THE CONNECTED BUSINESS PLATFORM

Capture at the core.
Your work, connected.

Ascend Enhanced brings your documents and business workflows together. Start with Capture, then connect the modules your team needs—from approvals and inventory to production accounting and payroll.

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Capture foundation. Connected modules. Intelligence across the platform.

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NORTHLIGHT · SEASON 01

Capture inbox

This week

Every document. Ready for the next step.

Supplier invoices24in your inbox

Awaiting approval08ready for review

Purchase orders16linked to production

Illustrative supplier documents
Supplier / document	Department	Status
Framehouse RentalsINV-0241 · R 18,450	Camera	Extracted
Studio NorthINV-0242 · R 32,800	Locations	In review
On Set CateringINV-0243 · R 8,250	Production	Extracted

Documents connected to projects and cost codes.

Capture and selected modules in one connected view Illustrative data

ASCEND ENHANCED / THE SOFTWARE

One platform.
A clear way to grow.

Capture is the base platform. Five workflow silos extend it. Intelligence spans the offering, while Ascend Production Finance brings a specialist focus to Film & TV.

01 / BASE PLATFORM

Capture

Start with the documents, reviewed information and evidence behind your work.

Explore the foundation 02 / WORKFLOW SILOS

Your selected modules

Inventory, Approvals, Fixed Assets, Production Accounting and Payroll.

Explore the modules 03 / FILM & TV

Ascend Production Finance

The specialist module for the financial work behind productions.

Explore Film & TV 04 / INTELLIGENCE

Across the platform

Planned insight across documents, contracts and connected workflows.

Explore Intelligence

Start with Capture and agree the modules you need. Your quote confirms inclusions, availability, users, integrations and onboarding.

THE BASE PLATFORM / CAPTURE

The evidence behind
every workflow.

Give invoices, receipts, statements and supporting documents a single home. Capture turns source evidence into reviewed information that can move into your selected workflows.

Capture invoices, receipts, statements and supporting documents
OCR extraction, confidence and duplicate review
Keep reviewed records linked to their original evidence

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Document reviewExtracted

SUPPLIER INVOICE

Framehouse
Rentals

Camera equipment hire
Northlight Studio

TotalR 18,450.00

Supplier: Framehouse Rentals
Invoice number: INV-0241
Project: Northlight Studio
Cost code: 2200 · Camera
Next step: Review & code

Illustrative document and data

FIVE WORKFLOW SILOS

Choose where
your work connects.

Each silo has a clear purpose. Select the scope that fits your operation, with Capture providing the document foundation.

INVENTORY

Follow the physical movement.

Connect stock, consumables and equipment to receipt, issue, return and stocktake workflows.

Goods receipts · Stock movements · Issues & returns

Discuss Inventory

APPROVALS

Keep decisions accountable.

Route work through the right people, with agreed authority, delegation and a record of each decision.

Rules & thresholds · Delegation · Approval evidence

Discuss Approvals

FIXED ASSETS

Keep a view of what you own.

Bring asset records, ownership, locations and supporting documents into a defined asset-management scope.

Asset register · Custody & location · Lifecycle records

Discuss Fixed Assets

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTING

Connect the financial detail.

Organise purchasing, commitments, accounting records and cost reporting around the source evidence.

Purchasing & budgets · AP & AR · Cashbook & reporting

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PAYROLL

Connect people and payroll work.

Bring contracts, allocations and approvals into payroll workflows, with the specialist payroll engine handling calculation.

Contracts & allocations · Payroll inputs · Reconciliation

Discuss Payroll

Capture is the base platformDocuments · Extraction · Review · Evidence · Routing

Intelligence across the offeringPlanned insight into documents, contracts and connected records.

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTING / PURCHASING & BUDGETS

Keep purchasing
close to the budget.

Within Production Accounting, connect purchasing and commitments to budgets and cost codes. Keep the financial record linked to the document and the approval behind it.

Organise spending by production and department
Track purchase orders and commitments
Review budgets alongside actual costs

Purchasing & budgetsNorthlight

CAMERA DEPARTMENTR 240,000Department budget

Actual · 52%Committed · 23%Available · 25%

PO-0108Camera equipment hire

Approved

PO-0109Additional lenses

In review

Illustrative budget and purchase orders

THE APPROVALS SILO

The right information.
The right decision.

Give reviewers the context they need. Keep approval responsibilities clear and maintain a record of decisions as documents move forward.

Review documents in dedicated approval queues
Manage approval workflows and delegations
Follow the history with a clear audit trail

Approval journeyComplete

Studio hire · PO-0106

Locations / Northlight Studio

Submitted for reviewProduction coordinator · Document attached
Department approvedLocations manager · Cost code confirmed
Finance approvedProduction accountant · Ready for accounting

Illustrative approval workflow

THE PRODUCTION ACCOUNTING SILO

Carry the context into accounting.

Keep source documents, allocations and financial status connected within your agreed Production Accounting scope.

Accounts payable

Keep supplier invoices and their approval status together, from review through to the accounting handoff.

Accounts receivable

Organise customer invoices and maintain a clear view of what is awaiting payment.

Cashbook

Bring expected money movements, payment observations and exceptions into one operational view.

CONNECTED SYSTEMS

Your connected workflows.
Your specialist systems.

Connect the selected Ascend Enhanced workflows to your specialist systems. Xero supports the accounting ledger; SimplePay supports payroll calculation and statutory processing within the agreed Payroll scope.

Xero connections for the agreed accounting scope
SimplePay connections for the agreed Payroll scope
Integration actions and availability confirmed in your quote

Discuss your integration needs

Ascend EnhancedSelected workflows

Connected information

XeroAccountingYour financial ledger

INTELLIGENCE / ACROSS THE PLATFORM

Connect the information.
Understand the picture.

Coming soon

The planned intelligence layer spans Capture and the selected silos: helping teams interpret documents, compare contract terms and understand relationships across their records.

Contract Intelligence sits within Intelligence. Feature scope, packaging and availability will be confirmed as the offering develops.

THE FILM & TV MODULE

Ascend
Production Finance.

The specialist Film & TV offering within Ascend Enhanced. Bring the Capture foundation, Production Accounting and selected supporting workflows into the financial context of a production.
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PRODUCTION CONTEXT

Projects. Departments. Cost codes.

Connect documents and financial work to the production they belong to.

FINANCIAL CONTROL

Budgets. Commitments. Actuals.

Keep purchasing and costs visible as a production moves from planning to delivery.

CONNECTED TEAMS

Evidence. Decisions. Reporting.

Agree the approval, payroll and other supporting module scope your production requires.

Ascend Enhanced is the software platform. Ascend Production Finance is the Film & TV module.

LET’S DEFINE YOUR SCOPE

Start with Capture.
Build around your work.

Tell us which workflows your team needs. We’ll confirm the selected modules, rollout availability, integrations and onboarding in a tailored quote.

Base platform: CaptureIncluded in this enquiry

Intelligence selections register interest. Module selection is an enquiry, not an order.

Your enquiry

Ascend Enhanced · Capture base platform

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Capture at the core.Your work, connected.