Can anyone tell me what, if any, scheduling tools/packages you use to schedule, monitor, etc. Baan jobs?

there is Control-M from BMC. i guess there is a tool from computer associates too.

also refer to the links -

http://baan.ittoolbox.com/documents/document.asp?i=351

http://baan.ittoolbox.com/nav/t.asp?t=321&p=323&h1=321&h2=323

We use "Tidal Software" Job Scheduler

It was much less expensive than CA offering and had the functionality we wanted

We use Maestro.
It's very easy to set up the jobs.
And it has a lot of features.
Check it out.

We use the scheduler in NT to activate the batch file. Need to save the password in bw configuration and create baan user for each company (can use the same NT account).

Create a batch file calling the batch program below passing the user name and job for each job to be activated. Disadvantage going this way would be using ONE license for each job.
eg: call %BSE%\jobs\startjob.bat jobs100 MPSGEN


********************************startjob.bat *************
if "%1" == "" goto argerror
if "%2" == "" goto argerror

start %BSE%\bin\bw.exe jobsmgmt.bwc -- -set USER=%1 -set BSH_JOB=%2 ttaad5203m000
goto end

:argerror
echo Usage: startjob "USER"(company specific) "JOB" (name of job to be started)
goto end

**********************************************
:end