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MIS

Management Information System

A complete Management Information System (MIS) that proclaims to manage the entire business network and dealings of a Media House. It not only preserves data entered into the system but also restores them under the categories as required or as in the templates desired by the company.

This software has been designed to eliminate the snags in the management of the workflow of varied departments. The program encases powerful features to take care of all requirements of a Media House and serves as a complete Management Information system (MIS). The data from Circulation Module, Advertisement Module, etc., and all final reports are produced at the click of a mouse. The following modules have been designed for complete Magazine Distribution Management:

Circulation Module

The Circulation Module program with improved functionalities preserves detailed information of Agents, Advertisers, Main agents, Sub agents, Subscribers, Advertisements, and Circulation of issues and their distribution points. All these programs help in maintaining up-to-date database on printing of magazines, circulation dispatch records for any number of publications with the publication cycle (daily, weekly etc.), and daily dispatch schedule. Credit notes can be prepared for circulation agents. Advertisement rates can be specified for specific advertisements based on multiple factors etc. Advertisement acceptance form and Advertisement bills can also be prepared and printed. Automatic data testing and backing up is also performed to safeguard against accidental loss of data. Thus, it fulfills all the requirements of Circulation and Advertisement departments of the media house.

Varied features of the software is to assimilate the data entered under each head and finally assist in making assessment of each aspect of the business. It enhances the process of vigilance on the magazines or newspapers printed, the volume generated, issues distributed, the date and time of dispatch, mode of transport or the details of the transport agency, expenses involved and other information required by the organization.

The module also provides separate interface for persons in the management of each department such as the sales head, circulation executive, circulation head and others. Each management head can enjoy an exclusive zone for him with a unique password to access the report or data. Each can study their reports and transport them to another executive or department head with his remarks. It projects the dispatch summary under the sub-heads, agent-wise, edition-wise and mode of transport-wise.

It assimilates the information of each agent of the media house along with the specification of dates of transaction, supply of issues, credit note issued as compensation for the damages, mode of payment and other information regarding circulation discerned necessary by the organization.

Advertisement Module

Publications are the gateways to the masses and thereby they are one of the potent tools for reaching out to the people. Over the years, advertising has grown in dimension - it has not only become one of the most creative ways of expression of ones identity but also one of the major revenue earners for the media houses.

Management of advertisements is deemed necessary for the varied advertisements brought to the people with myriad compositions and varied stretches of imagination. An advertising module with its improved features, help in preserving the details on the varied advertisers, their rates and contracts with each advertiser, number of displays and so on. Since the publishers are the important entity of any advertising house, the features of the advertising modules can be customized in keeping with the needs of the publishers.

The programs can store detailed information of the advertisers, days of contract, rate of the advertisement, insertion date, number of insertions for a particular advertisement, the location it is provided, type of advertisement and other details for the Ad Booking window. Some features enable you to maintain a record of the number of advertisements confirmed or cancelled the daily page-wise statistics, discounts offered, the design specifications, record of registration forms submitted and bills generated for each process.

Thus, with the necessary statistical data accrued and stored in an order it enables easy retrieval of information at any point of time. It brings the privilege of viewing comprehensive reports at any given point of time. With the record of each advertisement and the deals with your clients in front of you with the click of a mouse you can surely have no worries at stake.