The company has constructed 20 buildings in China using the same method and has several franchise partners globally.

"The new technology won't only make us more responsive to our customers, but it also will make scheduling easier for our franchise partners," he said.

In January 2012 Asda announced that it had agreed to terms with two franchise partners to open international George stores.

And once, he even spent the night at a franchise partner's home so that he did not have to spring for a hotel room.

According to the company website, franchise partners exist in Costa Rica, Libya and Turkey.

From 1990, Nokia Data encouraged the development of several franchise partners to drive sales of PCs and network technologies.

The company also had 21 franchised stores operated by franchise partners in 10 countries.

All franchise partners are also encouraged to support other local charities or causes in their local communities.

Coffee World has several locations in Jakarta through their franchise partner Global Flavours.

Indeed, they now have to pitch to Pixar to prove that they're good enough to make toys: Lego is one of the biggest franchise partners.