What is TEM?
TEM stands for telecommunications expense management.
Essentially, it means managing your wireless, voice, and data environment with the
goals of reducing risk and cost. This is a process
you can do yourself, via a web-based software like
Clearview, or you can partner
with a firm like Valicom to do
some or all of these services for you. Whoever does it, it includes building an accurate real time inventory,
gathering all of your telecom bills and looking for overcharges
through a telecom audit, searching for contract violations, optimizing
your environment to save
money, and negotiating directly with vendors to get a better deal.
Services often included in telecom expense management are:
(Not sure what all this stuff means? Check out our
TEM Services Glossary.)
The Benefits of a Telecom Management 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.
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