The Telecom Expense Management Industry Association, (ETMA) is publishing this TEM RFP Template to help educate the market and reduce the time for organizations to buy a TEM solution. This paper provides valuable information on understanding TEM and identifying things to look for even if you do not plan to issue RFP. ETMA will also […]
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What is Telecom Expense Management (TEM) Industry vision for its future The state of the Telecom Expense Management (TEM) industry is vibrant and better than ever. This is true because Solution Providers have adapted to client needs and TEM offerings encompass far more than just bill auditing. In fact, many TEM Solutions Providers feel that
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ETMA has a LinkedIn group which is open to ETMA members and enterprises. Our goal for the LinkedIn group is to provide a vehicle for online communications and to support ETMA’s mission. ETMA’s mission is to raise awareness and knowledge of the values and benefits of TEM, WEM, MMS and MDM solutions, to improve the quality
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Today, business intelligence (BI) [which includes advanced reporting, graphical analysis, and budgeting/planning capabilities] promises faster, more automated control over telecom expenses. The change is happening and it’s happening now. The advancement in business monitoring capabilities within next generation telecom expense management solutions lends for some exciting developments and possibilities. Plan: Put Ideas TogetherIn the past,
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Until the TEM industry undergoes more consolidation, the TEM customer will be underserved. The primary reasons have to do with lack of scale and lack of pricing power. This seems counterintuitive to some TEM customers since they enjoy pricing power in a very competitive market. However, lack of TEM supplier pricing power results in less
For the Business with less than $100,000/month on Telecom Spend 1. Collect Invoices Much has been said about the need for gathering “inventory”, however to gain immediate control of expenses nothing is more effective and necessary than gathering all the telecom invoices into one place and developing an invoice inventory. Have accounts payable provide you
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Tangoe routinely participates in Requests for Proposals for TEM services and consults with Fortune 1000 companies on how Communications Lifecycle Management can reduce costs, improve visibility, and improve productivity. What consistently surprises Tangoe is the number of these initiatives that end in “no decision” and the amount of time it takes to select a TEM
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In the Technology Expense Management (TEM) industry, and in the quest to fully rationalize the technology costs and assets within a given enterprise, it must be said, that a collection of invoices does not an inventory make. Somewhere along the way, with the advent of readily available electronic billing data, a misperception has grown, even within
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ETMA Spring Conference 2021 – Thank You! The next ETMA conference will took place Tuesday, June 22 thru Thursday, June 24 at the Wyndham Grand Harborside Place in Jupiter Florida. We had a “Who’s Who” from the industry already registered with nearly everyone from large and small firms attending. It was great to see old friends
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