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Author Relationship Management

Business Scenario

 


Key Performance Indicators

  • General and Administrative Expenses
  • Contract Negotiation Time
  • Partner Opportunities

  • Partner Opportunities in Media - Premium Content Publishers
  • Digtial Asset Management Systems for Publishers
  • See also

  • Best Practices
  • C.H. Beck
  • C.H. Beck ROI Study
  • Gyldendal
  • Scenario and Process Component List

  • Comprises the management of all author relations from first contact over to contract entry then to royalty settlement and finally contract performance analysis.

    Business Goals & Objectives


    Improving Corporate Strategy

    Ability to Innovate and Change

    Improving Customer Service

    Improve process efficiency
    Reduce error rate

    Improving Regulatory Compliance

    Comply with future regulatory reporting requirements
    Improve auditability of information and actions
    Improved transparency and auditability of activities
    Reduce risks of fines and penalties

    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

    Reducing Operating Costs & Increasing Efficiency

    Reduce error rate by use of automated processes
    Reduce transaction costs
    Reduction of costs for integration with Accounting and Finance Management

     



    Business Processes

    Account ProcessingSAP Component or Feature Available
    Provides you with a solution for managing and processing business partners and contact persons.more...

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

  • SAP Product Development for Media
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    Activity ProcessingSAP Component or Feature Available

    In this process, you create a business activity, and the data you enter in the business activity is automatically transferred to your groupware administration system, in this case, Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes. Next, you document the business activity, for example, using an activity journal or questionnaire.

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

  • SAP Marketing (SAP CRM)
  • SAP Product Development for Media
  • SAP Sales Management (SAP CRM)
  • SAP Service Management (SAP CRM)
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    IP MaintenanceSAP Component or Feature Available
    Process to create and maintain IP master and the relationships to other IP's
    Maintain IP Master
    Maintain IP-Relationships

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

  • SAP Product Development for Media
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    License Acquisition Contract ProcessingSAP Component or Feature Available
    In this process, agreements with various licensors regarding the type and number of rights or services and the participation (royalties) are made. These agreements are recorded in the license acquisition contract .more...

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

  • SAP Product Development for Media
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    Rights ClearanceSAP Component or Feature Available

    You use this business process to obtain a complete overview of all Intellectual Property rights and the associated contract, release and rights availability information. You can view the rights in your rights inventory. You can use the Rights Availability Analysis to analyze the use of Intellectual Property (IPs) in contracts, and check Intellectual Property availability for rights sales or transfers. You can access license acquisition contracts directly to view all contractual agreements that have been made.

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

  • SAP Product Development for Media
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    Outgoing Royalties SettlementSAP Component or Feature Available

    You have made agreements on the acquisition of rights with fixed or variable fees in license acquisition contracts. Revenues have also been achieved as a result of the sale of rights or products. This process performs outgoing royalties settlement on the basis of these revenues and according to the agreements in the license acquisition contracts . The system takes account of any advances and minimum guarantees paid here.

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

  • SAP Product Development for Media
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    Accounts PayableSAP Component or Feature Available

    Records and manages vendor accounting data via the Accounts Payable (AP) component. Connects AP directly to the G/L using a special reconciliation account.

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

  • SAP Product Development for Media
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    License Acquisition Contract AnalysisSAP Component or Feature Available

    You use this business process to analyze the business transactions for license acquisition with regard to the success achieved in various markets.

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

  • SAP NetWeaver
  • SAP Product Development for Media
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