
The AMI products and services provide technology and expense management solutions that are scalable for small business needs to multinational corporate needs. The services are designed to fit within our client’s environment to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
Our temNOW™ service encompasses the technology, processes, policies, and people needed to support a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. For any invoice management system, be it technology or energy, there needs to be a software platform to help inventory your assets (e.g., circuits, meters, equipment, locations, etc.), enforce business processes (e.g., ordering, approving, problem resolution), and manage access to critical infrastructure information. The processes are all the business rules that govern how the infrastructure will be deployed, managed, and eventually dismantled or converted. The policy is the corporate buy-in and ultimately the enforcement of the processes that will ensure the integrity of the solution. The people are the experts in facilities or telecom or leases that follow the methodologies and use the software to deploy, manage, and decommission services.
Our Expense Management Engine brings together silos of technology, data, and people into one centralized and collaborative system where all the participants are linked and ultimately different systems can talk together via a hosted application: ordering integrates to inventory, inventory integrates to invoicing, ticketing integrates to inventory, contracts with associated SLAs integrate with invoice compliance, and so on. Our Expense Management Engine also brings a standardized set of best practice repeatable processes to the organizations using it.
AMI Strategies recognizes the importance of “managing the data” so that the information produced by temNOW™ is meaningful. Therefore, the hosted application is offered as a managed service so that the AMI team of experts can maintain the responsibility of data integrity from contracts, inventory and invoice perspectives.
Wireless has become extremely visible in the marketplace today because it costs ten times more to manage wireless devices than landlines. AMI Strategies has become proficient in managing these invoices and offering ancillary services around this costly activity.
Our professional services have provided the opportunity to work with hundreds of Global Fortune 2000 companies to deliver Best Practice Solutions using its seasoned Professional Service Team. The work products within our Professional Services practice are vast. They include developing a telecom management strategy using best practices that balances technology, process engineering, and people. With the vast client base, AMI has the ability to benchmark pricing leveraging market knowledge and industry expertise. This is particularly relevant in the fluid wireless environments and performing carrier contract negotiations.
“Over the past four years, AMI Strategies’ consultative approach has saved our company well over a hundred thousand dollars. They will sometimes recommend a solution to us that won’t generate them much money, but it’s the best solution for us. Through this approach, they’ve cultivated a long-term relationship with us, making them more a partner than a vendor.”
-Bill Rozek, Chief Financial Office, Budco
“I value AMI Strategies as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s business partner in managing our telecom expenses. AMI ensures we are receiving the value that our telecom contracts promise. They are flexible and accommodating when working with us on scheduling meetings that are convenient; provide timely reporting to us; partner with us in resolving telecom issues and help us develop forward-thinking strategies. That’s what you want in a business partner and for us, AMI Strategies is that partner.”
-David Doney, Director of Information Technology -- Customer and Operations Services, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan
“AMI Strategies’ management of our telecom expenses gives me total peace of mind. They free me from the monthly drudgery of examining each and every invoice, trying to find the overcharges that I know are there. Their service is a cost savings in both time – and money."
-Bill D., Director at a Tier 1 Automotive Supplier