Paperless Management with the new KAPS Finance Module
You’ve probably heard about
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
systems, an industry term for the
broad set of activities that helps an
enterprise manage all core aspects
of its business. Well, an ERP finance
module is a software program that
gathers financial data and generates
ledgers, trial balance, balance sheets
and other Financial Statements
reports. At KAPS, because we have
a unique business model, we have
developed a unique Web-based
ERP that will not only do all that,
but also enhances the Management
Information System by tracking the
key performance indicators (KPIs)
required for meeting our corporate
objectives. This ERP sits on the KAPS
portal, which is part of the Company’s
paperless management system. This
new Web-based Finance ERP software
is used to manage project planning,
purchase parts, maintain and keep
track of inventories, interact with
suppliers, provide customer service,
and track orders. The biggest plus is
that not only are all KAPS financial
figures secure and protected, they are
also available anytime everywhere.
RFID at the Mara
Long lines at the grocery store
checkout are one of the biggest gripes
about the shopping experience. This
problem happens wherever several
customers need to be processed
at a point of sale. Well, we at KAPS
understand this frustration and
that is why we use a true e-ticketing
technology to manage visitors in
Parks, including the Mara Triangle.
This technology is well-proven to
improve the speed of processing
at gates and is consequently widely
used by the airlines. Indeed, it is the
prescribed ticketing technology
by the International Air Transport
Association (IATA).
Another problem has been how
to track visitors for their own
safety within the park, without
being intrusive. Finally, we believe
that we have the solution. KAPS
intends to replace the barcode
technology used with the issued
entry tickets, replacing them with
radio frequency identification (RFID)
tags. RFID tags are used for tracking
consumer products worldwide. Many
manufacturers use the tags to track
the location of each product they
make from the time it’s made until it
leaves the point of sale (POS). Now
these simple tags integrated into the
tickets will interact with a networked
system developed by the KAPS team
to track every person and vehicle
entering, moving within and leaving
the Mara.
New KAPS Android Applications for you
KAPS RDD is ever working to
find ways to make our customer
experience using our products easier
and more fulfilling.That being the
case, our developers have been busy
creating Android Market applications
designed to totally change for the
better the customer experience of
users who have smart phones. Our
Android suite of Apps is targeted at
Municipal and City street parking,
event ticketing and entrance control as
well as off-street parking. In a nutshell,
the Events App enables customers to
buy tickets on their phone and to
validate the ticket at the event venue,
without printing the ticket. It also
allows event owners to validate the
tickets and access the event database
and reports without having to own
expensive hardware and software.
The on-street App for Cities enables
clients to start their virtual parking
timers from their phones and then
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pay the accrued parking fees from the
ease of their mobile phones.The City
Government parking fee enforcers,
too, can query the compliance status
of parked cars and charge penalties,
where applicable. There is also an
App that KAPS service teams use to
validate train tickets on the Nairobi
Commuter Rail. These Apps are
backed by a robust back-office suite
of software that includes business
intelligence and software analytics.
KAPS integrates Mpesa in its service
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KAPS has joined the every growing
efficient global mode of transacting
via Safaricom’s award winning
Mpesa service. A distinct feature of
this service is that despite being free
from the use of a service number
to authenticate a transaction, it
depends on a unique KAPS code
generated for each customer. In
a one-of-a-kind move, Safaricom
granted the KAPS IT team of
experts’ exclusive rights to access
the Safaricom Mpesa servers
where they will audit and track all
transactions made from KAPS POS
paid via Mpesa. This easy-pay form
has enabled our customers such as
those using the Nairobi Commuter
Railway services to pay for their fares
well in advance from the comfort of
their smart phones while retaining
an Mpesa confirmation pay advice