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Title Lifecycle Planning & Accounting

Business Scenario

 


Key Performance Indicators

  • Break Even Point
  • Contribution Margin Rate
  • Cost Estimate Accuracy
  • Partner Opportunities

  • Partner Opportunities in Media - Premium Content Publishers
  • See also

  • Gyldendal
  • Lonely Planet
  • Scenario and Process Component List
  • Scenario and Process Component List

  • Comprises all financial aspects of title development from editorial budgeting, first title calculation to actual cost recording till full title lifecycle profitability analysis.

    Business Goals & Objectives


    Improving Customer Service

    Improve forecast accuracy
    Improve process efficiency

    Improving Regulatory Compliance

    Comply with future regulatory reporting requirements
    Improve auditability of information and actions

    Improving Strategic Management of Organization

    Quickly adpat to changing business environment

    Increase Speed & Efficiency

    Automate - eliminate errors due to manual processes
    Improve data accuracy and availability

    Increasing Revenue

    Maximize profitability by product

    Increasing Transparency & Accountability

    Improve budget processes
    Provide decision support

     



    Business Processes

    Investment PlanningSAP Component or Feature Available

    Supports a structured entry of capital requirements by organizational unit.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP Product Development for Media
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    Investment Management for MediaSAP Component or Feature Available
    You can use this business process to perform planning for a title proposal with specific regard to profitability aspects. You specify the title using parameters. The system calculates the contribution margin based on cost rates stored in the system. You should have defined the parameters and the structure for contribution margin calculation beforehand in a costing model so that it is possible to compare the profitability of the various planned titles.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP Product Development for Media
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    Project Costing and Accounting for MediaSAP Component or Feature Available

    You can use this business process in order to assign the costs during the implementation phase of a title to the cost object structure and to compare them with the plan values from the title cost estimate. You can also create further versions for title costing and freeze them at certain milestones.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP Product Development for Media
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    Media Product Master CreationSAP Component or Feature Available

    You can use this business process to create a material master for a title in a project. The material master is the central object that provides data on the title required for marketing and sales during the exploitation phase.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP Product Development for Media
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    By Title Profitability AnalysisSAP Component or Feature Available

    You use this business process to calculate the profitability of individual titles produced by your media company, taking account of all the business processes involved in the value chain and making this data available to the analysis. This allows you to analyze the entire life cycle of a title, from its creation through its implementation and exploitation.

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    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP Product Development for Media
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