Axiom Reduces Telecom/Data Network Cost by 50% for a $19B US-based Alcohol Distributor Through Telecom Expense Audit
The largest distributor of beer, wine, and spirits in the United States selected Axiom for a telecom expense audit of its network cost. The Client had approximately 250 locations across the country, including warehouses, offices, data centers, and other corporate locations.
Axiom used the client’s vendor invoices and web portals, along with client records to construct an inventory of each billed service per site.
Once the service inventory was built, Axiom worked with the client’s vendors to tag and test each service — in other words to assure that each line to the client’s site was labeled and to validate that it was able to carry a signal.
After working with vendors to test and tag each service, Axiom worked with client’s on-site staff (often via video call) to physically trace the lines and necessity of key services, some of which were found to be not connected to anything at all, and sometimes more than 20 years old.
With a complete view of the in-use services and those that were no longer necessary, Axiom worked with client staff to submit disconnect orders for those legacy services no longer in use, and to submit orders for new services to replace those that were on unfavorable contracts.
Roughly 1 year after the telecom expense audit, Axiom had reduced the client’s spend on telecom and data network from $1M/month to $500k/month.
Results
Clean Network Inventory
HALVED Network cost, from $12M/year to $6M/year
See What Our Clients Say
Axiom works hand-in-hand with our Revenue Assurance team to deliver outstanding results. In our first 12 months with Axiom, we were able to add an 8-figure amount to gross profit through a range of audits. Most impressive was Axiom’s ability to deliver high-quality resources who could ingest volumes of telecom data and contacts and quickly distill opportunities to boost revenue.
Alyssa Tackett
Revenue Assurance Director, Zayo
Education Networks of America (“ENA”) hired Axiom to conduct a Margin Assurance audit prior to our acquisition by Zayo. The Axiom team worked closely with ours and added millions to our bottom line… it was an easy decision to use Axiom, they have deep expertise, and their contingency billing model makes it a nearly risk-free effort.
Rob Peterson
Director of Access and Vendor Management
Axiom completed an extensive audit of our service profitability, helping to add millions in gross profit. Their team functioned as an integrated part of our organization, working directly with TPx staff. We also hired Axiom to provide augmented staff to support our internal teams with the migration of tens of thousands of TDM lines. They’ve been a great partner, and we look forward to continuing our work with them in the future.
Randy Estep
Vice President, of Financial Operations, TPx
