Category Management
Benchmarking is an important tool in telecoms expense management (TEM), there is no question about that. It helps companies to make considerable savings, and offers a valuable insight into an increasingly competitive marketplace. Who doesn’t want to know how much their competitors are paying for their core services? It may seem like a ‘win-win’ situation […]
Depending on how organized you are, creating an annual Telecom Category Business Plan can be an easy feat – or the challenge of your life – to pull together. The main purpose of creating an annual business plan is to reflect where you are today and pull together a plan for what you aim to […]
Every major multinational corporation requires the very best from its TEM providers. A great communications network is essential for the world’s biggest companies, and there is a huge potential for savings and improved efficiency within these multi-billion dollar departments. But these enormous tenders don’t come up too often and when they do, every TEM provider […]
Blog one in a series of three – What is the impact on an outage? When you are paying for a service, you expect it to be available to you any time you need it. You pay your water bill, so clean water comes out of your taps; you pay for electricity, so your lights […]
How do I check that my invoices match my network? Matching your invoices to your inventory and services is basic TEM. It is about keeping track of your supply and demand, knowing what you pay for and ironing out any kinks in the system as you go along. Good TEM practice will result in the […]
When you work in a new and niche area such as Telecoms Expense Management (TEM), it’s hard to know what the future holds. TEM itself is still a relatively new field, and it is changing constantly as new technologies, products and services become available. With all this in mind, the idea of future-proofing a career […]
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 […]
