Billing Service Providers Cdr: Related Documents

Service Productization
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Service Productization. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound. Productization of services is accomplished by associating tangible features with intangible service offerings. Tangible features may take the form of personnel, collateral, methodologies, pricing, facilities, or other attributes. Automation tools like enterprise service automation, database, and project management tools serve as enablers to service productization. By associating tangible features with intangible services, the professional services firm can build client confidence.

BILLING SERVICE PROVIDERS CDR: milestone and/or risk adjusted billing will help ensure timely collections for productized projects that are delivered. Predetermined project plans and/or generic methodologies stored in either a database or MS Project templates can be used to establish credibility and improve repeatability when they are actually used as first draft client project plans. Further, if time and expenses can be tracked to project sub-codes that are linked to standard methodology, then data can be used to evaluate accuracy of
5/16/2005 12:00:00 AM

Recession? Steal Market Share by Increasing Customer Service!
Recession? Steal Market Share by Increasing Customer Service!Secure Documents and Other Dynamic System to Use In Your Organization of Steal Market Share by Increasing Customer Service. During a recession, don’t follow the cost-cutting crowd. Of course, be frugal, but in areas that don’t touch the customer. Forget what everyone else is doing. Now isn’t the time to follow the masses—now is the time to make difficult decisions that will poise your company for unprecedented growth coming out of the downturn. Find out how to think and act for the long term—and emerge from the current economic stall a winner.

BILLING SERVICE PROVIDERS CDR: Recession? Steal Market Share by Increasing Customer Service! Recession? Steal Market Share by Increasing Customer Service! Source: Mindshare Technologies Document Type: White Paper Description: During a recession, don’t follow the cost-cutting crowd. Of course, be frugal, but in areas that don’t touch the customer. Forget what everyone else is doing. Now isn’t the time to follow the masses—now is the time to make difficult decisions that will poise your company for unprecedented growth coming out
8/3/2009 3:20:00 PM

Privacy Challenges for Data Providers
Ensuring the quality, accuracy, and security of customer data has never been more important than it is today. The growing potential for privacy breaches and tighter compliance regulations have created unique challenges and responsibilities for many data providers. Here we discuss some of the key privacy issues surrounding data management, and how partnering with a provider of master data management (MDM) software can help.

BILLING SERVICE PROVIDERS CDR: Privacy Challenges for Data Providers Privacy Challenges for Data Providers Source: Initiate Systems, Inc. Document Type: White Paper Description: Ensuring the quality, accuracy, and security of customer data has never been more important than it is today. The growing potential for privacy breaches and tighter compliance regulations have created unique challenges and responsibilities for many data providers. Here we discuss some of the key privacy issues surrounding data management, and how partnering
11/20/2007 3:55:00 PM

Effective Relationships with Service Providers
The decision to use external resources on a project of any size or focus can be a tough one for a company facing the need to look outside its trusted staff to make something happen.

BILLING SERVICE PROVIDERS CDR: Effective Relationships with Service Providers Effective Relationships with Service Providers Source: Encompass Solutions, Inc. Document Type: White Paper Description: The decision to use external resources on a project of any size or focus can be a tough one for a company facing the need to look outside its trusted staff to make something happen. Can the appropriate skills be found at an acceptable cost? is the first question. Indeed, defining your service needs, and then developing and maintaining a
9/23/2005 2:27:00 PM

Best Practices for Transporters and 3PL Service Providers
The business of transporting goods is risky, complex, and effort-intensive. Despite the continuing rise in fuel prices, employee salaries, and other overhead costs, transporters often face the prospect of providing their services at lower rates. How can transporters survive in such a difficult business climate?

BILLING SERVICE PROVIDERS CDR: by bettering fleet management, billing management, and key account management capabilities. By managing and excelling at both customer-facing and internal processes, 3PL service providers have a greater chance of surviving the difficult reality of their business climate. Recommendations for Transportation Software Vendors Many of the needs of transporters and SCM service providers are unique. Software vendors would do well to understand these requirements and to develop software features that address
2/6/2008

Measuring the Business Value of IT Service
Written for the IT outsourcing community, this document describes an approach for measuring the business value of IT in order to focus service provision activities on areas that are of priority to the client. It introduces a quality improvement process that can decrease the cost of service provisioning without impairing service quality. The intended audience includes those responsible for designing a solution, managers of an existing service, and people bidding for new business looking to differentiate their services. By measuring and reporting on the business value of an IT service, outsourcers' clients see the contribution being made to the success of their clients' business ventures. As a result, the outsourcers' relationships will transition from supplier to partner, they become better placed to exploit new business opportunities, and save money by focusing efforts on areas that are important to their clients.

