The economy is in the tank. Are you going to allow that fact destroy your business? Of course not. You worked to hard to get it to the place where it is today. There are numerous ways to weather this economic storm, and one is to cut unnecessary expenditures without cutting the quality of your products or service.
One thing to consider is your Telecom Expenses. As indicated by the Aberdeen Group, in most businesses they studied they found that Telecom was in the top 3 of the greatest expenses incurred. Depending upon the size of you organization, you could be wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars on a telecom system that is not properly controlled.
If there was a way to pare away waste while still providing the needed telecom system to your company, would you consider it? The answer should be “yes.” The solution is Telecom Expense Management, or TEM for short. TEM is simply the process of monitoring every dollar spent on telecom assets and services, and ensuring that each dollar is spent wisely. Simple? Not hardly. It requires experience and the proper tools to do it right.
Telecom Expense Management teams attack the problem on several fronts.
Asset Management: Asset management creates an automated process of tracking assets and contract dates for every single device, wireless or wireline, that your company uses.
Invoice Validation: The process of ensuring that each invoice is accurate, and that all errors and discrepancies are followed though to resolution.
Expense Optimization: This makes certain that the funds you are spending are spent wisely. It track usage and plan rates, and adjusts them for peak ROI.
E-Procurement: It involves a centralized order procedure though which all devices and service plans must follow. It ensures that only approved devices are purchased/leased, and that the correct service plan is associated with it.
Help Desk Support: Help Desk give your employees a single point of contact for assistance, moves, changes and deletions of service plans and/or devices. In addition, it helps with troubleshooting as well as helping keep accurate track of your inventory.
Do Telecom Expense Management companies provide this service for free? Absolutely not. Like you, they are a business that wishes to make a profit. Even though they charge for it, they typically find savings for your business that more than cover their fees. They make money, you save money and make your bottom line just a bit fatter. You both win.
Call a TEM business. Ask them to explain in greater detail what they can do for you.
Robert is currently working for Integrity Communications a business specializing in Telecom Expense Magagement. He lives in eastern Kansas. A retired police dispatcher, he now resides in the country with his wife and 2 of his 3 sons. Toss in a couple of dogs and a few cats and you have the rest of the crew. He is a freelance writer who has created articles on subjects such as police work, scanners and 2-way radios, motorcycles and motorcycle painting, promotional advertising products and marketing. Click here to see some of the offerings from Integrity Communications.
Author: Robert A. Barber
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