Music & Entertainment

How Epitaph turned streaming data into instant insight with SAP Business One

A fast-growing record label replaced a system it had outgrown and now analyzes years of streaming data in seconds.

900K+
Spotify report lines imported and ready to query
~1 sec
To query five years of streams by song and country
Cloud
Smooth move to the cloud
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The Challenge

A wave of new artist signings drove rapid growth, and the label’s previous accounting tool could not keep up with the jump in revenue and payments. Streaming added a new opportunity: steady monthly income, delivered in massive data files the team needed to capture, analyze and turn into reporting.

It just wasn’t able to handle the giant increase of everything: revenue, payments.

CEO, Epitaph
02

Why SAP Business One & Innormax

With royalties managed in dedicated software, the label needed a platform built to capture streaming revenue. SAP Business One on SAP HANA was a strong fit: fast, and affordable for a company their size. They partnered with Innormax for a team that took the time to learn a highly specialized industry, avoided overpromising and delivered what it said it would.

03

Our Approach

Discovery
Learned the label’s business and specialized needs before recommending a solution
Configuration
Set up SAP Business One on SAP HANA to capture high-volume streaming data
Migration
Transitioned off Indiebooks and a custom-built system
Training
[Confirm: training delivered to the finance team]
Ongoing support
Moved the system to the cloud and stayed on as a long-term partner
04

The Results

  • A scalable foundation for a growing roster: SAP Business One on SAP HANA replaced a system that couldn’t keep up with revenue and payment volume.
  • Streams by song and country, across five years, in about a second: monthly streaming files are imported into HANA and queried with Sharperlight.
  • Reporting on demand: saved, refreshable reports power artist P&Ls, monthly financials and quarterly breakdowns by streaming, download and physical.
  • A seamless move to the cloud.

Other consultants are really just looking for the sale. What was great about Innormax was that they were really trying to learn about us and not overpromise, so they could always deliver what they said they could.

CEO, Epitaph
What's Next

With fast-rising new signings on the roster, the label is set up to keep growing on a platform that scales with it.

Project Snapshot
Customer
Epitaph
Industry
Music & Entertainment
Location
USA, California
Company Size
[Employees]
Previous System
Indiebooks + custom-built system
Solution
SAP Business One on SAP HANA, cloud hosted, with Sharperlight reporting
Modules Implemented
Financials, Reporting & Analytics
Go-Live
[Month Year]
Talk to an Expert
In Their Words
★★★★★

If I had to describe Innormax in one sentence, I would say a super reliable partner who really understands our business.

CEO
Epitaph
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