We build software. Guiding a management team that cannot agree on its ambition is a different craft. For that we work with consultants, trainers and advisors who do it every week.
A team that tries it alone usually ends up with a plan that looks reasonable but excludes nothing. You are what makes it sharp. And because you run the process, the team can concentrate on the content instead of on who asks the next question. That is the difference between a client who keeps the plan alive and a client who has only bought software.
Which is why, in the Netherlands, sales of OGSM.online run through partners. Outside the Netherlands we mostly sell directly for now, and we would like that to change: if you are a consultant or trainer elsewhere, get in touch.
What it earns you
A purchase discount. As a reseller you buy OGSM.online at a discount that grows with your revenue. Selling the platform genuinely pays, on top of the guidance you provide with it.
Clients through us. A customer can trial the plan for a single team themselves. In the Netherlands, requests for more than one team go to the partner who fits.
Work that continues. A plan that lives in the platform needs guidance after the first sessions: in the action and strategy reviews, at the annual review of the strategies, and when more teams join.
Two roles
You can combine them, and most partners do.
Reseller. You offer OGSM.online as part of your own services, at a purchase discount that grows with your revenue.
Success manager. You guide organizations in working with the platform: writing their OGSM, running the action and strategy reviews, and the annual review. We train you on the platform and keep you up to date with what changes.
What you get from us
To sell. Your own demo environment, with a checklist for giving a demo. A presentation that introduces OGSM and the success factors for content, process and tooling. A video, screenshots, a description of the functionality, customer references and the price plan.
To set up. You pass on what the client needs through a request form, and we set up the environment: with your logo and colours or the client’s, users imported from Excel and invited, and sign-in with a Microsoft account through Entra ID. We train the client’s administrators, and you get an overview of the articles for administrators and process owners.
Along the way. A helpdesk for the users at your clients, so you do not have to build a support desk. Regular updates on new and changed functionality. And meetings where partners share what they know with each other.
Assurance. Toolsfactory is ISO 27001:2022 certified and the platform runs in the Netherlands. We have been going since 2014, and the people who built the software are still the ones building it.
One method. The method behind the platform is the method from Bridging Strategy and Execution, co-written by our founder. Software and guidance tell the same story, which is not always true of software and consultancy that arrive together.
Where your work and the platform meet
Per phase: what you do and what the platform does.
Create
Getting the plan sharp
You run the session where the team chooses. The platform records what was decided and shows where it is still vague.
Execute
Keeping the rhythm
The platform organises the sessions and collects the progress, so you guide the conversation instead of the agenda.
Connect
Several teams
One plan is a conversation. Fifteen connected plans is a change programme, and that is where your work is.
What we ask of you
One thing: that you know the OGSM method well. Then your guidance and the platform tell the same story.
Our partners in the Netherlands
How to start
Email info@toolsfactory.nl with a few lines about your practice: what kind of organizations you work with, where, and what you do with OGSM. We reply within one business day.
After that it is a half-hour conversation in which we say honestly whether it fits. Sometimes the answer is no, and we would rather say that straight away than after three months.