{"id":5177,"date":"2014-02-11T16:23:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T16:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerocominc.com\/?p=5177"},"modified":"2015-05-07T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T23:00:32","slug":"your-2014-telecom-expense-management-buyers-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/your-2014-telecom-expense-management-buyers-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Your 2014 Telecom Expense Management Buyer’s Guide!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This guide has been developed for business owners and managers to assist them when selecting the most cost effective TEM software<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>for their multi-location business. TEM is a software package that allows business\u2019 end users to manage all their phone bills as one. TEM software is generally used by organizations that have separate business locations spread over a wide geographic area. Having many locations, it\u2019s difficult for a single phone company to provide for ALL of the telecom voice, data, and Internet bandwidth services.<\/p>\n

How do you know if you\u2019re ready for TEM?<\/p>\n

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  1. Do you pay a phone bill month after month without really knowing what the phone bill is for?<\/li>\n
  2. The employee that\u2019s assigned to the original GL codes for a bill that no longer works for the company?<\/li>\n
  3. Are you afraid to disconnect unknown phone services in case something might happen?<\/li>\n
  4. Are your different company department heads all in charge of their own telecom services?<\/li>\n
  5. Does it cost you more in employee labor to process a phone bill than the phone bill itself?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If all of these questions are a YES for you\u2026it may be time to consider TEM software. But wait! Before you begin your search for the perfect product, be sure to ask yourself these questions before purchasing.<\/p>\n

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    1. How much do you want to spend-monthly- on phone data and internet bills each month and you\u2019ll want to manage with your TEM software?<\/li>\n
    2. How much does it cost you to process each individual phone bill each month?<\/li>\n
    3. Are all of your GL codes up to date for each individual phone bill?<\/li>\n
    4. Are your reporting needs very simple or complicated?<\/li>\n
    5. How comfortable are you having your phone bill information in \u201cthe cloud\u201d?<\/li>\n
    6. How many other \u201csatisfied customer references\u201d does there need to be for the package considered?<\/li>\n
    7. How much of the \u201cloading and managing\u201d of your phone bills\u2019 information into the TEM software are you prepared to hand in-house?<\/li>\n
    8. How \u201cdirect\u201d do you need your relationship with the original phone carrier to remain?<\/li>\n
    9. Are you good at \u201ctrust but verify\u201d?<\/li>\n
    10. Are you okay with a \u201csingle solution provider\u201d that \u201cdoes it all\u201d as long as your phone bills don\u2019t actually go up?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      10 questions to ask yourself before shopping for TEM <\/p>\n

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