Kale Consultants signs contract with 'bmi' for revenue accounting

Mumbai, June 15 (UNI) Kale Consultants Ltd, a leading provider of software solutions and outsourced services to the travel and transportation industry, today signed a contract for revenue accounting processing services with 'bmi', the second largest airline operating out of London Heathrow, one of the world's busiest airports.

Announcing this, the company said it will provide revenue accounting processing services to 'bmi' from its managed processing services centre (Kale MPS) in Mumbai and the value of the contract over a five-year period is estimated to be approximately eight million sterling pounds.

Kale Consultants will provide complete revenue accounting services, including the processing of sales and uplifts, claims to credit card companies and to other airlines for interline coupons, declaration of revenue with comprehensive account postings for the general ledger, management of deals and a decision support business intelligence system.

With the system planned to 'Go Live' shortly, BMI will enjoy significant business benefits, supporting its continued development to enhance its long haul profile at London Heathrow. Revenue will be maximised through accurate billing and verification, accounting costs will be reduced, productivity will be enhanced and training costs eliminated.

Kale Consultants CEO&Managing Director Vipul Jain said: ''At Kale, we are proud to have built a culture on anticipating and understanding our customer's needs and then working in close partnership with, customers to make their business stronger - more productive, more profitable, more capable of capturing market opportunities - and thus more valuable.'' He added, ''bmi will soon be taking full advantage of the unique benefits that our outsourcing solution offers. They are assured of fast and accurate management information which would provide invaluable inputs to their strategy.'' The contract is governed by a Service Level Agreement to ensure that current operational timescales are maintained and improved, and will be performed by Kale MPS from its offices in Mumbai and Pune to provide maximum resilience.

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