Item: XaitPorter
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

XaitPorter is our company's repository for housing the information required for tenders. Xait is used company-wide for this purpose. Xait doesn't address any problems.

Pros and Cons

Xait puts together some really attractive proposals that are sent out to clients.
Xait is an effective repository to store responses to tenders.
Xait keeps all attachments for each section separate, which is a huge plus.
Xait shows you on the right side what each figure within the section will look like.
Xait generates TOC's for attachments and figures.

Xait is hard to manipulate in terms of page breaks and where words and objects will fall when printed.
Xait has to be manipulated if the client is not wanting the typical "Section 1,2, 3 etc." After you figure out how to change to change the numbering it's easy, but figuring it out is not so easy.
Xait does not put pages in between the attachments.
When finishing the tender etc. in Xait, there is a step-by-step check box you have to go through and if you check the wrong box, you have to start over, which takes time.
To assemble the entire document sometimes takes 15 + minutes and if you are at the very last minutes to submit, this is not a good thing.

Return on Investment

Xait generates a more professional looking document.
Like I noted before, the time it takes to actually assemble the entire document is sometimes a bit too much.
The page numbering between attachments is huge plus.

Alternatives Considered

I've never had the opportunity to use anything comparable to Xait.

Likelihood to Recommend

The product it produces is very professional looking. The TOC for the attachments is very attractive for the clients and the page numbering picks up after the attachments.