G3MediaSuite

G3MediaSuite is an affordable pre-packaged business software solution for midsize organisations offering world-class business software with fast implementation at a fixed price. Based on SAP ERP/CRM and SAP Best Practices with industry experience built-in, the pre-packaged solution helps boost productivity and business flexibility while reducing costs and risk. You gain a fully configured Media Industry focused ERP solution, fully integrated, up and running within 3 months.

G3MediaSuite and SAP All-in-One meets the unique demands of the companies in Media Industry – including publishers, broadcasters, advertising agencies, news services, Music companies and entertainment businesses.

When it comes to selling, procuring, delivering and maintaining products, Media companies face unyielding pressure to supply more for less. To remain competitive, companies must reduce costs, increase efficiencies and manage customer relationships for the long term. Hampered by a legacy of many systems that impede business visibility and perpetuate inefficiencies, many companies recognize the need to standardise on a single business system platform.

G3 Global can help. Our SAP All-in-One Solution Portfolio is an integrated, end-to-end solution that can be implemented as a full enterprise suite, spanning all business processes across your organisation. Alternatively, your route to an integrated SAP solution can be a step-by-step approach, extending your business system with additional point solutions to address specific areas. As we have built G3MediaSuite as modules, you can choose the elements you need first and implement them quickly, providing the foundation for a rapid return on investment.

Based on proven best practices for ERP and Media processes, this pre-packaged solution delivers rapid implementation at a fixed price. This means you’ll be able to meet market demands and compete effectively without straining your budget or risking your business. With the G3MediaSuite Solution your company gains a fully configured Media Industry focussed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution, fully integrated with Finance, up and running within just 3 months.

The G3MediaSuite solution

The combined SAP and G3 Global’s industry experience has produced an Enterprise Resource Planning solution with built in proven best practice to help media companies maintain competitive advantage. The resulting solution called G3MediaSuite is a pre-packaged offering designed specifically to maximise efficiency and productivity.

G3MediaSuite can be implemented within 3 months to provide the following core business processes:

Financial Accounting

G3MediaSuite provides real-time access to the information you need, boosting the effectiveness of your company’s financial department.

The package supports the following processes:	Benefits include:
General ledger management Balance sheet and profit-and-loss statement (financial statements) Accounts receivable Accounts payable Bank accounting Fixed asset accounting Foreign Currency	Real-time monitoring of all financial operations, enabling accurate, up to the minute information; Streamlined collection and payment operations and an optimized cash flow. Effective tools for measuring and optimizing performance to boost productivity Compliance with the European Union reporting requirements and with local regulatory requirements Compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practise

The package supports the following processes:

Benefits include:

General ledger management
Balance sheet and profit-and-loss statement (financial statements)
Accounts receivable
Accounts payable
Bank accounting
Fixed asset accounting
Foreign Currency

Real-time monitoring of all financial operations, enabling accurate, up to the minute information;
Streamlined collection and payment operations and an optimized cash flow.
Effective tools for measuring and optimizing performance to boost productivity
Compliance with the European Union reporting requirements and with local regulatory requirements
Compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practise

Management Accounting

G3MediaSuite provides monitoring and control of information on the company’s performance, within an environment fully integrated with the transactions and operations across an organisation. The accounting functionality keeps a complete, accurate, and audited set of books for legal reporting and management information. It is the source of information for analytical applications, allowing your company to have strict control of the rate-of-return.

The package supports the following financial management processes:	Benefits include:
Investment Management Cost centre accounting Profit centre accounting Internal order accounting Planning and Reporting	Enhanced effectiveness of business processes Support of decision-making processes as a result of accurate and complete information on the rate of return and costs Stricter cost control over spend through budgets and forecasts

Intellectual Property Management

G3MediaSuite Intellectual Property Management (IPM) solution covers the entire value creation chain for Intellectual Property. In addition to the functions for maintaining business relationships between rights holders, licensors and licensees, and authors, this also includes the following activities:.

The package supports the following processes:	Benefits include:
Creation and acquisition of Intellectual Property Development of new Media products Acquisition and sale of licenses and rights Management of license revenues and royalties	Visibility of Rights inventory, and available Rights Automated Royalty calculations – for both incoming and outgoing Royalty

Customer Relationship Management

G3MediaSuite solution provides Account contact management features to ensure you have a customer centric approach to all dealings with your most important people.

CRM will enable you to:	Benefits include:
Improve Customer retention Provide one-face to the Customer Understand your customers as they are, whether that is an individual, a company or an organisation. Author relationship management Idea Management and Collaboration Campaign Management	Account and Contact Management provides an integrated view of master data and transactional data with the ability to define contacts as individuals, suppliers, customers, prospects, organisations etc Strong underlying ERP system to maximise revenue from cross and up selling of your products. Author Relationship Management Intellectual Property Management

Sales inquiry to Cash Receipt

G3MediaSuite provides features and functions to reduce administrative costs by automating sales order management, and ensure high customer satisfaction by delivering accurate, on-time information to customers. Sales functionality manages the complete order-to-cash process, including handling inquiries, quotations, order generation and processing, and billing-cycle management. Distribution functionality enables delivery and shipping processes to support and control order honouring.

