Unlocking Savings: Finding Telecom Inefficiencies

Unlock Savings: Identifying Telecom Inefficiencies

Critical areas for improvement in your processes and tools.

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Why is managing your telecom expenses so important?

Those who don’t manage their telecom expenses

spend

22%or more on their

telecom expenses

3 opportunities for improvement:

FINANCIAL

TECHNOLOGICAL

OPERATIONAL

Financial

FINANCIAL

The easiest way to save money on telecom expenses is:

FINANCIAL

The easiest way to save money on telecom expenses is:

CONTRACT NEGOTIATION

Advantages of outsourcing your RFP and contract negotiation

• Having a trust worthy team to bounce ideas off of

• Having an entire team of experts to negotiate and find the best deal for you

• Having access to benchmarked industry data

Contract Negotiation in Practice

CASE STUDY: Print & Broadcasting

$1.3 M annual telecom spend Engaged Valicom to re-evaluate / negotiate contracts ‘Out of the box’ thinking for RFP

RESULTS:3 months into the contract, Valicom renegotiated a single contract… saving $126,000.

Valicom assisted in RFP, and found a reseller for 56% savings for their local services.

Technological

Technological

What is in your telecom toolkit?

Are you still using Excel to keep track of

invoices and telecom expenses?

• Efficient and secure way to track telecom expenses

• Resides in the cloud

• No more software updates

• No need for a license, it is a subscription

Operational

Operational

Do you know the steps you are currently taking to manage you telecom expenses?

Operational

You’d be surprised to see how much of a difference small changes to your operational process can affect

you telecom expenses.

Our #1 suggestion? Cost Allocation.

Cost Allocation

CASE STUDY: HospitalityAnnual Spend: $50MCorporate Savings Achieved: $5M

Spread telecom costs across departments.

• No more ‘who is going to pay for this?’.

• Spread costs across departments, locations, etc.

• Granulize up to 1% of the total invoice

Ready to take the next step to controlling your telecom

spend?

Contact

Ellie Sherven Jeff Poirioresherven@valicomcorp.com jpoirior@valicomcorp.com

608.227.0619 608.287-4021

Website: www.valicomcorp.com

Blog: blog.valicomcorp.com