Contact:
(608) 274-3515
|
info@valicomcorp.com
Explore our TEM blogs for expert perspective, real examples, and clear guidance to manage telecom and technology expenses confidently, with fresh insights added routinely.
Spring has finally sprung! And just like in nature – the new season brings new life – our team too is growing. This Spring our team is welcoming two new members to our family. Please help me in welcoming Todd and Kyle to Valicom! Both Todd and Kyle will be working as Telecom Analysts, assisting our Project Managers in setting up Clearview, gathering and auditing telecom invoices.
Last week we hosted hot-topic webinar, “i-Spy Telecom Invoice Errors”. During the session we shared five of the most commonly missed and most expensive telecom invoice errors. Could you be missing these telecom invoice errors in your invoices month after month? Your existing telecom invoice processes could be the sticking point.
Valicom offers a unique and lucrative opportunity for Master Agents and IT Services providers through our Channel Partner Program. The program allows you to expand your business offering, adding technology and telecom expense management (TEM) to your repertoire. OR reduce your own overhead costs by automating and outsourcing time-consuming data entering processes.
Every month invoices arrive from the Finance or Accounts Payable departments. Charges, invoices and expenses that need to be approved by a variety of department heads, managers and directors. It’s a daunting and complicated task, auditing, allocating, submitting for approval and finally paying these invoices. For most organizations the ‘submitting for approval’ process is the most time consuming and costly part. But it doesn’t have to be.
Springtime has our team in a blur of activity. After the winter has us bundled up for months and months, the prospect of warmer weather brings an exciting buzz to the office. While you were hibernating, here’s what happened at Valicom:
Invoice approval is just one step of the process. The invoice lifecycle starts with auditing and ends in check cutting, with time and money sinks all along the way. Valicom’s invoice processing services create efficiency for your team while saving you money.
Invoice errors. Those pesky little line items that are costing your operations budgets big time. So what are they? Typically, telco items that are not billing correctly, disconnects gone unprocessed, and a myriad of slamming and cramming fraudulent charges. How will you distinguish what is what? How will you spot those opportunities for savings?
Savings within your telecom invoices are hiding just below the surface. But are you searching hard enough to find them? You would be surprised to know how often telecom invoices go totally unchecked, and how easy it is for telecom invoice errors to slip by. The result is crippling, and might be costing your organization more than you think.
The CEO called the CFO one morning, deeply concerned about the telecom and technology budget, and why it had increased over 100% over last year – despite efforts to consolidate and run lean. ‘How have these costs gotten out of control? Who’s managing the budget, and what is the plan for getting back on track?’
TEM benefits go far deeper than cost savings — and after decades in the industry, we can say with confidence that great telecom expense management is something worth celebrating. Learn more about telecom expense management and why organizations that embrace it...
Valicom’s telecom expense management (TEM) clients reported spectacular satisfaction scores for the fourth quarter of 2015! And boy did we ended the year with a bang!
When it comes to the IT and telecom departments, maximizing every single minute matters. The phone is ringing off the hook for new work stations that need to be set up, or pesky iPhone and Microsoft Exchange issues…. The last thing telecom and IT team members need is to be bogged down by time consuming telecom tasks.
Valicom is proud to welcome the newest member to our staff, Darren! Darren joins our team as a Software Developer and is looking forward to enhancing our web-based TEM tool, Clearview.
Earlier this month we covered the 54 standard reports pre-built in Clearview. Why do we love reporting so much? Because it’s so important to our clients. Clearivew is the perfect tool for the managers that need their fingers on the pulse of telecom spending. The tool comes standard with reports, and has the capability to create custom reports from any field on a telecom invoice. But we want to introduce you to a brand new report that we’ve received several requests for….the wireless usage report.
Just a few months ago we announced that industry association, TEMIA, has changed their name, and the meaning of the TEM acronym. TEM now stands for ‘technology expense management’.
In 2016 we are celebrating and acknowledging our 25th anniversary. It’s an absolutely monumental year for us, and we are spending some time reflecting back on what it has taken to get us to this point. To what do you attribute Valicom’s longevity? What aspects of this company’s leadership over the years has enabled it to survive and thrive?
Earlier this week we announced our 25th anniversary. What a wild ride it’s been! Over the years, our team has navigated new clients, software, and evolving service offerings. We’ve weathered the storms of economic downturns and tight technology budgets.
Here’s some good news. Our technology expense management engine, Clearview, is for just the right tool for the big data geeks, the number crunchers, and the financial trend spotters. Why? The web-based tool offers advanced and custom telecom reporting. So you can slice and dice your invoice data any which way, to analyze and optimize where it makes sense.
Tis the Season! Holiday promotions are floating through the air. What are we seeing as the year winds down? Wireless plan upgrades, tons of contracts coming up for renewal, and an abundance of new devices being activated. Let’s dive in:
Earlier this week, we covered the sub activities related to optimization for wireless and wireline. The AOTMP’s latest white paper that is prompting us to take a deeper look at optimization efforts.In case you missed it, the AOTMP released a new white paper this month focused entirely on the many facets of optimization. Here’s the link: Maximizing Telecom and Network Optimization
It’s such a magical and mysterious word. Let the Valicom team take the mysticism out of optimization. Step by step, our team will lead you through what is actually involved in optimizing your wireless and wireline environments. What is there to gain financially? Some estimate 10-15% right out of the door. Which leads to, what is there lose within your environment – ie: how many lines can be disconnected or consolidated?