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	TF1 Publicité optimizes invoice-to-cash cycle with SAP and IBM IBM

TF1 Publicité optimizes invoice-to-cash cycle with SAP and IBM

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	TF1 Publicité, the advertising sales division of TF1, France’s largest free-to-air broadcaster, was facing challenges with its invoicing processes. The company had to handle client billing in multiple systems, which led to delays, inflexibility, and inefficiency. This prevented the agency from meeting client expectations for automated electronic invoicing. Without a single, standardized process for invoicing clients, TF1 Publicité could not optimize billing processes or meet client expectations around automation and the introduction of electronic billing. To maintain its position in the French market, the company needed to rationalize and simplify the invoice-to-cash cycle, automate its processes, and enable greater flexibility and granularity in invoicing. Read More
About Customer	TF1 Publicité is the advertising sales division of TF1, France’s largest free-to-air broadcaster in terms of audience share. In addition to selling ad space on behalf of TF1 Group companies, TF1 Publicité acts as a broker for external clients, such as other television broadcasters, radio broadcasters, and web publishers. Ad sales make up more than 90 percent of TF1 Group’s revenues, and TF1 Publicité’s role is critical to the success of the business as a whole. The company works in a fast-moving environment and must ensure the timely booking and placement of 150,000 ads monthly across numerous TV, radio, and web channels. In addition to traditional ad spots, the company also manages brand sponsorship of TV programs, further increasing complexity. Read More
Solution	TF1 Publicité engaged IBM Global Business Services and SAP to deploy a consolidated billing, revenue recognition, and debt recovery system based on the SAP for Media solution. Over the course of a two-year project, the combined team developed a sophisticated solution that integrates complex multi-channel advertising order data from three major operational systems and automates both invoicing and recovery. The deployment of SAP for Media (project Gamma) began during the rollout of the core SAP ERP solution across all Group companies. Project Gamma covers order-to-cash flows, revenue recognition, and sales agent settlement, making it TF1 Publicité’s sole invoicing system. The project lasted two years and involved both business and technical specialists from IBM, SAP, TF1 Publicité, and the broader TF1 Group. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

TF1 Publicité, the advertising sales division of TF1, France’s largest free-to-air broadcaster, was facing challenges with its invoicing processes. The company had to handle client billing in multiple systems, which led to delays, inflexibility, and inefficiency. This prevented the agency from meeting client expectations for automated electronic invoicing. Without a single, standardized process for invoicing clients, TF1 Publicité could not optimize billing processes or meet client expectations around automation and the introduction of electronic billing. To maintain its position in the French market, the company needed to rationalize and simplify the invoice-to-cash cycle, automate its processes, and enable greater flexibility and granularity in invoicing.

About Customer

TF1 Publicité is the advertising sales division of TF1, France’s largest free-to-air broadcaster in terms of audience share. In addition to selling ad space on behalf of TF1 Group companies, TF1 Publicité acts as a broker for external clients, such as other television broadcasters, radio broadcasters, and web publishers. Ad sales make up more than 90 percent of TF1 Group’s revenues, and TF1 Publicité’s role is critical to the success of the business as a whole. The company works in a fast-moving environment and must ensure the timely booking and placement of 150,000 ads monthly across numerous TV, radio, and web channels. In addition to traditional ad spots, the company also manages brand sponsorship of TV programs, further increasing complexity.

Solution

TF1 Publicité engaged IBM Global Business Services and SAP to deploy a consolidated billing, revenue recognition, and debt recovery system based on the SAP for Media solution. Over the course of a two-year project, the combined team developed a sophisticated solution that integrates complex multi-channel advertising order data from three major operational systems and automates both invoicing and recovery. The deployment of SAP for Media (project Gamma) began during the rollout of the core SAP ERP solution across all Group companies. Project Gamma covers order-to-cash flows, revenue recognition, and sales agent settlement, making it TF1 Publicité’s sole invoicing system. The project lasted two years and involved both business and technical specialists from IBM, SAP, TF1 Publicité, and the broader TF1 Group.

Impact #1	Cuts monthly billing cycle by 50 percent.
Impact #2	Automates 99 percent of invoicing to clients, saving time and effort on both sides.
Impact #3	Automates recovery process, reducing processing time and targeting 100 percent of receivables.

Impact #1

Cuts monthly billing cycle by 50 percent.

Impact #2

Automates 99 percent of invoicing to clients, saving time and effort on both sides.

Impact #3

Automates recovery process, reducing processing time and targeting 100 percent of receivables.

Benefit #1	Monthly billing cycle cut by 50 percent.
Benefit #2	99 percent of invoicing to clients automated.
Benefit #3	Recovery process automated, reducing processing time and targeting 100 percent of receivables.

Benefit #1

Monthly billing cycle cut by 50 percent.

Benefit #2

99 percent of invoicing to clients automated.

Benefit #3

Recovery process automated, reducing processing time and targeting 100 percent of receivables.

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TF1 Publicité optimizes invoice-to-cash cycle with SAP and IBM

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