Who is the only approved supplier for the NBDS system for Anago franchises?
Anago Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
The NBDS System's principal functions are to provide permanent records of sales transactions at your Anago Subfranchise and to collect and manage information about the nature of those transactions. The types of information that it collects and generates are telemarketing and sales levels, client information, individual sales data, and various financial information. This information is considered our Confidential Information. We will have electronic and manual access to the information that the NBDS System generates and there are no contractual limitations on our right to access this information. NBDS is not intended to be an accounting or bookkeeping system. You must obtain your own accounting and or bookkeeping system.
ACS owns the proprietary software or software licenses comprising the NBDS System. The software is sourced and supported through us. We are currently the only approved supplier for the NBDS System. We outsource assistance to Subfranchisors for the installation of the NBDS System.
Compatible equivalent hardware components that perform the same functions exist, but not the software.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 27–36)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Anago's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Anago is currently the only approved supplier for the NBDS (New Business Development System). The NBDS system's main purpose is to keep permanent records of sales transactions at the Anago Subfranchise and to collect and manage information about the nature of those transactions.
The NBDS system collects and generates information such as telemarketing and sales levels, client information, individual sales data, and various financial information. This information is considered confidential and Anago has both electronic and manual access to it without any contractual limitations.
While compatible hardware components exist that perform the same functions, the proprietary software is sourced and supported through Anago. The NBDS is not intended to be an accounting or bookkeeping system, so franchisees must obtain their own separate accounting system.