, any technical support rep that answers the phone is immediately able to help me and walk me through exactly what I need to do to fix my issue.

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The historical data is only a few clicks away if looking to see what jobs have been run in the past, along with its simplicity to navigate the program.

Nachteile

I do not like that fact that a lot of information is not live and the GL needs to be posted for the current month. The inventory system could use a lot of tweaks to be a little more simpler to get more accurate information.

Vorteile

Time saver. All users see the same real time data. Adaptive with Crystal Reports. Able to communicate with QuickBooks and UPS software. Works great with our ISO requirements.

Nachteile

Scheduling is probably our biggest issue with E2, but I have yet to find a software company that can do any better. We are a contract manufacturer and our customer s are always changing dates and with multiple different types of orders it impacts our scheduling every day.