// for consultancies & systems integrators

You deliver for clients.
Stop rebuilding the plumbing.

CRM integrations, legacy modernization, data migration, custom internal tools — about 80% of every engagement is the same scaffolding you rebuild from scratch. dForge gives you that foundation generated: a governed data model, RBAC, UI, reporting, audit, and a real deployment pipeline. You deliver in weeks instead of quarters, keep the hard, unique work that's actually your margin, and turn one-off projects into a recurring book of business — deployed inside your client's own perimeter and run by you.

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What we'll cover.

  1. 01What the commodity 80% costs you
  2. 02dForge as your delivery platform
  3. 03The 80/20 line — what stays billable
  4. 04Partner economics
  5. 05Certification and co-sell
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// sound familiar?

Every engagement starts from scratch.

  • Every project rebuilds the same data model, auth, roles, and audit before any real work begins.
  • The bespoke code you ship becomes bespoke code you maintain — forever, for every client.
  • Fixed-fee bids get squeezed because the commodity 80% eats the budget the hard 20% should earn.
  • When a project ships, the revenue stops — no recurring line from the system you built.

dForge removes the part you were never paid enough to rebuild.

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// how dForge fits

Your delivery platform, not a product to resell.

dForge handles the part of every project that was never your differentiation — so your hours go to the work clients actually pay a premium for.

[01]

Deliver in weeks, not quarters

The undifferentiated 80% of any build — schema, RBAC, generated UI, reporting, audit, deployment pipeline — ships out of the box. Your team starts where the value is, not at an empty database.

[02]

The hard 20% stays your margin

The custom integrations, the domain logic, the process nuance no template anticipates — that's still yours to build and bill. So is the discovery: mapping the real process, validating it, reconciling the docs with reality. dForge removes the commodity, not the craft.

[03]

Turn projects into recurring revenue

Most enterprises want the system inside their own perimeter. You deploy it there, then run it — upgrades, support, training, administration. A one-time project becomes a multi-year managed-services relationship, with platform margin on top.

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// in practice

What that looks like in practice.

Deliver in weeks, not quarters
  • The scaffolding every project repeats is already built.
  • Import an existing schema or legacy database and start from real data.
  • Ship a working system in weeks — on a fixed-fee bid you can actually hit.
The hard 20% stays your margin
  • Build the integrations and domain logic unique to each client.
  • Your discovery, BA, and process work stays fully billable.
  • Extend any module without forking — your work survives upgrades.
Turn projects into recurring revenue
  • Deploy self-hosted in the client's own infrastructure.
  • Own the install, upgrades, support, and managed administration.
  • Every client you land adds a recurring line, not just a project fee.
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// what changes

Hand-built vs. delivered on dForge.

Build from scratch
On dForge
Project kickoff
Rebuild schema, auth, UI
Foundation already there
Delivery time
Quarters
Weeks
The commodity 80%
Billed at cost, eats margin
Generated, out of the box
The unique 20%
Where the budget ran out
Where your hours go
After go-live
Brittle code you maintain
Governed, upgradable lifecycle
Deployment
Your client's risk to host
Self-host in their perimeter
Revenue shape
One-time project fee
Project + managed services + subscription
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// where to start

Modules worth installing first.

Sales CRM

Sales CRM: contacts, leads, opportunities, quotes, activities, and product catalog. Customer identity lives in the shared parties module; CRM-specific columns (industry, credit limit, account manager) are layered on as an extension.

Project Management

Projects, tasks, time tracking, and daily reports. Time entry favors a daily-report flow over per-row grid editing; billable tracking lives in the pm-fin bridge.

Finance

Accounts receivable, accounts payable, invoicing, and payments

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// straight answers · 01

What does our team actually have to learn?

Module authoring — which is metadata, not another framework. Your developers describe entities, rules and roles rather than rebuilding auth and CRUD. There's a partner sandbox, DBML import for existing schemas, and a complete reference implementation to clone on the first engagement.

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// straight answers · 02

Who owns the client relationship?

You do. Deal registration settles it before you invest anything, and we say so up front rather than leaving it to discover later. Our own delivery exists to prove the motion and seed references; partners are how it scales.

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// straight answers · 03

Most of our clients want it on their own infrastructure.

That's the normal case, and it works in your favour. You install it in their environment and then operate it — upgrades, support, training, administration. The residency requirement is what turns a delivered project into a multi-year services relationship instead of a closed ticket.

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// straight answers · 04

What can't we do on the platform?

Anything that needs a bespoke interface beyond generated screens, and any integration we don't ship. That boundary is deliberate: it's the work that's genuinely specific to each client, and it's the work you bill for. The platform takes the scaffolding, not the judgment.

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// straight answers · 05

How does certification work?

A few delivered projects. Certification is the trust signal we hand to enterprise buyers looking for a vetted partner, and it's the door to co-selling the deals we route out rather than staff ourselves.

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// next step

From first project to a book of business.

The path your delivery team already runs — on a foundation that compounds.

01

Build your first project

Take a live client engagement onto dForge with our team alongside. Import their data model, deliver the 80% in days, and spend your hours on what's unique.

02

Get certified

A few delivered projects earns certification — the trust signal we hand to enterprises looking for a vetted partner, and the door to co-selling deals we route to you.

03

Run the annuity

Host in each client's perimeter and operate it: upgrades, support, training, administration. Every engagement compounds into recurring revenue on top of the next project.

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