The IT Pre-Sales Relationship: Progress and Perspectives

The challenge of the Pre-Sales service in the IT theme is to provide teams with the best means to understand, qualify, and respond to all IT aspects of  TEEXMA®, especially during interactions with DSI prospects.

The IT Pre-Sales Relationship: Progress and Perspectives

The challenge of the Pre-Sales service in the IT theme is to provide teams with the best means to understand, qualify, and respond to all IT aspects of  TEEXMA® , especially during interactions with DSI prospects.
Strategic advancements

STRATEGIC ADVANCEMENTS

1. PS Reflex Base

It is a knowledge base on the IT aspects of TEEXMA® (Hosting, Security, Architecture, …) that enables:

To have a unique and up-to-date repository of knowledge on the IT aspects of  TEEXMA®

To popularize this knowledge to enable its use by the widest possible audience

To assist in pre-populating questionnaires before soliciting the experts (to save them time).

Eventually, to integrate other types of requirements (business, functional, administrative, etc.) to facilitate the response to bids or specifications.

1. PS Reflex Base

It is a knowledge base on the IT aspects of TEEXMA® (Hosting, Security, Architecture, …) that enables:

To have a unique and up-to-date repository of knowledge on the IT aspects of  TEEXMA® 

To popularize this knowledge to enable its use by the widest possible audience

To assist in pre-populating questionnaires before soliciting the experts (to save them time)

Eventually, to integrate other types of requirements (business, functional, administrative, etc.) to facilitate the response to bids or specifications.

The base has been updated in recent months thanks to the contributions of our IT Experts (a big thank you to them). The processes related to its use have also been reviewed and improved. The recent introduction of the first questionnaires is putting the base to the test and identifying areas for improvement. The upcoming period is therefore crucial for the evolution of this repository and for it to become as relevant as possible.

Note: All requirements are translated into English before being integrated into the base, allowing for its international use.

The base has been updated in recent months thanks to the contributions of our IT Experts (a big thank you to them). The processes related to its use have also been reviewed and improved. The recent introduction of the first questionnaires is putting the base to the test and identifying areas for improvement. The upcoming period is therefore crucial for the evolution of this repository and for it to become as relevant as possible.

Note: All requirements are translated into English before being integrated into the base, allowing for its international use.

2. Technical Presentation

2. Technical Presentation

Following a training on the “general” IT aspects of TEEXMA® , Pierre Bernede is now able to independently conduct the technical presentation. Therefore, feel free to reach out to him during discussions with clients/prospects regarding these topics.

Following a training on the “general” IT aspects of TEEXMA®, Pierre Bernede is now able to independently conduct the technical presentation. Therefore, feel free to reach out to him during discussions with clients/prospects regarding these topics.

3. Interfaces with IT tools

3. Interfaces with IT tools

A third strategic topic of IT Pre-Sales concerns the integration between TEEXMA® and Information System tools. For this theme, in collaboration with Florent Marty, the objectives are as follows:
A third strategic topic of IT Pre-Sales concerns the integration between TEEXMA® and Information System tools. For this theme, in collaboration with Florent Marty, the objectives are as follows:  

Pre-sales Pitch

Improve the Pre-sales Pitch regarding TEEXMA® integrations in order to effectively present what we are capable of doing.

Qualification grid

Implementing a qualification grid for interface requirements in order to provide an estimate of the number of days required for the interface and the associated risks.

List of interfaces

Finally, update and modernize the list of interfaces that have been implemented with tools used by our clients (SAP, WindChill, …).

Pre-Sales Pitch

Improve the Pre-sales Pitch regarding TEEXMA® integrations in order to effectively present what we are capable of doing.

Qualification grid

Implementing a qualification grid for interface requirements in order to provide an estimate of the number of days required for the interface and the associated risks.

List of interfaces

Finally, update and modernize the list of interfaces that have been implemented with tools used by our clients (SAP, WindChill, …).

The complexity of this topic requires a lot of upfront work that I have started or plan to undertake in the coming months :

Inventory and categorization of the interfaces already implemented - DONE.
Inventory of challenges encountered during pre-sales activities - DONE.
Monitoring the communication of other IT tools (ERP, PLM, BI tools, ...) - IN PROGRESS.
Monitoring the communication of other IT tools (ERP, PLM, BI tools, ...) - IN PROGRESS.
Initial contacts with certain publishing companies to explore potential partnerships. - COMING SOON

The complexity of this topic requires a lot of upfront work that I have started or plan to undertake in the coming months :

Inventory and categorization of the interfaces already implemented - DONE.
Inventory of challenges encountered during pre-sales activities - DONE.
Monitoring our competitors' discourse - IN PROGRESS.
Monitoring the communication of other IT tools (ERP, PLM, BI tools, ...) - IN PROGRESS.
Initial contacts with certain publishing companies to explore potential partnerships. - COMING SOON

4. Maintenance and exploitation

4. Maintenance et exploitation

Following a request from Johan Texeira, Pierre Bernede has taken on the role of Documentation Manager for Maintenance and Exploitation. With the valuable assistance of Christopher Zaza and Franck Bompard, we are pleased to announce that the new publicly available document is now available in French. (An English version will be coming soon.).

Following a request from Johan Texeira, Pierre Bernede has taken on the role of Documentation Manager for Maintenance and Exploitation. With the valuable assistance of Christopher Zaza and Franck Bompard, we are pleased to announce that the new publicly available document is now available in French. (An English version will be coming soon.).

To go further

TO GO FURTHER

DSI Marketing: the first communications about IT topics have been carried out in the past few weeks.

Keynote TEEXMA® : improvement of communication for TEEXMA® new versions (release notes).

Partnerships: contacting external companies regarding the IT systems.

DSI Marketing: the first communications about IT topics have been carried out in the past few weeks.

Keynote TEEXMA® : improvement of communication for Keynote TEEXMA® new versions (release notes).

Partnerships: contacting external companies regarding the IT systems.

Your privileged contact for IT pre-sales

Your privileged contact for IT pre-sales

Pierre Bernede 

Pre-Sales Engineer
 
Available to discuss these topics with you. (Any new ideas and questions are welcome.)
 
Message from Pierre: “The initial actions have yielded positive results, but this is an ongoing process, and I am truly hopeful that we will make strides forward in the areas of Pre-Sales/IT in the coming months. I also hope to see many of you reaching out to me regarding these different topics so that we can all make progress together!”

Pierre Bernede 

Pre-Sales Engineer

pierre.bernede@bassetti-group.com

 Available to discuss these topics with you. (Any new ideas and questions are welcome.)

 Message from Pierre: “The initial actions have yielded positive results, but this is an ongoing process, and I am truly hopeful that we will make strides forward in the areas of Pre-Sales/IT in the coming months. I also hope to see many of you reaching out to me regarding these different topics so that we can all make progress together!”