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knkMedia: Order to Cash

With knkMedia, publishers of books and B2B media can streamline their sales processes, improve inventory management, automate invoicing and payment processing, and gain valuable reporting capabilities.  

Boost productivity and efficiency

Increase efficiency, save time, and reduce errors with automated order processing, real-time inventory management, and scalable operations.  knkMedia is an integrated system that handles all processes without interfaces between modules. This can result in faster turnaround times, fewer errors, and better utilization of resources. And if you want to use just some of knkMedia’s modules, our interface framework KIP ensures a smooth process.

Streamlined order processing

Publishers can streamline their order processing around order entry, confirmation, invoicing and payment check. This can increase efficiency for all kinds of orders such as retail, subscriptions or user licenses, leading to faster turnaround times and more satisfied customers. 

Improved inventory management

Get a real-time view of inventory levels, allowing effective management of stock levels. This helps with timely decision making on print runs, modified reprints or use in different media including eBooks or databases. 

Increased efficiency

Automate processes around orders from all kinds of sources such as retailers or webshops. Even accesses for databases can be handled easily. 

Improve your customer experience

Enable customers to place orders in any possible way, track their status, and receive automated updates, while gaining insights into sales and inventory trends for better decision making. 

Transform Customer Usability

knkMedia provides a fully integrated Order to Cash Flow that enables publishers to provide a better user experience. 

Better data analysis

knkMedia generates reports on sales, orders, and inventory levels, providing publishers with insights into their business operations. This data can be used to identify trends, make informed decisions, and optimize processes. 

Practical insights

Take the data pulled from reports to identify trends, make informed decisions, and optimize processes. 

Boost productivity and efficiency

Increase efficiency, save time, and reduce errors with automated order processing, real-time inventory management, and scalable operations.  knkMedia is an integrated system that handles all processes without interfaces between modules. This can result in faster turnaround times, fewer errors, and better utilization of resources. And if you want to use just some of knkMedia’s modules, our interface framework KIP ensures a smooth process.

Streamlined order processing

Publishers can streamline their order processing around order entry, confirmation, invoicing and payment check. This can increase efficiency for all kinds of orders such as retail, subscriptions or user licenses, leading to faster turnaround times and more satisfied customers. 

Improved inventory management

Get a real-time view of inventory levels, allowing effective management of stock levels. This helps with timely decision making on print runs, modified reprints or use in different media including eBooks or databases. 

Increased efficiency

Automate processes around orders from all kinds of sources such as retailers or webshops. Even accesses for databases can be handled easily. 

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The Order to Cash Solution for Publishers

knkMedia can streamline the entire process of sales — from order entry to invoicing and payment collection. Plus, it will seamlessly integrate with your other systems, making it easier to manage your publishing operations. With Microsoft’s backing, this effective solution offers a secure, dependable, and future-proofed approach to Order to Cash management. Book your demo today and get started revolutionizing your system!  

Key Benefits of knkMedia for Order to Cash:

  • Complete order to cash process
  • Automated customer communication
  • For all kinds of media such as books, magazines, eBooks, audibles, databases, etc.
  • Supports all kinds of orders including retails, back orders, returns, online orders and subscriptions 
  • Usable in both ways: fully integrated or individual modules

Increased Speed and Accuracy

Easy-to-Use Templates

Fully Integrated System

Real-Time Data Reporting

Business is changing – keep pace!

In a fast-changing world, software is developing even faster. Therefore, it is important to use software that evolves too, and can be easily updated and flexibly integrated into any ecosystem. That guarantees sustainability.

knk solutions are flexible

Whether you want to set up a complete ERP or replace just one component – knk offers modularized solutions for publishers. From first ideas to production, sales, marketing, and distribution.

knk solutions are sustainable

knk solutions are based on the latest Microsoft technology. That guarantees not only that they are always up to date, but our customers can also be sure to buy from a company that is very unlikely to disappear.

knk solutions are secure

When you operate your business in the cloud, security is essential. Using Azure, you can rely on a team of experts and proactive compliance trusted by enterprises, governments, and startups. Benefit from layered security for physical data centers, infrastructure, and operations. Cybersecurity experts actively monitor them to protect your corporate resources and data.

