Electronic Orders and Invoices
The media industry can finally say goodbye to paper order transfers, faxes and other slow, error-prone methods of placing buys. Finally buyers and sellers are connected electronically. Electronic Orders and Invoices, a Mediascape Service, cuts discrepancies by reducing mistakes made in order entry, saving time, money and credibility. We bring in orders from virtually every agency in the U.S. through partners such as Donovan, STRATA and Katz. We also connect to your local direct business through providers such as Arbitron. Electronically send invoices to any agency or advertiser that requests them. Integration with Arbitron TAPSCAN Web
Arbitron TAPSCAN Web, a Web-based sales proposal and analysis system, is now integrated with the Mediascape Platform Exchange Solution. This integration provides salespeople with the ability to electronically transmit TAPSCAN Web proposals to the Mediascape Platform for order execution, fulfillment and invoicing within the traffic system. This integration helps to eliminate the errors associated with manual sales and order processing and the extensive amount of time spent manually entering information into multiple systems.
To learn more about Marketron Mediascape’s Electronic Orders and Invoices service, as well as activating the new integration with TAPSCAN Web, , click here to be contacted.
Arbitron TAPSCAN Web, a Web-based sales proposal and analysis system, is now integrated with the Mediascape Platform Exchange Solution. This integration provides salespeople with the ability to electronically transmit TAPSCAN Web proposals to the Mediascape Platform for order execution, fulfillment and invoicing within the traffic system. This integration helps to eliminate the errors associated with manual sales and order processing and the extensive amount of time spent manually entering information into multiple systems.
To learn more about Marketron Mediascape’s Electronic Orders and Invoices service, as well as activating the new integration with TAPSCAN Web, , click here to be contacted.
Key Benefits
- Reduce order errors and discrepancies. Industry studies show that manual data entry produces on average a 3% error rate. Electronic Orders and Invoices reduces this error rate and returns revenue to your organization.
- Eliminate labor associated with manual entry. An average order takes approximately 20 minutes to enter into the business system. Thousands of orders are entered each and every year – imagine the time that can be returned to your day by eliminating this tedious task and enabling personnel to focus on higher value activities.
- Lower days sales outstanding. When you send invoices electronically, they are received immediately by your customers thereby allowing them to pay faster. The result is a smaller aging balance and better cash flow.
- Reduce costs associated with paper and postage. The labor, paper and postage cost for invoicing has been estimated by a Gartner study at as much as $7 per invoice. Moving to an electronic invoice presentation process can lower your cost by as much as $5 per invoice, creating a clear path to significant and measurable savings.
Key Features
- Automate the order entry process. Electronic Orders and Invoices eliminates the thousands of hours spent by radio station staff re-entering orders that already exist in other systems. Not only do you save the time associated with manual input but errors that take profits from your bottom line are a thing of the past allowing you to become more efficient and profitable.
- Single-step creation and send of electronic invoices. Marketron invoices are created in one easy step and invoices are sent automatically to all of your trading partners using the latest AAAA (American Advertising Agency Association) format.
- Integrate with Arbitron TAPSCAN Web, Arbitron Sales Management, Katz Media Group, Donovan and STRATA agency buying systems. These integrations provide your organization with the ability to electronically submit orders to the Marketron Mediascape Platform for execution, fulfillment and invoicing within the traffic system. Electronic communication helps to eliminate the errors associated with manual sales and order processing and the extensive amount of time spent manually entering information into multiple systems.

