Carriers in the Americas and elsewhere struggling with a recessionary environment and capex spending requirements (the two don’t like each other after all) might have a new friend in revenue management when it comes to considering network assets. Trade Wings, which specializes in software and services for optimizing reuse in the telecom supply chain, today announced the availability of Re: Fast-Start, an innovative program designed to provide telecom executives with the comprehensive visibility and asset intelligence required to drive profitable reuse strategies and sustainable sourcing with minimal impact on internal resources. That’s a boon to rural operators, CLECs, Tier 2s and incumbents looking to do more with less.
The Re: Fast-Start program is a 180-day program offering complimentary access to Trade Wings’ SaaS solution for reuse optimization, Trade Wings Re:. At the heart of this solution is Re:source Visibility, a software service offering a consolidated, global view of available multi-vendor assets within an organization’s supply and service chain, and the open market.
Through access to Re:source Visibility and Trade Wings’ reuse experts, qualified Fast-Start participants can deploy more effective planning and sourcing models for high-value network assets. Once implemented, these models can yield immediate ROI in the form of reduced equipment repair and inventory costs, improved planning and forecasting accuracy, broader support for sustainability and ecology management, and faster time to value.
“Around the globe telecom carriers have entered into a long-term cycle of rapid innovation, competition and consolidation, fueling the need for business model innovation,” said Todd Adelman, CEO and founder of Trade Wings. “These trends are also met with a growing focus on ‘lowest cost solution.’ With our new Fast-Start program, we’re helping clients to quickly identify new streams of revenue and keep equipment-related costs down by extending the lifecycle of their excess and decommissioned network assets.”
The idea of course is to transform cost centers into profit centers by extending the lifecycle and utilization of network assets across multi-vendor environments. Trade Wings offers a best-practice frameworks for asset management, compliance and governance of technology upgrade cycles drive greater agility, financial performance and environmental stewardship.