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ContractPort™ our online Contract Management and Royalty Accounting tool. It's value is in the monitoring of approved SKU's which are validated against licensee sales along with dynamic royalty reporting to ensure that what is sold, was actually approved for sale. Brands, licensees, manufacturers leverage it's capabilities to reconcile contractual obligations and financial performance to elevate your value as a partner. Your choice of a fully configurable version or feature rich standard version.
Benefits
Quickly enter new contracts based on custom templates
Capture and review all legal and business terms, no matter how complex
Automatically reconcile reports to measure contractual obligations and exceptions
Customizable dashboard for at-a-glance data
Customize and configure business reports that can be tailored to needs and audiences
Edit, create, and update without need to wait for 3rd party programming
Integrated with ProofTrak, our Online Product Approval and Tracking System
Department Use
Licensing: exclusivity, non-exclusivity, categories, channels, domestic territories, International territories, master licenses, distributors, tiered royalties, MGRs, advances, automatic triggers, renewals, terminations, amendments, permissions, sponsorships, 3rd party talent, agencies, collaborations
Manufacture: factory, sourcing, materials, social compliance, factory audits, 3rd party logistics, 3rd party product testing
Sales: retail agreements, vendor agreements, advertising consignment, concession, returns, sell-offs, pricing
Marketing: agencies, retail advertising commitments, Co-op advertising, sponsorships, events, research, focus groups
Legal / Finance: budgets, P&L, royalties, audits, forecasting analytics, reporting, trademark registration, insurance
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ProofTrak™ is our automated online Product Approval and Tracking System which manages submissions and approvals for products, marketing, and business briefs that link comments, notations, and action items to insure compliance and accountability. Your choice of a fully customizable version or feature rich standard version.
Benefits
Eliminate emailed, or parceled submissions that get lost or overlooked
Automatically alert those in the process for action
Insure accountability with displays of next steps of the process
Track all status levels for all stages of process through at-a-glance dashboard
Enter and submit as collections and as one-offs
Configure workflows in real time without the need for programmers
When integrated with ContractPort, you will enjoy 2-way data population and reconciliation
Department Use
Licensing: products, packaging, marketing, designs, prototypes, pre-production, proofs, advertising, creative briefs
Manufacture: PLM process, design, sourcing, compliance, testing, audits, VAS, packaging, logistics, fulfillment
Sales: private label products, OEM projects, Plan-o-grams, retail presentations, sell-sheets, retail POP
Marketing: campaigns, packaging, advertising, agencies, sponsorships, events, displays, retail-specific POP and advertising
Legal / Finance: Report reconciliation, contract adherence, proper use of Trade Mark
MediaPort™ is our DAM (Digital Asset Management) system that can replace numerous and splintered file sharing platforms. Access is password protected and the interface is customizable to your requirements. Ideal for licensors, vendors and distributors.
Benefits
Eliminate sharing of proprietary information on unsecured or private file sharing platforms
Control what is shared, and by whom, for greater control over your brand
Assign unique permissions as to what can be seen and by whom
Create libraries of assets to benefit your clients’ needs
Enhance drag and drop capabilities when you pair MediaPort with Catalog Wizard and/or ProofTrak
Department Use
Licensing: access to brand standards, style-guides, art assets, seasonal colors/patterns, share designs
Manufacture: tech packs, patterns, material swatches, color boards, design direction
Sales: sales presentations, plan-o-grams, assortment plans, order forms, catalogs
Marketing: art assets, advertising art, style guides, brand standards, display art, POP order forms, photography
Legal / Finance: templates, boilerplates, registrations, scanned contract
MerchTrak™ is our automated online Retail Merchandising Compliance System. Reporting of actual store fixtures, temporary displays and product assortments as outlined by to plan-n-grams. Confirm in-store execution via mobile device.
Benefits
Direct connection from retail floor to merchandising teams
Timely floor sets and refreshes increase store sales
Insure that POP shipped to the store is received
Confirm that Merch kits are set up in accordance to the brand and sales strategy
Allow merchandising by field sales, 3rd party merchandising companies, or floor staff
Dynamic Reporting to measure compliance
Bulletin board function allows for specific and timely information to stores
Repository for training videos
Point to point connection between stores and merchandising team
Department Use
Marketing: measure compliance, merchandise campaigns, advertising, agencies, sponsorships, events, displays, retail-specific POP
Merchandising: measure compliance, merchandise campaigns, advertising, agencies, displays, retail-specific POP
Sales: Measure compliance to sales by store, region and territory
StudioTrak™ provides an efficient means of following the progress of a product from prototyping to photography to pre-press production to visual samples. The depth of functionality in this software makes it a great planning and scheduling tool as well. When combined with MediaPort™ it allows samples to be easily flowed into its database library.
Benefits
Password protected workflows
Auto-triggered alerts avoid delays
Configurable for each product/category
Transparency, accountability, timelines
Department Use
Manufacture: can specify features and benefits of the product
Sales: on the fly custom catalogs or presentations by retailer, channel ,territory, assortment
Marketing: create seasonal layouts and message and insure current imagery and data
OrderPort™ is our automated online Order Management System for internal purchasing departments or in a B2B function for product and marketing support. Close sales more frequently with hard-core assortments and pricing per user.
Benefits
Online or offline functionality
Place orders quickly through intuitive user experience
Avoid backorder status through real-time accurate inventory updates
Complete orders in comfort by using online forms or downloadable forms
Receive sales reports to better forecast your future needs
Configurable workflows for order approval
Real-time inventory and open order support
Integrates with EDI systems
When paired with Catalog Wizard, automatically create order forms linked to catalogs
Department Use
Licensing: field sales support, inventory, replenishment, B2B sales, B2C sales
Manufacture: proper production placement, accurate inventory levels
Sales: EDI orders, retail backorder avoidance, replenishment, B2C sales, sell-off strategies
Marketing: in-store display ordering, POP ordering, seed sample fulfillment
Legal / Finance: working capital, COGS, carrying costs
CatalogWizard™ is our automated online Catalog Builder System that uses the templates you choose to deliver a professional quality catalog in minutes that is current and specific to your customer. When combined with our OrderPort™ product you can also include current pricing and availability while placing your orders from the field.
Benefits
Export in digital and print formats
Quicker catalog completion that can be exported in user-friendly formats (print, internet, etc)
Users, based on permissions, can specify assortments, order, descriptions and imagery
Licensees, distributors, and subsidiaries can create on-brand and current collateral
Users, based on permission, can edit data per retailer, channel, or territory for differentiation
Re-order, categorize, build on the fly
Configure by channel, territory, product
Enhance drag and drop capabilities, and speed of completion when paired with MediaPort
Customize metadata related to entries
Department Use
Licensing: on-brand catalogs, presentations and sell sheets for their own categories
Manufacture: can specify features and benefits of the product
Sales: on the fly custom catalogs or presentations by retailer, channel ,territory, assortment
Marketing: create seasonal layouts and message and insure current imagery and data
Legal / Finance: can reconcile sales reports to appropriate season, can confirm trademark first use