Hot Stuff at Reactive and Factors !!!!

Our lunchtime pub retreat the Swan and Royal in Clitheroe went up in flames late Saturday night.
See the articles in the local and national press:
Clitheroe Advertiser
BBC News
Our office shares an adjoining wall with the pub. So we were called out to allow Fireman Sam and his pals into our office to check the temperature of the walls !!
You know those contingency plans that are fully thought through but never tested - well as from now we can categorically state OURS WORKS.
Shut down the primary server - move the systems to a different server (in a cooler spot) and up-load all the live data from the mirror array - 15 minutes off-line…
Not bad for a group of guys with serious on-going hangovers - well it was Saturday night !!!
New beer venue required

factors360 and reactive360 feedback systems.

We are about to launch an interactive suggestion page on factors360 alongside a new blog.
The plan is that we have an open forum suggestion system that will allow people to view our projected development ideas and vote for which we should implement first.

In addition there will be the opportunity to offer suggestions that we should consider as part of the functionality.

factors360 was designed using feedback - we thought that this would be a natural extension of our philosophy of client driven development.

The blog will be designed to provide ideas / links to articles to help system users navigate their way through the maze of 360 degree feedback and appraisals.

Ian Dixon (Director) reactive360 factors360 icskills.com

360 feedback and appraisal - Cost comparison

We have had quite a few e-mails asking us how we keep our costs below the other providers in the market place.

The simple answer - because we keep our designs simple, our overheads low and everything is done in-house.

A small sample from those that declare a price (most seem to be more secretive).

Just as a reminder here are our charges:

reactive360:
Each Report = £60.00 Administration = Small Charge
Group Summary = From £60.00

factors360:
Subscription = £10.00 per month (on an annual subscription) - Unlimited volume
No other charges

Lumus:
Each Report = £90
Administrative set up charge = £100
Group Summary Report = £150

Talent Innovations:
360 feedback report for 5 people, each with 5-20 reviewers, with full project management support: £900

Appraisal360:
Prices start from just £63 (when you do more than 51 appraisals)

Click360:
£75 per client head

factors360 Feedback Toolkit - Up-date

Up-date on the launch:
17 new accounts - Amazing start.

Having the two versions of the system as a proposition seems to be working well.

reactive360: The Full (Corporate) version for the high volume user who wants to create their own custom questionnaires.
factors360: The latest (Enterprise) version for the companies who want to 'Brand' the process but still keep things fairly simple.

Launch day ..... www.factors360.com

At some point today - we will be hitting the go button (the one marked 'click here to prevent sleep') on the new system. factors360. As far as we know it will be the first subscription 360 feedback and appraisal site on the web.
It's for certain that it is the lowest cost.
The subscription cost:

• £20.00 per single month.


• £18.00 per month (when 3 months are purchased).


• £15.00 per month (for 6 months).


• 12 months access works out at .... £10.00 per month.

The lowest cost system we have found is £30.00 and that is per report - !!!!!!

For £10.00 per month with no single report cost - just access time - any budding mathematicians out there will be able to calculate that the report cost is now genuinely volume based...

I will post regular updates on how things progress....

Final thought for this entry -

This launch should amuse the competition..... (Or is that bemuse).....


Ian
Crash Test Dummy (CTD)

Here we go again

For some bizarre reason we seem to get to the merry month of May every year and then forget sleep - why ?
Well we are launching yet another product.. The new one is called factors360 and adds a different approach to our core business.

Reactive360 launched May 2007. Fully Flexible system

Quick360 launched May 2008. Our Technology Test bed

Factors360 launches May 2009. Low cost subscription service

Designed for the lower volume user and incorporating a whole set of features requested by quick and reactive users.

• 7 day free trial period.
• Subscription service from £10.00 a month.
• No limits on volume / usage.
• Brand using organisation logos.
• Easy to use interface.
• Text rich and graphical reports
• Automatic chasing.

The key difference being the cost - at £10.00 per month and if you do 10 appraisals - the cost - well work it out ...... !!!!!