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Investment Opportunity - Secure Logistics Software Company

Ram Card Manager (Pty) Ltd.

The shareholders have agreed to find a New Commercial / Business Venture or Investor to re-brand and re-market the software.

The Credit Card and Cell Phone Face2Face and Consolidated delivery market in South Africa is worth + R100m per year, this system has been tried and tested with its embedded Revenue Earning IP and Methodology with major SA Banks,Financial Institutions and Cell Phone provider.

Secure Item and Credit Card Manager with Vault and CSD Call Centre modules can be fully integrated to Social Media, Microsoft CRM , Microsoft Share Point , Aarto, 3rd party Logistics Track and Trace , Document Imaging , Mobile Handheld Devices , Warehouse-It or Winfreight Brokerage Software for in-house ,sub-contractor or Owner Drivers delivery’s.

(Includes Credit Card Delivery IP and Methodology for South African Banks and NCA Module)


The software IP and Methodology modules will enable SME’s to take on the lucrative Face2Face delivery of credit cards and Cell Phones for Banks , Mobile Service Providers and Financial Institutions that require FICA and RICA.


Features include;

1. FICA and RICA Business rules and document tracking.

2. Inbound and Outbound CRM and CSD modules linked to SMS, Email and Social Media customer delivery pre-alerts and non-deliveries pre-alerts, includes call scripts and call back management tools.

3. Integrated links to secure vault and warehouse for pick, pack and returns management.

4. Built in business rules to upload delivery tracking data “live” to Banks, Mobile Service Providers and Financial Institutions’ mainframe systems.

5. Fully Integrated Crystal Reports module; reports can be modified and loaded in a “live” environment enabling proactive management of secure item or card delivery issues.

6. Provides capabilities to Market, Sell and Distribute Credit Cards via Warehouse or Secure vault , Cell Phones , Laptops or any item requiring secure delivery, with point (3) integration.

7. Fully Integrated Route scheduling module by zone and postal code

8. Integrated with Calendar for Public holiday pre-alerts and consignment scheduling as point (7)

9. 3rd party Customer Delivery Address Cleaning with GPS module

10. Full Waybill / Label and Bank Client Signature Form (CSF) Modules; integration toolkit for client pre-prints.

Product Marketing and Sales Services to Corporate Institutions for their Products, the system is developed in ASP.NET2 with a SQL2005/8 or Oracle Database and can be installed on any domain or intranet.