# Unified Production Platform (UPP) > UPP is a connected operating platform for entertainment production, bringing talent, onboarding, production operations, payroll, payments, finance, rights, reporting, portals, and reviewable AI assistance into one governed environment. UPP supports film, television, commercials, live events and tours, agencies and talent managers, freelance production teams, and EOR providers. It keeps governed production context connected across operational handoffs while authorized teams retain professional responsibility for review, approval, compliance, and financial decisions. Last reviewed: 2026-08-06 ## Start here - [UPP platform guide](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/resources/upp-platform-guide/): Authoritative public explanation of UPP, its audiences, connected capabilities, and operating boundaries. - [UPP homepage](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/): Overview of the connected entertainment production platform. - [Platform overview](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/platform/): UPP capabilities organized by connected workflow. - [Solutions overview](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/solutions/): UPP organized by production model and operating audience. ## Platform capabilities - [Production Operations](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/platform/production-operations/): Connect projects, schedules, call sheets, tasks, timesheets, communication, creative review, and production closeout. - [Talent & Casting](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/platform/talent-casting/): Coordinate roles, talent records, casting calls, auditions, lists, selections, agency participation, and booking handoffs. - [Worker Onboarding Portal](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/platform/onboarding-compliance/): Guide workers through engagement-specific profile, tax, payment, document, signature, and employment-eligibility requirements. - [Administrative Onboarding Review](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/platform/onboarding-compliance/): Give authorized teams a separate readiness view for required items, evidence, exceptions, corrections, and controlled re-review. - [Payroll Operations](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/platform/payroll/): Move approved work through calculation, review, funding context, payment operations, exceptions, and reconciliation without confusing workflow status with settlement evidence. - [Vendor Payments & Finance](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/platform/vendor-finance/): Connect vendor obligations, invoices, payment requests, approvals, funding context, batch activity, exceptions, payment status, and reporting. - [Commercial Talent](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/platform/commercial-talent/): Carry authoritative Commercial and AdSpot context through estimates, offers, onboarding, sessions, payroll, residual obligations, trafficking, and use review. - [Business Affairs & Rights](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/platform/business-affairs-rights/): Connect agreements, chain of title, clearances, music and distribution rights, obligations, deliverables, union context, and completion reporting. - [EOR Provider Infrastructure](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/platform/eor-infrastructure/): Support provider-branded, governed multi-client software operations across entities, client organizations, portals, payroll, payments, billing, and reporting. - [Analytics & UPPilot](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/platform/analytics/): Support scoped, human-reviewable investigation across connected production, finance, payroll, compliance, and project-health records. ## Operational guides - [Production payroll guide](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/resources/production-payroll-software/): Evaluate approved-work, payroll, payment, and reconciliation operations. - [Onboarding and compliance guide](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/resources/entertainment-onboarding-compliance/): Evaluate worker completion and authorized readiness review. - [Commercial talent guide](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/resources/commercial-talent-payroll-residuals/): Evaluate continuity from Commercial and AdSpot through use. - [EOR provider software guide](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/resources/eor-provider-software/): Evaluate provider-branded, governed multi-client infrastructure. - [Vendor finance guide](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/resources/vendor-payments-production-finance/): Evaluate vendor obligations, approvals, payments, and reporting. ## Company, security, and contact - [Module library](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/modules/): Browse UPP capabilities by the work they support. - [Security](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/security/): Review UPP's public security and governance approach. - [About UPP](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/about/): Learn why UPP was built and who leads it. - [Contact UPP](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/contact/): Talk with the UPP team about a production operating model. ## Full reference - [UPP full AI reference](https://unifiedprodplatform.com/llms-full.txt/): Expanded public facts, boundaries, questions, and authoritative links.