Whether you are a small business owner or a CFO of a large corporation, you have the same basic goal in mind: profitability. You are constantly weighing expenses against earnings, and trying to minimize expenses without cutting corners whenever possible. Telecom is a necessary expense for any business. Understanding your telecom charges so that you know exactly […]
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Customer Overview: A leading Manufacturer engaged Profit Advisory Group to strategically source their Global spend for wireless services. Spend volume: USD 7.6 million annually. Project included more than 45 global locations. Key Challenges & Objectives: Challenges included extensive data collection effort with multiple carriers in US, EMEA and APAC. Key objective was to reduce cost
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Communication keeps business moving alive and moving forward. While telecom is a necessary expense for any business, the costs for telecom can snowball into a very large total very easily. How do you keep the expenses for communication reasonable without sacrificing services? Here are 6 tips to help your business reduce telecom expenses and increase
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Have you been with the same telecom vendor for a while? Perhaps you are wondering if “the grass could be greener” if you made a switch. Sometimes it is difficult to know if and when it is the right time to consider a new telecom vendor. Here are 5 reasons for switching telecom vendors that may help
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Customer Overview: A Georgia Based Regional Hospital engaged Profit Advisory Group to audit their spend for voice, data, wireless, internet and equipment. Spend volume: $1,200,000 annually. Project included 23 locations. Key Challenges & Objectives: Extensive Data collection using Profit Advisory Group Data Collection process and analysis phase preceded the scoping of the spend to be
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Customer Overview: A Mississippi Based Regional Medical facility engaged Profit Advisory Group to audit their spend for voice, data, wireless, internet and equipment. Spend volume: $880,000 annually. Project included multiple locations as well as Physicians groups. Key Challenges & Objectives: Challenges include Extensive Data collection. Hospital was using an antiquated local service that needed to
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Customer Overview: A North Carolina based Grocery Store chain engaged Profit Advisory Group to audit their spend for Local, Long Distance, Cellular and DSL services. Spend volume: $2,247,000 annually. Project included nearly 250 locations. Key Challenges & Objectives: Challenges included data collection from 17 vendors. Client-Vendor relationships were virtually non-existent. Project objectives included cost reduction,
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Customer Overview: A national Paper and Plastics Manufacturer engaged Profit Advisory Group to audit all of their Telecom spend. Spend volume: $1,350,000 annually. Project included multiple locations and divisions. Company has acquired of competitors over last 5 years. Some acquisitions were partial (certain divisions/business units, but not entire company). Key Challenges & Objectives: Challenges included
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At first glance, the procurement process for telecom equipment may seem like a piece of cake. However, there is a lot to consider regarding the reliability of suppliers, the cost of equipment and service, as well as savings options that can drastically cut your expenses. Profit Advisory Group is an expert regarding the procurement process,
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Even if you are well acquainted with the telecommunications industry, there are so many different subfields that you may not be aware of some money-saving technologies. WDM, or wave division multiplexing, is a great way to maximize your investment in privately-owned lines and also a very advantageous service should you decide to purchase it from
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