Name: COVER
Author: Cover Software Solutions

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Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Chatbot

Functional Testing

Kubernetes Monitoring

No-Code Development

Development

Admissions and Enrollment

Classroom Management

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Facility Management

Statistical Analysis

Workspace Planning

Enterprise

Accounting

Accounts Payable

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Hedge Fund

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

3D Printing

Block Storage

Cloud Data Warehouse

Cloud Storage

Configuration Management Databases

Deception Technology

Encryption Key Management

Fraud Detection

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

IoT Device Management

Load Balancing

Network Performance Monitoring

Operating Systems

SOA Governance

SaaS Backup

Server Virtualization

Service Desk Outsourcing

Vector Databases

WiFi Hotspot

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Customer Success

Digital Content Creation

Email Marketing

Market Intelligence

Marketing Automation

Referral Marketing

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Usability Testing

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Professional Services

Customer Onboarding

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Field Sales Software

Sales Performance Management

Sales

Agriculture

Construction Takeoff and Estimating

Dealer Management

Direct Secure Messaging

Equipment Rental

Fleet Management

Insurance Suites

PCB Design

Rental Property Management

Restaurant Management

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The COVER Verlagssoftware is a publishing software solution designed to automate and streamline publishing processes for specialized publishers. It caters to small to medium-sized publishers and covers the entire process chain for various publishing-specific business models, including books, magazines, newspapers, academic publications, and trade publications. According to the vendor, the COVER Verlagssoftware offers a range of modules and functionalities that are essential for book publishers, magazine publishers, newspaper publishers, academic publishers, and trade publishers.

## Key Features

**ERP-SYSTEM**: The COVER Verlagssoftware includes an ERP system that covers the entire process chain for publishing-specific business models. It offers modules for contact management, subscription/periodicals, advertising, book/inventory management, events, product management, shipping, royalties, provision, rights & licenses, editorial management, debtor management, financial accounting, and cost accounting.

**Planning and Analysis Tools**: The COVER Verlagssoftware provides planning, analysis, and reporting tools to assist publishers in making informed decisions. It offers standardized filter-based statistics, reports, and an integrated business intelligence solution for data analysis and process optimization.

**Integration with Popular Systems**: The COVER Verlagssoftware seamlessly integrates with popular publishing distributors, WBZ providers, financial accounting systems, and e-commerce platforms. This ensures smooth data flow and efficient collaboration with external partners.

**CRM-SYSTEM**: According to the vendor, the COVER Verlagssoftware includes a CRM system that enables comprehensive control of direct customer contacts. It offers functionalities for contact management, campaign management, email marketing, online marketing automation, and telemarketing.

**Import and Export Functionality**: The COVER Verlagssoftware provides extensive functionalities for importing and exporting contacts. It includes quality checks such as duplicate detection and postal address verification to maintain a clean and accurate contact database.

**E-COMMERCE-PLATTFORM**: Based on the Magento framework, the COVER Verlagssoftware offers a publisher-specific e-commerce platform. It includes features such as a subscription shop, bookshop, delivery of digital documents, customer portal, landing pages, and CMS pages. Publishers can operate and configure multiple shops and websites through a centrally managed instance.

**Deep Integration and Middleware Support**: The e-commerce platform of the COVER Verlagssoftware integrates deeply with other COVER systems, ensuring efficient data exchange and process synchronization. Additionally, it can be easily integrated into additional ERP systems through middleware.

**Planning, Analysis, and Reporting Tools**: According to the vendor, the COVER Verlagssoftware provides planning, analysis, and reporting tools. It offers standardized filter-based statistics, reports, and an integrated business intelligence solution for data analysis and process optimization.

**Contact Management**: The COVER Verlagssoftware includes a comprehensive contact management system that allows publishers to effectively organize and manage their contacts. It provides functionalities for importing and exporting contacts, as well as quality checks such as duplicate detection and postal address verification.

**Multiple Shop and Website Support**: With the COVER Verlagssoftware, publishers can operate and configure multiple shops and websites through a centrally managed instance. This allows for efficient management of various publishing channels and offerings.

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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Cover Software Solutions

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting

Accounts payable

This includes the automation and tracking of payment to vendors and suppliers, with features such as payment scheduling, check printing, open purchase order alerts, document management, direct ACH bill payment, and vendor records.

Accounts receivable

This includes the management and automation of invoices and collections, with features like statements, invoices, receipts, payment reminders, customer records, auto billing, and refund checks.

Global Financial Support

Account using multiple ledgers, multiple currencies, and multiple entities

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Record and report across multiple currencies and accounting standards with primary and secondary ledgers

Journals and Reconciliations

Automate and synchronize ledgers and processes

Configurable Accounting

Configure accounting rules and segments for each chart of accounts

Standardized Processes

Centralize financial management to facilitate standardized financial processes

Subledger and Financial Process

Revenue management solution including capabilities for subledgers and financial processes

Billing Management

Access role-based billing work area, perform discrete and recurring billing

Cash and Asset Management

Manage liquidity and cash requirements, asset transfers, disposals, reclassifications, and financial adjustments

Travel & Expense Management

Enter expenses from mobile devices, integrate credit card and travel booking, configure policy enforcement

Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting

Control spending at any budget level or time interval

Period Close

Sustain fast close with integrated subledgers, intuitive dashboards, embedded collaboration

Inventory Management

The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.

Inventory tracking

The software syncs orders and stock to maintain a real-time picture of inventory and supports multiple methods such as LIFO and FIFO.

Automatic reordering

The software can be set up to automatically reorder a good when it falls below a certain threshold.

Location management

The software can track multiple goods across multiple locations.

Order Management

The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.

Pricing

Users can set up complex and unique pricing requirements.

Order entry

Users can enter an order once, and the data flows to all the necessary units such as fulfillment and billing.

Credit card processing

The software facilitates credit card processing.

Cost of goods sold

The software calculates the direct costs attributable to a finished product, such as materials and labor, and includes roll-up pricing.

Order Orchestration

Define and execute order fulfillment processes for products as well as services on the same order.

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

Pay calculation

Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.

Benefit plan administration

Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.

Direct deposit files

Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

Dashboards

Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.

Standard reports

The software offers pre-built reports with metrics standard to the category.

Custom reports

Customization

This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.

API for custom integration

An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.

Plug-ins

A number of third-party plug-ins are available to expand the core functionality of the software.

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

Role-based user permissions

Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.

Single sign-on capability

The software system supports a centralized authentication mechanism allowing the user to access multiple systems with a single, centrally managed password.

Multi-factor authentication

User-level audit trail

Grants Management

Grants management solution for higher education, public sector, or non-profits with capabilities for managing financial awards for program and project funding

Award Lifecycle Management

Manage the life of program funding awards from initial funding to close-out

Project Financial Management

Project financial management solution including capabilities for project budgeting, cost control, billing and contract management.

Budgeting and Forecasting

Establish project budgets and forecast future project financials

Project Costing

Standardize, track, and control costs at all project phases

COVER

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