BILLING SERVICE PROVIDERS CDR: Measuring the Business Value of IT Service Measuring the Business Value of IT Service Source: Proxima Technology Document Type: White Paper Description: Written for the IT outsourcing community, this document describes an approach for measuring the business value of IT in order to focus service provision activities on areas that are of priority to the client. It introduces a quality improvement process that can decrease the cost of service provisioning without impairing service quality. The intended
10/3/2005 12:35:00 PM

Understanding Reverse Logistics in Field Service Management
This white paper defines reverse logistics as it relates to aftermarket service, describes how it differs from forward logistics, and then discusses the difficulties inherent in selecting and using enterprise software to facilitate reverse logistics and repair processes including warranty repair, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) repair and handling return material authorizations (RMAs) from distributors. Download the paper.

BILLING SERVICE PROVIDERS CDR: Understanding Reverse Logistics in Field Service Management Understanding Reverse Logistics in Field Service Management Source: IFS Document Type: White Paper Description: This white paper defines reverse logistics as it relates to aftermarket service, describes how it differs from forward logistics, and then discusses the difficulties inherent in selecting and using enterprise software to facilitate reverse logistics and repair processes including warranty repair, original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
4/17/2013 4:16:00 PM

ITIL Service Support Processes in Record Time
To establish optimal service and support conditions, the case company, Naviair, chose to adapt and implement information technology infrastructure library (ITIL) service support processes. During the process, Implement Consulting Group assisted with facilitation, ITIL input, and lean competences and tools. The existing procedures and instructions were combined with ITIL’s different service support areas.

BILLING SERVICE PROVIDERS CDR: ITIL Service Support Processes in Record Time ITIL Service Support Processes in Record Time Source: Implement Consulting Group Document Type: Case Study Description: To establish optimal service and support conditions, the case company, Naviair, chose to adapt and implement information technology infrastructure library (ITIL) service support processes. During the process, Implement Consulting Group assisted with facilitation, ITIL input, and lean competences and tools. The existing procedures and
1/28/2011 3:41:00 PM

KANA Attempts the Union of Customer Acquisition and Service » The TEC Blog
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20-06-2012

IFS—Becoming a Serious Field Service Management Contender
Read up on IFS's newly released mobile solutions for field service and maintenance management. Download the TEC Report now. In just a few short months after the acquisition of Metrix, IFS has fully integrated the new products and released full-fledged mobile solutions for field service and maintenance management. Read TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic’s TEC Report for a close-up look at how the vendor’s recent product releases provide the mobile workforce management capabilities that make IFS a serious contender in the field service and management space.

BILLING SERVICE PROVIDERS CDR: IFS—Becoming a Serious Field Service Management Contender IFS—Becoming a Serious Field Service Management Contender Source: Technology Evaluation Centers Document Type: TEC Report Description: In just a few short months after the acquisition of Metrix, IFS has fully integrated the new products and released full-fledged mobile solutions for field service and maintenance management. Read TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic’s TEC Report for a close-up look at how the vendor’s recent product
10/29/2012 10:26:00 AM

The Keys to Successful Integration for Outsourced Service Providers
Building, maintaining, and leveraging customer data feeds is expensive and difficult. Customer data can be sent in a variety of formats, using a number of delivery methods. Amid this variety of data, outsourced service providers must be able to provide high-speed “provisioning” of customers. Businesses capable of accepting customer data regardless of format will thus have a significant competitive edge.

BILLING SERVICE PROVIDERS CDR: The Keys to Successful Integration for Outsourced Service Providers The Keys to Successful Integration for Outsourced Service Providers Source: Pervasive Software Document Type: White Paper Description: Building, maintaining, and leveraging customer data feeds is expensive and difficult. Customer data can be sent in a variety of formats, using a number of delivery methods. Amid this variety of data, outsourced service providers must be able to provide high-speed “provisioning” of customers. Businesses
10/27/2006 4:30:00 PM