Telecom Inventory Management
Cass builds and maintains a central telecom inventory database
The Cass Inventory Management module accurately tracks, manages and reports on all fixed and mobile telecom assets and services from a centralized database. Common assets and services tracked in Inventory Management include:
- Air cards
- ATM
- Calling cards
- Cell phones
- Conferencing services and equipment
- Data communications lines
- Lease and maintenance agreements
- Local exchange services
- Long distance services including dedicated, private line and virtual services
- MPLS
- Network equipment
- Pagers
- PBX and key systems
- Smart phones
- Tablets
- Voicemail systems
- VOIP equipment and services
Cass Inventory Management Processes
Inventory Management captures detail down to the feature level and automatically aligns it with business units and geographic locations. Custom fields allow inventory data to be enhanced. In addition to custom fields, Inventory Management can also store documents, instructions, pictures or notes associated with equipment and services.
Most enterprises don’t have the tools or time to maintain a well-documented telecom inventory. Cass provides a high-level of service in documenting inventory for companies. Inventory is managed daily based on MACD activity tracked by the Cass platform.
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Change Management
The real challenge, however, is not in building the database, as painstaking as that process would be. The greater challenge is in maintaining database integrity given constant change. If you don't have a centralized telecom provisioning process, you likely have to consult multiple systems and sources to understand your inventory, you don’t have the authoritative records you need to conduct an effective, systematic audit of your invoices. So without visibility coming from data you can trust, you have little or no control over spend.
Inventory Management Reporting
The Cass Inventory Management module includes ad-hoc reporting capabilities to allow queries of inventory items. Drill-down parameters include vendor, master account, circuit use, location, circuit type, approved or unapproved status, and connected or disconnected status. Business-specific filtering allows the selection of assets associated with specific levels of your company structure. Inventory data can be exported for use with other systems.