In a business where your bottom line depends upon meeting guarantees, you need to know where you are and what your inventory is worth at each stage of the deal. Harpoon®'s Advertiser/Barter Sales is designed to work with the Accounts Receivable module to form a complete system for syndicators or distributors who manage the sale of advertiser participations in programs via barter station agreements. Since its creation in 1984, the Harpoon barter software has managed this unique business for 22 companies, providing management with both day-to-day control and long term strategic analysis. Key Functions A specialized system to manage syndicated advertiser sales operations from A to Z -- from offering plans through holds, contracts, scheduling, commercial integration and trafficking, to invoicing, receipts, accounting, performance projections, stewardship post analyses (contract, title, package, and program), and accounting adjustments based on actual audience delivery. Updates inventory instantly when "holds" or orders change. Invoices include integration codes. Processes billboards and billed fee spots. Posts billing adjustments automatically to AR records.