Program production involves extensive collaboration between highly specialized employees with heavy information requirements, working on programs and productions that change from day to day. SAP solutions help to manage a variety of critical production management processes, including:

• Production planning and production cost planning – SAP for Media solutions help manage the processes for planning and producing a program for a scheduled broadcast date and existing budget, with approval gateways, acquisition processes, and resource allocation controlled effectively by means of workflow processes.
• Program development and documentation management – SAP for Media solutions help manage the hierarchy of production documents (such as scenario, script, storyboard, and composition) and serve as a standardized configurable documentation platform for production projects.
• Project execution – With SAP for Media, you can steer the entire development process of a project, ensure reduced cost to market with efficient project management, and make informed invest/divest decisions for products and projects using intelligent program management capabilities.

Production management is enabled with SAP applications such as SAP ERP and SAP Product Lifecycle Management. To find out how these applications can improve your production management, please complete the "Contact SAP" form and request information about enterprise resource planning or product life-cycle management.