Franchise is defined as a right or license that is granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory under the company's trademark, trade name, or service mark and that often involves the use of rules and procedures designed by the company and services (as advertising) and facilities provided by the company in return for fees, royalties, or other compensation. Various models of running a franchise are possible. In the most common cases, infrastructure and manpower are locally handled, by the franchisee. All marketing related activities are shared between the franchisee and the franchisor.

Several educational/training institutions operate on the franchise model or in some cases a mixture of the self-owned and franchisee locations. A comprehensive system is thus required to fulfill this key enterprise administrative function of the organization.

The Franchise Management module is a very important solution of Calibre^®CAMUS, which helps the organization in dealing with its franchisees/business associates. It is offered as a specialized solution which can support franchise models and multiple business arrangements between the franchisor and franchisee. This system can be used by franchisees to operate off a centralized data centre while ensuring security for the franchisor by offering tightly