Revolutionize the way you do prepaid Slash distribution costs, increase profits Enable new distribution models for prepaid, EVD (Electronic Voucher Distribution), top-up and new services Eliminate distribution credit risks and prepaid fraud Manage sales and marketing of prepaid services with plans and incentives These are tough times, and operators need to look for new and innovative ways to cut costs and keep ahead of the market. Sometimes those new ways come in the most unexpected places. Look at your prepaid operation: a slick, glitch-free, cash-generating machine. DSM consulting, a leading consultant in the area of telecommunications billing and management systems, offers a way to slash prepaid costs by more than 50 percent, and to create new opportunities for a streamlined and profitable prepaid business. Break the shackles of prepaid technology The current prepaid business model is a tight match to current prepaid server technology: prepaid service is sold using printed cards through distributors; top-up can be done directly only by the operator. But is this the best model? Wouldn't it be less costly and more efficient to do away with the prepaid cards? And why can't distributors, as well as operators, sell top-up? The Prepaid Distribution Network - PDN - by DSM Consulting, breaks the shackles of prepaid technology. PDN lets you dramatically cut distribution costs, outsource top-up, cut distributor percentages. PDN saves you money, it saves the distributor money, and it offers better service to the consumer. Build a distribution network PDN is a secure, network-based virtual prepaid distribution application, which acts as a front end to the operator's prepaid server. PDN tracks the distributor who sold the prepaid service - whether initial service or top-up - and manages the distribution process. PDN, working as a standalone system in the operator's data center, enables real-time management of prepaid distribution channels, and expands potential for prepaid business opportunities. In conjunction with its partner system, Virtual Prepaid Card (VPC), installed at the operator's site or in use by the distributors themselves, PDN is the pyramid of a distribution network that revolutionizes the prepaid business. Opening prepaid business opportunities with PDN Once freed of the technological limitations of the prepaid server, new opportunities for savings and business opportunities open. These opportunities can mean a dramatic increase in profitability, and competitive edge. Sell virtual cards, eliminate inventory Rather than buying manufactured cards at wholesale, distributors can now sell virtual prepaid cards. PDN tracks distributor sales in real time, and maintains the distributors' accounts. You, the operator, do not have to pay for costly prepaid cards, and do not have to support the expensive and cumbersome logistics operation of card distribution and tracking. Distributors do not have to invest in inventories of cards, saving them finance and inventory costs. Distributors never run out of cards. All this means lower costs to you. Allow distributor top-up With traditional prepaid server technology, the operator is the only one who can sell top-up of existing cards. With PDN, distributors can sell top-up as well. PDN identifies the distributor making the sale, and manages the distributor's account. Manage distributor credit PDN tracks distributor sales in real time. The operator can set credit limits for distributors, to ensure timely payment and to prevent fraud. When the distributor approaches its credit limit, PDN issues alerts; when the distributor exceeds limits, PDN will prevent further sales. PDN interfaces with the operator's accounts receivables system. The A/R system maintains distributor accounts, issues bills, and reports payments to PDN to keep credit balance current. Distributor compensation plans With PDN, distributor compensation grows from a cost to a marketing tool. PDN makes it possible to offer sliding compensation for sales volumes, as well as bonuses, incentives, and residuals. DSM Consulting DSM is an internationally recognized consulting firm specializing in efficiencies and security in the telecommunications sector. We offer a range of services and products to analyze corporate practices, identify bottlenecks and cost deficiencies, and to optimize process and cost flow. We specialize in the areas of telco billing and resource planning. top of page