Gain Control Over Telecom Expenses!

Manage inventory, find lost profits, optimize spend

As you experience increased complexity in your telecom network infrastructure, demands to reduce expense and improve operational efficiency, and the elimination of experienced staff; the role of a telecommunications expense management (TEM) solution becomes a business imperative.

Spiritel Solutions provides a first class telecom expense management solution for both traditional telecom and mobile phone expense. Spiritel's managed software solution provides the opportunity to control and reduce cost, improve operations and streamline workflow.

Spiritel Solutions provides the software technology and management processes to effectively and accurately audit and process all of your telecom invoices, manage your inventory (wireline and wireless), support ordering and procurement of services while managing all of the changes and issues in your telecom environment.

Our unique and customizable web based telecom expense management software provides you with the tools and information to:

Maintain an accurate inventory of all your telecom services including data, voice and wireless
Resolve inaccurate billing of monthly charges
Proactively remove unwanted or unnecessary services
Eliminate late payment fees and reduce the quantity of invoices through account consolidation
Confirm contracted rates to actual billed rates
Provide business intelligence and analytical reporting for forecasting and network optimization

If you don't already know why TEM is such a critical application, here are a few alarming statistics to ponder.

According to Gartner Group, 8% - 12% of telecom expenses are in error
Telecom costs are among the top four expenses for most companies
85% of telecom bills are paid in full without an audit
Companies spend 5% to 35% more than they need to because they pay for services they don't use
Telecom analysts spend 20% of their time identifying errors and 80% resolving those errors
80% of bills contain overcharges that will appear month after month

Why Telecom Expense Management?

If you are questioning whether or not your enterprise needs telecom expense management software (TEM), ask yourself the following questions.

Is all of your telecom information in one central location?
What are the total costs of telecom expenditures across your entire company?
What percentage of your telecom invoices are incurring late charges penalties?
What are the contract rates for your telecom services and are you confident that your invoice is accurate?
Are you taking advantage of all possible volume discounts?
How many times a year are your telecom invoices audited?
Who has the time or expertise to go through every invoice from every telecom vendor line-by-line?
Who owns the telecom equipment throughout your organization?
How are your telecom budgets monitored for efficiency?
Do you have guidelines in place for telecom usage?
Who can efficiently report telecom invoice problems to the right department?
Is there a system in place to optimize telecom related contracts and inventories?
On what information do you forecast future telecom expenses and how accurate is it?

Telecom expense management (TEM) systems produce benefits in several areas:

Money Savings - Control and reduce telecom expense
Time Savings - Streamline and automate telecom expense processes
Risk Reduction - Assist in reducing risk associated with telecom

Savings	Examples of How TEM Saves Money
Lower Telecom Expenses	Eliminates off-contract buying.
	Stops billing for discontinued services.
	Increases negotiation leverage.
	Detects and corrects billing errors.
	Enforces contract compliance.
	Standardizes feature functionality, eliminates unnecessary and unauthorized features.
	Reports on telecom expenses used to promote behavior changes among employees, resulting in reduced or more cost-effective usage.
	Identifies use of obsolete telecom services.
	Identifies under-utilized services and products for consolidation or cancellation.
	Uses superior analytic tools for better network optimization decision making.
Process Streamlining and Automation	Eliminates telecom and accounts payable data entry.
	Eliminates manual opening, sorting, and scanning of invoices.
	Eliminates manual cost allocation.
	Eliminates manual report generation.
	Automates invoice review and approval.
	Automates invoice validation.
Reducing Headaches & Risk	Increases control of telecom expenses and process visibility for greater Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
	Increases employee retention due to better work environment.
	Increases ability to focus on strategic issues.
	Increases contract compliance.

Spiritel Solutions provides immediate savings, permanent in-house control and ongoing visibility of telecom assets. For a free consultation, please complete the form below to start controlling your telecom expenses!

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