Transcript CoreTalk in Business

CoreTalk in Business
Examples of CoreTalk
usage in Business
CoreTalk a Business Management Tool
A Business management Tool which
utilize SMS and Internet
(GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA) to deliver
information.
CoreTalk is a platform that allows you to:
“Gather, Manage and Analyze Information” for
virtually any business as well as providing
other services
Agriculture (Small Agriculture)
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Agriculture is a growing business in “emerging world
countries” with emerging bio-industries and food
production being high requirements.
The Need:
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To register farmers
To assist them in growing the right crops
To manage the allocations of fertilizers & seed
To obtain early crop predictions so that marketing can “gear
up” to correct levels
To provide produce pricing to farmers
To liaise with markets and coordinate requirements with
farmers
CoreTalk and managing the small
agriculture business
This is an example of an “A Daily
An
incoming
Fertilizer
and
Spray
request
A CoreTalkAreport
template
loaded
to that
a for
Produce
Pricing
schedule”
template
is
drawn
up
so
from
the
field.
This
is
recorded
to
cellphone
that is
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staff”
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use a of to
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region
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Fertilizer
and
Fungicide/Pesticide
database
and
coordinated
so
that
the
Registration
Information
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CoreTalk
from
the
field.
This
the
exported
sprays
can
be
recorded
against
the
grower
can
receive
fertilizer
and
chemicals.
spreadsheet
or
database
Growers
information.
either ansmall
excelGrowers
spreadsheet
aand
database
account
databases
CoreTalk can significantly to
improve
collection
of orthe
Coststhe
are
recorded
against
Growers'
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this
instance
the
pricing
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so that accounts canwas
be
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the
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sent via
SMS
or payments
GPRS
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CoreTalk
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when
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made
management process of the
small agriculture
to CoreTalk
CoreTalkdirectly to the
field it is delivered
grower.
farmers cellphone/mobile.
The information can be extended to support
anyhas been adjusted to
The system
number of additional processes required
to assist
deliver
pricing in
in the Pashtu
the agricultural environment.
language
Sales Reporting Management
Generally
qualified management
leads require the following:
 Saleswell
process
a key part of most
– Ensure you're talking to a decision-maker or a key influencer, at
business
ventures.
minimum.
– Identify
the pain. What is the need? What type of "fix" are they
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Need:
looking for - product, solution, services?
– To record every step of the sales process – pipeline
– Quantify the potential value of an initial sale.
management
– When do they plan to buy? Too many good salespeople have
– To
everyperspective.
opportunity
onlyqualify
a short-term
They are less interested in
nurturing
long-term opportunities.
– sustaining
To build aorleads
base
– To manage the long term pipeline management is essential to
– To close sales and take orders
ensure nurturing of the opportunity
Sales Pipeline Management
A report template for Sales Pipeline management is easily
configured in CoreTalk. And distributed to either a
cellphone/mobile orA another
CoreTalk.
sales report
is received from “Ian
Rundle” on the 6th December 2008
Client details are captured
andissales
is identified
and a note
addedneed
by the
Sales along
with Service Need Manager.
and Pipeline Status.
From here the Sales Manager can
ThisThe
template
can immediately
be received
completed
from
virtually
contact
the on
field
sales
Sales
Pipeline
report
isand
completed
CoreTalk can considerably assists
in managing
the sales
process
allthe
the
way
anycellphone
“java” enabled
phone.and
person
assist with
(OR another
CoreTalk)
and the sales
from Sales pipeline management through toprocess.
acceptance of Product Orders or
submitted directly to the Sales Manager for
Product Enquiries.
scrutiny on completion of the sales visit
It essentially enables the cellphone/mobile as a business instrument with abilities
to update databases and receive reports.
CoreTalk can be integrated with virtually any existing sales management process
or it can stand alone to provide valuable management and analysis benefits to a
company.
Time sheet reporting
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The consulting fraternity need to report time spent on
client projects. This applies to Accounting,
Engineers, IT consultants, Project Management etc.
The Need:
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To record time spent on projects and report this back to
head office.
