What is TEM?

TEM stands for telecommunications expense management.

Essentially, it is an all encompassing term that refers to the overall monitoring and handling of wireless, voice, and data assets for your company. This is a process you can do yourself, via a web-based platform like Clearview, or you can partner with a firm like Valicom to do these services for you. Whoever does it, in plain language, it means gathering all of your telecom bills and looking for overcharges through a telecom audit, searching for contract violations, finding ways to save money, and negotiating directly with vendors to get a better deal.

Services often included in TEM are:

• Wireless Management 
• Wireline Management
• Order Managment
• Inventory Management
• Invoice Processing
• Invoice Audit & Recovery
• Contract Negotiation & RFPs
• Benchmarking
• Cost Allocation 

(Not sure what all this stuff means? Check out our TEM Services Glossary.)

The Benefits of a TEM Solution from Valicom

Improve Profits

• Identify significant savings on your telecom expenses 
• Eliminate fraud and unauthorized charges 
• Identify errors and recover funds through close inspection or an outsourced audit of your wireline and wireless services

Streamline Operations

• Reallocate personnel to focus on strategic core competencies 
• Streamline order fulfillment, auditing, asset management, and payment processes 
• Realize more efficient use of employee time

Reduce Risk

• Assure corporate business policy and regulatory compliance 
• Increase accuracy in expense tracking and reporting 
• Achieve financial goals through no-risk investment models

Now that you know what TEM means, HOW these services are delivered is up to you. Valicom is unique in that our TEM offering ranges from “We do it for you”, to “We do it together”, to “You do it yourself.” This allows us to offer flexible options and pricing to match the needs of most businesses spending $100K a year or more on telecom. Let us find a solution that works for you.

Which TEM option sounds most like you?

• I want a fast, easy solution to manage my telecom expenses myself. Tell me about the
  TEM Software Clearview.
  
  
• I’d love to be able to do some of this myself, but might need outside help with the heavy lifting. Show me the TEM Software Clearview and the additional available options.
  
  
• I don’t have the time or the team to do this in-house. Tell me about how Clearview supports telecom audit outsourcing.
  

Still wondering what all this means to you? Read more on our page discussing "Who Needs TEM?"…..