Complete New Generation Cargo Revenue Accounting Solution

Kale's Cargo Revenue Accounting solution, CSP-AMBER®, enables an airline to improve financial control, enhance decision-making and automate the revenue accounting processes so that financial management becomes accurate, timely and maximizes on revenue.

CSP-AMBER® is an independent module of CSP® - Kale’s Integrated Enterprise Wide Cargo Solution.

CSP-AMBER® delivers business value by minimizing the costs associated with cargo revenue accounting operations, reducing the cost of AWB processing, shortening the time-span to billing, and thereby increasing the cash flow. It is designed to process large volumes of Air Waybills while at the same time requiring low maintenance and support.

CSP-AMBER® can further be integrated where required with Kale’s passenger revenue accounting solution – REVERA® - to provide airline management with a consolidated view of the airlines’ health. In addition it can be integrated with Kale’s decision support system, known as PRISM.

Business Benefits:
	Actionable Business Intelligence
	Produces route and flight performance information for route planning and yield management Provides sales reports to identify and monitor the performance of sales agents and branches Offers the flexibility for airline users to create customized business reports
	Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
	Reduces the cost of the revenue accounting operation Requires lower cost architecture compared to legacy based solutions Has a low cost of implementation and maintenance Provides a feature rich solution requiring minimal customization
	Minimum Revenue Leakages
	Supports robust business processes through automated controls eliminating data entry mistakes and provides greater accuracy in revenue calculation Provides a positive effect on cash flow due to early invoicing Designed to ensure each completed (flown) customer transaction is billed
	Increased Level of Automation
	Reduces user workload Eliminates errors due to multiple entry of data and manual calculations Provides a seamless flow of information to other business processes and IT systems Enables management by exception
	Solution Based on New Generation Technology
	Easy to interface with other applications Modularity and structured design provides agility allowing rapid update for industry changes Easy to use with an intuitive GUI design

 

Key Features:
	Air Waybill Stock Control
	Complete inventory control and workflow of Air Waybill stock Provides end-to-end stock tracking and information on the stock balance with the branch offices and agents Validates the use of stock by the allocated agent
	Uplift Data Management
	Supports an automated Air Waybill feed from the airline’s operational system or, alternatively, can work with a manual input Captures flight manifests and transfer manifests Provides extensive validation on input data for accurate calculations
	Export Billing (Sales)
	Automatic and accurate calculation of agents commission, incentive / discount, other charges and taxes after considering various public and private rates Processes complex agent contracts with efficient deal-matching algorithms Supports spot rates, authorizations and hurdle rates Tracks various billing cycles at agent and country/CASS level Enables the issuance of Debit / Credit Memos Includes CASS billing, paper invoices and electronic invoices
	Proration
	Accurately prorates, based on bilaterals (SPA), provisos/requirements and prorate factors, using a powerful inbuilt proration engine that incorporates ALL the proration rules. Supports complex bilateral agreements (SPA)
	Interline Billing
	Matches incoming invoices with provisions, and raises Rejection- Memos in case of mismatch Bills other airlines for host carrier's share of revenue Supports ICH procedures and rules for processing interline settlements Allows the issuance of Rejection and Charge Memos
	Terminal Billing (Import Billing)
	Billing for charges collect Billing for destination charges using feed from operations system
	Airmail Processing
	Supports uplift processing, adjustments and revenue accounting Allows special rate agreements with postal authorities Generates invoices
	Trucking Module
	Captures and maintains trucking contracts and verifies trucking invoices against provisions
	Payment Matching
	Matches payments or sales reports made by agents against system generated billing outstanding aging analysis
	Decision Support
	Generates various customized reports using Kale's Business Intelligence Tool - PRISM