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Broadcast Production Planning

Targeted to broadcasters and production houses, this unique and fully integrated solution allows you to get an integrated overview of activity planning and an accurate cost control of your production.

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Activity
planning


Streamline your TV production activity

Plan your activity in an integrated and clear way. Assign human resources and equipment according to their availability and capability, to avoid failures and overbooking.

Activity
planning


Streamline your TV production activity

Plan your activity in an integrated and clear way. Assign human resources and equipment according to their availability and capability, to avoid failures and overbooking.

Costs
monitoring


Don't let the costs exceed TV production budget.

For every resource used at production and cost registered, there's a corresponding cost previously budgeted. Get a real-time snapshot of production costs, on the run.

Costs
monitoring


Don't let the costs exceed TV production budget.

For every resource used at production and cost registered, there's a corresponding cost previously budgeted. Get a real-time snapshot of production costs, on the run.

Planning
optimization


Maximize the ROI and leverage the efficiency of your production.

Monetize resources through an integrated view of activity and ratios. Control efficiently the production costs. Several analytical perspectives on your activity and costs are displayed for better monitoring and understanding.

Planning
optimization


Maximize the ROI and leverage the efficiency of your production.

Monetize resources through an integrated view of activity and ratios. Control efficiently the production costs. Several analytical perspectives on your activity and costs are displayed for better monitoring and understanding.

Script
entertainment


Get an accurate planning specifically designed to soap operas and series.

Get a clear overview to support analysis and a better understanding of your script entertainment planning. Plan effectively the scenes to record, managing cast and wardrobe, scenery and scene elements no availabilities. Get a real-time follow up of the activity and teams.

Script
entertainment


Get an accurate planning specifically designed to soap operas and series.

Get a clear overview to support analysis and a better understanding of your script entertainment planning. Plan effectively the scenes to record, managing cast and wardrobe, scenery and scene elements no availabilities. Get a real-time follow up of the activity and teams.

Financial
Control


Centralize and control payments an receipts from your activity.

Track all payments and receipts related to people, services and goods even though you have accounting third party services. GoNextPlan will let you know which service does the invoice refers to or if you are paying twice for the same service to the same provider.

Financial
Control


Centralize and control payments an receipts from your activity.

Track all payments and receipts related to people, services and goods even though you have accounting third party services. GoNextPlan will let you know which service does the invoice refers to or if you are paying twice for the same service to the same provider.

Go Next Plan is one unique and complete solution to content and broadcast production planning.


Targeted to broadcasters and production houses, this solution allows you to get an integrated overview of activity planning and an accurate cost control of your production. The information is centralized and shared among several departments in real-time. Through your PC, smartphone and tablet you can access securely to activity planning anytime and anywhere. Improve the efficiency and maximize the ROI with Go Next Plan.

Promotes efficiency and maximize return on investment with Go Next Plan.

Always found answers to these questions

How am I going to know if this equipment is not assigned to another task?

Is this person available to do this task? Is he/she on vacation?

How can I share the last version of the budget with the different areas?

There are many papers that I am getting confused about which one is the most updated!

How to avoid misunderstood and communication flaws? Have camera operators been notified to be at this hour in this place?

Am I doing an effective
control of expenses?
Actually, I cannot know if the costs are exceeding the budget.

Features and Benefits

Global and detailed planning view in real-time

Multiple maps allow different perspectives of planning and people/equipment (trucks, cameras, studios, edition rooms, etc) assignment to tasks.
Global and detailed view of performed activity by equipment and HR.



Maximize the efficiency of resource planning

Fully integrated planning matching resources capability/availability and needs on the run.
Display overbooking alerts among resources and tasks.



Planning and real activity registration

Comparison between planned and performed activities (planned hours vs performed hours).



Streamline communication

Emails and SMS can be sent with scheduled tasks to the assigned team.


Support to regular and highly unorthodox schedule patterns

Integrated schedules and tasks view among staff and freelancers.
Several planning possibilities: group or individual on a daily, weekly, monthly or annual perspective.
Different analyses that enable quick adjustments on planning schedules.



Integrates holidays, day-offs and compensation breaks management

Holiday schedule and approvals workflow.



Integrates with time and attendance management systems

Comparison between planned vs performed schedule.
Keeps an accurate track of working hours and overtime.
Absences and schedule irregularities tracking.


Leverage production capabilities

Resources planning based on their capability allows better usage monitoring and the ability to maximize these resources.


Project's global view

Script overview with information about episodes and scenes.
Detailed scene view displaying information about cast and wardrobe, scene elements and scenery.

Streamline info registration, importing scripts automatically on Go Next Plan

In each scene, cast; scenery and recording places are automatically uploaded based on script text information.
First sight on script text statistics: scene percentages in studio and outdoor; characters participation and scenarios usage.



Efficient planning of recording scenes

Planning targeted on recording teams, cast and wardrobe, scene elements and scenery optimization.
Fully integrated cast, scenery and scene elements no availabilities management.
Automated validation alerts to avoid planning failures.



Recorded scenes registration

Scenes monitoring that are being recorded, scenes to record and partially recorded.
Recording scene support.
Step schedule.



Advanced scenes search

Advanced scenes search has several different options.

Performance analysis

Profitability analysis according to goals.
Cast, scenery and scene elements usage indicators, etc.


Prepare budgets in an easy and versatile way

Build sales and internal costs budget simultaneously.
Approvals workflow.
Generate billing plans for budgets and determine payment conditions.



Track down internal costs

Using the standard costs method, HR and equipment usage can be valued and costs be assigned to the project.



Purchases and external costs monitoring

Global and detailed view of costs over the project.
Integrated approval workflow with customized possibilities by value.
Leverage bargaining power based on supplies’ purchase historical information.



Tracking project costs in real-time

Integrated process with effective visibility over forecasted and real costs to ensure ROI.
Allows house productions to know better their project margins.


Centralized financial information

Clear view of flows, cash balances and bank accounts.
Clear view of what is paid and for payment (people, services and goods) by provider/ supplier, including dates management.
Invoices receiving monitoring.
Advanced payments management and monitoring.



Cash management and bank reconciliation

Financial information can be validated by reconciling the database with registered flows on Go Next Plan.



Integrates with purchase and invoice Go Next Plan modules


Integrates with several thrid-party systems

Integrates with ERP; attendance clock system control; accounting software; HR and payroll software; Business Intelligence systems.
Integrations can be customized and information shared among GoNextPlan and other systems.

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