The package supports the following processes:	Benefits include:
Sales order management Media Product Sales, sales to distributors, retailers and the end customer of: books, newspapers, magazines and Internet information sales. Subscriptions, sale of Newspapers, magazines, journals, looseleaf products Advertising Sales, Ad inserts, classified ads, online advertising and services Distribution management, deliveries and Shipping Billing-cycle management Credit Management Customer Payments	Increased number of sales orders and reduced administrative costs through automation of sales order management and use of profitable solutions Higher customer satisfaction with provision of accurate timely information Maximised productivity and boosted sales. Easily handle multiple routes to market Minimising bad debts through real time visibility to Customer outstanding reports.

The package supports the following processes:

Benefits include:

Sales order management
Media Product Sales, sales to distributors, retailers and the end customer of: books, newspapers, magazines and Internet information sales.
Subscriptions, sale of Newspapers, magazines, journals, looseleaf products
Advertising Sales, Ad inserts, classified ads, online advertising and services
Distribution management, deliveries and Shipping
Billing-cycle management
Credit Management
Customer Payments

Increased number of sales orders and reduced administrative costs through automation of sales order management and use of profitable solutions
Higher customer satisfaction with provision of accurate timely information
Maximised productivity and boosted sales.
Easily handle multiple routes to market
Minimising bad debts through real time visibility to Customer outstanding reports.

Purchase Requisition through to payment

G3MediaSuite provides end-to-end procurement and logistics business processes for complete business cycles, from requisitioning to vendor invoicing and payment. The solution helps optimise the physical flow of materials, including consignment stocks.

The package supports the following processes:	Benefits include:
Requisitioning Purchase order processing Contacts & Scheduling Agreements Material receipt confirmation Invoice verification Inventory management, including physical inventory taking.	Sustained cost savings for all spend categories through automation of routine tasks, such as automatic determining of sources, converting requisitions into purchase orders. Enhanced productivity in all incoming and outgoing physical goods movements

Production planning and Scheduling

G3MediaSuite will give you the capability to maximise your supply chain benefit by forecasting of both internal and external resources to optimise supply with customer demand at the least possible cost and so maximising the return on your assets.

The package supports the following processes:	Benefits include:
Sales and Operations Planning Demand Management Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) Capacity Planning and levelling	Tight connections with trading partners keep your supply chain aligned with current business strategies and priorities, improving your organization’s overall performance and achievement of goals. Fast response to changes in Supply and Demand will increase customer satisfaction Improved cash flow due to lower inventory holding costs

Manufacturing Execution

G3MediaSuite will give a real time view across all operations, achieve shop floor control, manage complex WIP and ensure full product traceability.

The package supports the following processes:	Benefits include:
Make to Stock Production Make to Order Production Repetitive Manufacturing Production Execution and reporting Batch Management Work in Progress / Variances Analysis	Automated and streamlined business processes, with greater adaptability Increased productivity as a result of the role-based solution and centralized information

Manufacturing Accounting

G3MediaSuite allows you to plan, account for actual costs and analyse variances through the full life cycle of your product build.

The package supports the following processes:	Benefits include:
Product Cost Accounting Profitability Analysis Transfer Pricing	Real time reporting of actual costs and variances to plan so timely decision making maximises resources through the manufacturing cycle. A complete and accurate real time manufacturing P&L is available for each product. An adaptable accounting system which is flexible and compliant as your product range expands or changes.

Human Capital Management

G3MediaSuite provides your organisation with the Human Resources tools to proactively, identify, manage and align your resource with your corporate goals and those of the individual.

The package supports the following processes:	Benefits include:
Employee Administration Organizational Management	Ensure that every employee understands and acts upon appropriate business objectives and can monitor their progress toward corporate goals. Adapt your processes quickly to changing business needs with a flexible, scalable solution Provide your employees with clearly defined career and development plans and personalized learning opportunities

Travel Management

G3MediaSuite automates your Corporate Travel Policy processes. It has the inherent capability to support, control and report expenses incurred by your employees.

The package supports the following processes:	Benefits include:
Travel request and pre-trip approval Travel and Expense Management Travel and Expense Analysis	SAP Travel Management ensures improved compliance with your company travel policy and negotiated travel contracts. The application is completely integrated with financials, HR, workflow, and reporting functions of SAP ERP. Functionality allow employee self-service. available 24×7, online and offline

Business Performance and Analysis

G3MediaSuite provides comprehensive business analytics for each business scenario enablingyour organisation to excel in its market and industry. The Solution has analytics to support financial management and operations.

The package supports the following processes:	Benefits include:
Financial and management reporting Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting Profitability management Overhead cost management Rights and Royalty statements Procurement analysis Inventory management analysis Sales analysis Manufacturing Analytics	Improved decision making, with strategic business insight.