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As a Sourcing and Procurement professional in telecoms, understanding the market place to identify vendors based on your business requirements with your specific telecom product and service types is crucial. Whether you’re sourcing a one-off solution or large scale RFP the fundamentals of this activity involve: 1. understanding your business requirements 2. identifying vendors which […]

How should I capture and create and manage my telecom inventory? Here’s a free template on how to create a telecom inventory [download_btn label=”Download excel file”] Because of the lack of industry standards around how telecom inventory management records are created, many organization struggle to understand just how best to establish their own telecom inventories. The foundation […]

Temforce is not your typical “TEM” application i.e. not designed just for validating and paying carrier invoices. temforce was built on our own frustrations around trying to manage multiple applications, spreadsheets, lack of workflow management, bad inventory controls, and lack of transparency. Temforce is designed to solve the problems of Telecom Category Management in one […]

Cost and Implementation In case you’re probably wondering how much should a TEM solution costs and how hard is it to implement a solution this guide provides a summary of how TEM providers charge as well as how long it takes to implement a solution. In terms of cost you may be shocked to receive […]

Before you head down the dark side of a TEM RFP here are the 4 key important aspects to consider with when procuring a TEM solution: 1 – Workflow Controls and why they are important: If you’ve been reading our blog post you’ve probably come across ‘Why you should be thinking about workflow management” (http://www.temforce.com/why-you-should-be-thinking-about-workflow-management/) […]

What is TEM? A typical solution starts out with a problem or a general need to solve. In the case of TEM this can span across a variety of areas. For example, “we need a process to manage our telecom spend, how do I know if this telecom invoice is correct or we just had […]

If your CPO walked in your office tomorrow could you or your team answer these 7 simple questions related to your telecom environment in less than 1 business day and with a high-level of confidence? Who are our top 10 suppliers? What is our annual spend broken down across all products and services? What is […]

Top 10 TEM Guidelines   1. Establish a TEM process workflow. Manage your MACD demand (Moves, Add \ Orders, Changes and Disconnects) and RFPs in an agreed defined approval and request process is a mandatory. 2. Create ground rules with your suppliers  e.g. “Dear supplier, If you didn’t receive a request, order, disconnect, change, or […]

Contracts for technology products and services purchased for your business are vital to the organization’s ability to operate. As a Telecom Category contract manager, adhering to your business standards in accordance with the contracting process for Third Party vendors to protect business interests and get the best value for the company are key. As a contract […]

Whether you’ve just joined your organization, or you’ve been on the job for 10+ years here are 4 ways to improve your current Telecom Category Management market performance position. Ask Questions and investigate your tools and current processes. Identify what tools (applications) and processes are used to manage your category. Your goal here is to perform […]

First and foremost, Telecom Category Managers must ensure that any telecom category management plan is developed and communicated with a clear mission, vision and guiding principles for the technology sourcing organization to align with, and support both IT and business strategies. Plans should ensure key competencies are included such as: Senior stakeholder management– Collaborate with your […]