More effective revenue recognition and IP rights and royalty management

The SAP S/4HANA solution for rights and royalty management by Vistex provides deep insights into content management, rights, inbound and outbound royalties, payments, content accounting, and more.

Simplify the control of IP management processes for music, media, and brand licensing

With the rights and royalty management capability, you can create contracts, track financial obligations, and optimize the value of your IP.

• Cloud or on-premise deployment
• Process support across the IP rights lifecycle
• Streamlined and integrated business processes
• Flexibility to adjust to changing business models

Key benefits

Optimizing IP assets

Support the entire supply chain to manage rights contracts and royalty agreements in one place, including rights availability analysis and IP usage tracking.

Earning more

Gain every dollar possible from your available rights by tracking dollars owed or due and increasing monetization of IP assets through license and product sales.

Increasing operational efficiency

Unify processes for all IP contract types by using a central data repository. You can also manage high-volume, complex financial processes, such as settlement payments.

Key features

Inbound royalties

• Automate the ingestion of inbound royalty transactions and validate ultra-high volumes of revenue income
• Manage, track, and audit royalty payments received and processed for licensed IP rights
• Process and post royalty income between companies and to your general ledger

Outbound royalties

• Calculate and pay royalties quickly and accurately to royalty recipients
• Use automated processes to manage royalty expenses
• Gain visibility into guarantees and advances and obtain a real-time, accurate picture of your profitability

Rights management

• Manage inbound, outbound, and owned rights
• Clear rights for usage and sales and optimize use of available rights to help ensure maximum exploitation of your IP
• Support rights compliance across your rights positions