The technology behind

knkPublishing is based on Microsoft Business Central. We’ve enhanced this standard ERP for the needs of publishers. Microsoft Business Central provides the latest technology and develops quickly to make sure that customers can benefit from a fast-changing business. Standard or custom connectors embed Business Central into a software ecosystem that can change, grow, and open up new insights and possibilities for new businesses, automated processes, AI, and the next level of collaboration.

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You might be wondering…

These examples represent a selection of frequently raised topics related to the functionalities covered by the knkMedia system.
Please contact https://www.knkpublishingsoftware.com/book-a-demo/ or info@knk.com for additional information.

knkMedia delivers a fully integrated order-to-cash (O2C) workflow within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, connecting order entry, pricing, fulfillment, invoicing, payments, and financial posting in one environment. Whether orders come from distributors, D2C e-commerce, subscriptions, events, or EDI, knkMedia ensures accurate processing, real-time visibility, and seamless financial reconciliation—eliminating the need for separate systems or manual re-keying.

The O2C module is deeply integrated with knkMedia’s inventory, warehouse management, title metadata, rights/royalties, CRM, and financials, ensuring that every sales order automatically ties back to stock availability, pricing rules, title identifiers, rights restrictions, and royalty obligations. This eliminates data silos and ensures all downstream processes reflect accurate, real-time information.

The O2C module is deeply integrated with knkMedia’s inventory, warehouse management, title metadata, rights/royalties, CRM, and financials, ensuring that every sales order automatically ties back to stock availability, pricing rules, title identifiers, rights restrictions, and royalty obligations. This eliminates data silos and ensures all downstream processes reflect accurate, real-time information.

knkMedia manages digital product delivery, subscription access rights, user entitlements, per-use billing, and digital license management as part of the order workflow. Whether a customer purchases a single eBook, a streaming/audio license, or a subscription package, the system can process entitlements, coordinate access activation through integrated digital platforms, and trigger the correct billing and royalty calculations.

Because knkMedia is built on Microsoft’s enterprise financial platform, it supports flexible payment terms, automated dunning, credit limits, collection workflows, and cash-flow forecasting out of the box. Where Microsoft Copilot is licensed, AI features can assist with cash-flow forecasting, sales and inventory forecasting, and late-payment prediction. Payment statuses, outstanding balances, and customer credit performance are fully visible to both sales and finance teams.

knkMedia integrates with Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM and Marketing, enabling publishers to connect customer engagement with the ordering workflow. Where required, it can also be connected to Microsoft Customer Insights or other data tools as part of a broader customer-data strategy. Campaigns, promotions, membership programs, and pricing tiers flow directly into order capture, ensuring consistent and data-driven customer interactions.

knkMedia manages fulfillment for physical shipments (pick/pack/ship), digital downloads, streaming access codes, membership bundles, and event-related packages. Fulfillment rules can vary by channel, customer type, or format, ensuring that each order triggers precisely the correct delivery workflow.

The system manages partial and full returns, credit calculations, rebates, allowances, and back-order rules with full linkage to the original order. Returns can be configured to reverse relevant royalties, update inventory based on condition codes, and post financial adjustments. Back-orders follow configurable allocation logic to prioritize key accounts or channels.

How does the system support variable structured pricing (by format, territory, edition, etc.)?
knkMedia’s rights module allows publishers to assign, track, and license rights for specific languages, territories, and formats. Translation rights deals flow directly into IP-level data structures, ensuring each derivative edition is linked to the original work. This provides a clear lineage of all rights transactions worldwide.

Through Power BI dashboards and integrated cost structures, knkMedia provides visibility into true title profitability, including cost to serve, discount impact, channel margins, freight costs, warehouse charges, and return rates. This empowers publishers to make informed decisions on pricing, inventory strategy, and partner negotiation.

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