SAP for Media solutions enable a range of key author relations management processes, including:

• Idea management – With SAP for Media solutions, you can optimize the process of entering and evaluating ideas.
• License acquisition contract processing – With SAP for Media solutions, you can execute agreements with various licensors regarding the type and number of rights or services and the participation (royalties), and record these agreements in the license acquisition contract.
• Rights clearance – SAP for Media solutions give you a complete overview of all IP rights and the associated contract, release, and rights availability information.
• Outgoing royalties settlement – With SAP for Media solutions, you can settle outgoing royalties on the basis of revenues achieved and according to the agreements in the license acquisition contracts, taking into account any advances and minimum guarantees paid.
• License acquisition contract analysis – SAP for Media solutions enable you to analyze the business transactions for license acquisition with regard to the success achieved in various markets.
• Activity analysis – With SAP for Media evaluation tools, editorial managers can monitor their team's daily work, and editors can keep track of their own activities, view activity success rates, and evaluate the intensity of author care.

Author relations management is enabled with SAP applications such as SAP Intellectual Property Management. To find out how SAP Intellectual Property Management can improve your author relations management, please complete the "Contact SAP" form and request information about industry solutions.