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Partner up as Tool Manufacturer

With the growing percentage of digital manufacturing, the search for tools and tool data (the “digital twin“ of the tool) becomes an important sales opportunity. From the customer perspective, a “single source” for the tool data is the optimum solution (data from different suppliers needs to be in a single format).

Why ToolsUnited?

ToolsUnited leads the end user to the right tool and then guides the customer to our local distribution partner for order fulfillment.

  • 100% information supply chain solution: ToolsUnited covers both the e-commerce channel and the CAM channel.
  • 100% control of the data: Data appear only where the tool manufacturer wants them to appear.
  • myToolsUnited: Plug-in for value added tool selection and data distribution services.
  • Sales Support Server: The „warehouse“ of the information supply chain.


What’s in it for Tool Manufacturers?

  • New customers, new revenue and a value-added reason for distributors to carry and promote your products.
  • Local reach through an orchestrated network of qualified distributors.
  • Meet customers’ expectations through a single source supply of “digital twins”; meet the challenges of digital transformation.
  • Never miss the early stages of tool selection with customized data for industrial engineering and CNC verification.
  • Reach out to thousands of CAM users that will eventually decide to buy your tools.

How to partner up

Tool manufacturers require a StOB/ToolsUnited partner contract in order to become part of ToolsUnited (one-off onboarding fee plus an annual fee).

Tier 1: Starting point of a regular contract is the tool manufacturer’s database (digital data available in any kind of format).

  • Starting level: Supply of data (product properties) required for eCommerce and “Where-to-Buy”
  • Advanced level CAD: Supply of 2D/3D tool graphics or the required properties for the ToolsUnited 3D generator.
  • "Tool in use level”: Provide “speeds & feeds” data to be part of the “search by application”

Tier 2: Database build-up service (payment required).

  • If you do not have a digital product database, CIMSOURCE is there to help.
  • We have software tools to extract information from different sources (ERP, Excel sheets, InDesign pages, …). And we have qualified resources to fill in what is needed.

Those tool manufacturers that choose to be a “Where to buy” partner will pay a nominal monthly fee for the service, plus an annual gross sales “partnership” tax. See Distributors for more information.

Contact us — you’ll be met with open arms

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CIMSOURCE

CIMSOURCE’s standards and technologies are key to synchronize the master data management of tool suppliers and the manufacturing data management of tool consumers.

Since developing Standard Open Base (StOB) in 1992, CIMSOURCE has been organizing the product databases of tool suppliers, and the tool data of manufacturing operations.

  • Kasernenstr. 22 52064 Aachen, Germany
  • +49 241 888 77 0
  • info@cimsource.com
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  • Search across all vendors
  • Build complex tool assemblies
  • Export to CAM / TMS systems
  • Customize to your environment​
  • Connect to a local supplier

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