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\"\"TEM Insider<\/span><\/h1>\n

TEM Outsourcing \u2013 Doing More with Less<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Written by Robert Dawson, Asentinel<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 October 31, 2012<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Gartner<\/span><\/a> recently reported that the worldwide IT outsourcing market grew 7.8% last year, to $251 billion in total revenue.\u00a0 Why?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At least for Telecom Management (TEM), one multi-national <\/span>Asentinel<\/span><\/a> client defined the problem, \u201cWe had difficulty managing budget variances and identifying cost drivers, many of them much too difficult to decipher. Throughout our organization, we had a number of different telecom payment and management processes for handling and paying a large number of diverse invoices. We weren\u2019t managing it properly.\u00a0 And that was just the money side. Managing the network itself, especially mobile device churn and the myriad of headaches it posed, also begged for attention.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Managing telecom expenses and assets has become increasingly complex among large, global organizations. Corporations\u2019 reliance on manual processes to track and pay thousands of invoices in compliance with negotiated contracts is expensive and inefficient. The end results are misapplied rates, taxes and innumerable other incorrect charges.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Without an effective TEM solution, most customers never see the full benefit of the contract agreement they aggressively negotiated with their carrier and lose the full value of discounts, credits, and other valuable concessions. Additionally, the leverage of their vendor clout is minimally exploited. To oversimplify, money is being left on the table in large sums, simply due to mismanagement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Why outsource Telecom Management?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When done properly, proactive management of your telecom environment provides visibility and actionable information needed to:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n