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ALFA – One System, Endless Possibilities…

ALFA Systems, CHP's enterprise solution for the asset finance industry, provides full administration throughout the agreement lifecycle from proposal capture right through to disposal.

ALFA's modular architecture means that it can be tailored to any asset finance organisation's needs.

Front End

Distribution channels for asset finance include direct sales, vendor finance, broker introduced and branch based sales. Depending on the size of the particular market, buyer behaviour, cultural issues, risk profile and asset class, each channel has its unique benefits, risks and challenges. CHP have delivered class leading solutions in each of these areas and we have the practical experience to manage the complex business change that goes hand in hand with such projects.

ALFA provides a flexible front end toolset which can be deployed using a variety of technologies:

• Web-based introducer and direct sales portals.
• Windows and hand-held solutions for field sales use.
• Integration with third party proposal capture via ALFA's XML gateway.

Back Office

ALFA's back office modules provide a comprehensive solution for the asset finance market. Functional areas include:

• Customer services
• Billing / Invoicing
• Cash allocation and Collections
• Delinquency management and bad debt
• Asset management
• Supplier management and accounts payable
• End of agreement processing

Throughout, ALFA's integral workflow capability allows you to build your processes into the application. Functionality includes:

• Integrated correspondence and document management
• Delinquency workflow management
• Efficient customer services support
• Management console

Installation, Configuration and Deployment

CHP is able to deliver a system that meets your organisation's needs completely. By working closely with all areas of the business, our expertise ensures the success of a new implementation.

CHP's experience of complex software systems deployment means that we recognise how best to distribute your business applications.

Finance and Accounting

We view financial rigour as Job 1 in an asset finance system. Whatever transactions are processed, ALFA has the integral rigour to ensure that accounting always works smoothly.

Specific support includes:

• Internal general ledger, with interfaces to industry standard external GLs
• Cash reconciliation
• Treasury management and funding
• Full support for sales taxes, tax depreciation and corporate tax
• Reconciliation and reporting suite

CHP ALFA Technology

ALFA Systems are built using modern, platform-independent technologies. Supported server platforms include Unix, Windows and iSeries. A choice of Oracle, MS SQL Server and DB2 database support is available to operate the open and fully relational data structure.

Our web-based solution uses enterprise Java technologies and standards. Our open architecture is standardised on XML to ease integration with your existing systems and to allow ALFA to participate in enterprise-wide process orchestration across multiple systems.

Business ownership is core to our systems development strategy. Powerful configuration tools provide you with control over the business rules executed by the solution to support you in reacting rapidly to changing business needs.