An ERP system designed specifically for software teams.
Leadtime was developed over ten years based on the organizational challenges of a real SaaS company.
Managing a software service business is complex.
Reliable planning is a real challenge in digital agencies: Agencies perform highly abstract intellectual work, the duration of which can hardly be reliably estimated in advance. And unlike in a production company, for example, the "inventory" of projects currently in progress is invisible. This makes it difficult for management to get a clear picture of the organization's short- and medium-term workload. In addition, the order backlog is often very volatile because sales cannot always generate new orders for the business on a consistent basis.
Agencies therefore have to manage a constantly fluctuating backlog of planned and ongoing projects that are to be implemented by different deadlines. And, of course, staffing levels are usually always a bit tight.
It's clear that with so many abstract parameters and invisible dependencies, any plan is quickly caught up with reality. Continuous improvisation with the resources available from moment to moment becomes a seemingly unchangeable permanent state.
This inefficiency comes at a price. Money is being lost everywhere - your money.
High coordination efforts
The high complexity of daily business leads to extreme coordination efforts: The company burns valuable working time in internal meetings and spontaneous discussions in the chat.
Quality problems
Of course the quality of the results also suffers. Tight deadlines tempt employees to take risky shortcuts: Bugs creep in and return later as unplanned work, which is much more expensive to fix.
Frustrated clients
Quality deficiencies and delays repeatedly lead to frustration among customers. Management regularly has to fight fires and reassure customers - valuable time that is missing for the really important issues.
Lukas EbnerCEO Leadtime Labs GmbH
Leadtime is a holistic ERP system for software companies that have lots of work but limited ressources.
Leadtime is a high-performance ERP system for digital agencies that want to radically improve their effectiveness. Leadtime installs robust, transparent and extremely productive processes in an environment where reliable planning is notoriously difficult. Leadtime was developed against the backdrop of the daily practice of a software startup in the energy sector. The concepts and processes in Leadtime were developed, lived and improved over a period of ten years on the basis of concrete problems from the company's day-to-day work. Leadtime takes the most successful concepts from lean management and agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban and makes them applicable in an environment where many projects have to be carried out simultaneously with limited resources. Leadtime mobilizes your agency's hidden productivity reserves. You can handle more projects even with scarce personnel resources. Your EBIT will thank you for it.
What is “Lead time”?
The term “Leadtime” refers to the time between the start and the completion of an operation or project. Longer lead times often a symptom of inefficiencies and wastage of resources.
Reducing the lead time improves overall productivity, resulting in higher profits.
Who uses Leadtime?
Leadtime helps companies in the digital service sector to execute their projects faster, more predictably and more cost-effectively. Leadtime is thus a powerful tool that unleashes rationalization effects throughout the entire value chain.
Are you a manufacturer of a complex software application for a B2B niche-market? Does your application need extensive customization before each deployment? Leadtime is perfect for you. It will help you standardize your services so that you can go into mass production.
Do you create individual web projects for your customers based on content management systems or webshops, etc.? Do you support your clients over a long period of time? Leadtime creates a seamless workflow from the incoming support ticket to the monthly billing.
In principle, Leadtime is suitable for all service companies that work primarily on a project basis, e.g. advertising and branding agencies, digital marketing agencies, etc. Leadtime helps you develop your team, coordinate projects and bill working hours.
How you benefit from Leadtime
With Leadtime, you can leverage your company's productivity reserves and save working time and thus costs across the board. Leadtime helps your EBITDA get off to a flying start.
Get more done
Leadtime maximizes the work throughput of your employees. You can thus serve more customers even with scarce personnel resources.
More billed hours
Don't miss out on any more hours worked due to poor time tracking. Leadtime offers project- and task-based time tracking that your employees will use.
Less meetings
Minimize the time spent on coordination and task assignment. With Leadtime, your employees always know what they have to do next.
Much faster projects
Streamline requirements, proposal and task management. Your project business will accelerate considerably.
Better performing staff
Your team leaders can plan weekly goals with each employee across projects. At the next meeting, goal achievement is reviewed.
Happier customers
With Leadtime you will meet your deadlines and budgets and show your customers how professional your company really is.
Better leadership
Because you understand exactly what's going on in your company at all times, you can finally provide clearer direction. Employees love that.
No more overtime
Leadtime finally gives you as a manager time for the important things. And your family will also be happy to see you more often again.
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