To eliminate time wasted through travelling back to head
office at frequent intervals
To assist management in managing cash flows
Time Sheet Management
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Time sheet management is a function that is carried
out by virtually every consulting type business.
A time management template is designed in
Typical
businesses
are:
andisuploaded
to information
the
Time
sheet
Receiving this informationCoreTalk
timeously
invaluable
to company
the exported from
employees It
mobile/cellphone.
CoreTalkregular
to Excelaccount
spreadsheet for
– Project Management,
management
of these businesses.
enables
consolidation
and management.
management
and early submission
of
invoices.
– Construction,
Here we have a completed times sheet which
be sent consumes
to a
central
CoreTalk
This
couldreceiving
equally
be
to a
Additionally,
this process will
generally
1-2
hours
ofexported
an
– IT Consulting,
database
employees
time if they are required tomanagement
travel to head
office to
– Engineering,
deliver the information
Timesheet information sent via
– Advisory and Audit Accounting and
The benefits are better control and more SMS
chargeable
hours
from cellphone/mobile
– a number of other professions
due to ability to remain active on client projects
and received by CoreTalk
Police Reporting
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SMS is becoming an integral part of the policing scenario – it allows for
ease of reporting from distant locations, is discrete and can assist in
profiling of criminals
In South Africa SMS is used in a number of ways including “Crime
Line” reporting to a centralised receiving station and this has proven to
be very successful. Additionally several police stations have there own
CoreTalk for receiving and SMS and this too is very effective.
CoreTalks templates allow the police and all those assisting in that
realm to download a reporting template to their phone which will
ensure that consistent crime reporting takes place and that the results
can be analysed and crime profiled.
Police investigation in the field is often not comprehensive or
adequately documented. Via CoreTalk and its reporting templates this
can be extensively improved.
ALL incoming information can be linked to a Database for profiling.
CoreTalk – assisting with Policing
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A report template is drawn
Reporting via CoreTalk ensures:
up in CoreTalk and then
 uniformity and completeness of information
,
distributed to Police
stations, police force
 accountability as all incoming andmembers
outgoing
Reportsand
are business
received in
from
ancrime
effort scenes
to ensure
with sufficient
messages are date and time stamped,
consistent
detail to reporting
allow the police to
 Ability to profile andAextract
valuable,
repeatable
profile
manage crime
report template
is loaded
toand
a police
members cellphone so that they can
information,
complete a report it in field and submit
 Convenience as reports
cantobe
submitted
from
immediately
central
Police station
for
analysis
afar.
CoreTalk in Banking
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SMS has become an imperative part of the banking
environment.
CoreTalk is able to integrate into existing banking platforms and
is able to run as a service to provide SMS based banking
services
CoreTalk has SMPP connectivity which allows for high volume
transaction levels.
CoreTalk provides both “push” and “pull” services - Push being
where CoreTalk monitors a database/s looking for a defined
transaction and Pull being a transaction request initiated from
the cellphone/mobile
CoreTalk in Banking
Typical database “push”
transactions. CoreTalk
monitors a database or
 Typical Push Services would include:
databases looking for
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Periodic
account
balance
reporting
(say
at
the
end of transactions,
month);
Typical Pull Services would include:
defined
when
– Account
Reporting
of salary
and other credits to the bank
account;
these
are found information is
balance
enquiry;
sent to order;
the designated
statement
– Mini
Successful
or request;
un-successful execution of a standing
billpayment
payment;of a cheque issued on therecipient/s
– Electronic
Successful
account; – in this case the
.
account holder.
CoreTalk can be integrated with any
banking system to deliver these
services
Transfers between customer's own accounts, like moving money
Insufficient funds;
from a savings account to a current account to fund a cheque;
– Large value withdrawals on an account;
Stop payment instruction on a cheque;
– Large value withdrawals on the ATM or EFTPOS on a debit card;
Requesting for an ATM card or credit card to be suspended;
– Large value payment on a credit card or out of country activity on a
De-activating a credit or debit card when it is lost or the PIN is
credit card.
known to be compromised;
– One-time password and authentication
Foreign currency exchange rates enquiry;
Fixed deposit interest rates enquiry.
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CoreTalk Services
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