An advanced Business System for a multi-platform world!
Orion is a customer-based media revenue software solution that provides dynamic sales, traffic, and accounting functionality. It manages the core functions of broadcast and cable operations. Orion provides clients with a solution that empowers them be more efficient in managing their operation. It is an extremely reliable and flexible system that supports the growing centralization of broadcast and cable operations with a single database.
It aligns your operational workflow to accommodate new revenue opportunities that have become increasingly important in today’s multi-platform world. Orion is the right tool for future growth. It is robust in design and flexible in functionality; so it fits the needs of your operation. After all your operation is not ‘cookie-cutter’, so why should you settle for a business system that is. Orion is intuitive, user-friendly, and adaptable to any work environment.
Accurate Inventory
Accurate inventory is essential to your operation. Orion’s real-time spot placement engine gives you the visibility to generate the highest revenue for each spot placed. In addition it provides real-time accurate inventory reports so that you can more effectively manage your workflow and maximize your revenue.
- Access inventory data with one click
- Open more than one station/channel at a time
- Customize the level of detail you want to view
- Import historical data from a legacy system
- View and analyze historical versus live data quickly
SalesDesk
At the front end of your system, you can utilize Orion’s SalesDesk as your virtual Sales Assistant. SalesDesk streamlines the sales approval process, be providing high-level communication; such as sales order approvals, order tracking, instant makegood notification, etc.
Empower your account executives by providing them
- Real-time accurate views
- Instant ‘one-click’ reporting
- Ability to reprint invoices
- Ability to accept/reject individual lines on a contract
- Pre-clearance tools that evaluate inventory available based on advertisers requirements
Accounting
Orion’s ability to manage the overall operation enables accounting functionality to be streamlined. Giving you the flexibility to work smarter, faster, and more efficiently:
- Manage payments and complete billing in less time
- View accounts receivable information on demand
- Distribute invoices electronically, via e-mail, or traditional printing
- Print invoices and confirmation templates on plain paper, eliminating costly pre-printed forms
- View invoices at any level of detail
These are just a few of the core Orion functions that provide superior benefits that impact your operation’s bottom line by streamlining the workflow, enhancing efficiency, and increasing revenue.
Cable Specific
Again, given that our system is not cookie-cutter, the flexibility of it is able to adapt to unique business models. Orion’s secondary events enable you to brand your channel by placing and running logos, and promos simultaneously with scheduled segments. Additionally, Orion provides 100% integration with InVision’s DealMaker. For more on our partners click here.
Centralcasting
Centralcasting is a cost-effective way to consolidate business operations to gain economies of scale and improve profitability. At VCI, we understand this trend and have the knowledge and products that make it work. Our single database environment supports and enhances all key functions to make the best use of a Centralcasting environment.
Most traffic systems were developed before Centralcasting evolved, or they ignored the possibilities offered by this business operation trend. VCI Solutions’ Orion was built and has been enhanced specifically with Centralcasting in mind. Our robust capability and expandability accommodates this single database need better than any other option in the market today. One of our top customers is currently utilizing Orion to centralcast 33 separate channels.
Benefits:
- Increased efficiencies
- Real-time ROI analysis
- Increased flexibility
- Smoother operations
- Consolidated staff
- Reduced operating costs
- Save on audit costs; Orion is SOX compliant
New for 2010!
Orion® Discovery is advanced Business System solution that not only affords all the same benefits and capabilities as Orion, but goes beyond to provide a transformed workflow that focuses on proactively managing your business with predictive analytics.
ORION NETWORK/HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
VCI Solutions provides a variety of application server packages. If you prefer to purchase hardware components on your own, contact a preferred supplier. They will need to meet VCI Solution’s minimum requirements and be listed on Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). Final configurations must be approved by VCI Solutions before ordering. Contact us at sales@vcisolutions.com with any questions.

