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REFRAMING CONTRACTOR RELATIONSHIPS TO improve quality and reduce installation and service costs, from contract redesign through order fulfillment, invoicing and quality control across 10+ U.S. divisions

Project Focus

Review and adjust contract elements and contractor management practices across the company to implement a common operating model that includes standards of performance, new quality assurance methods and clarity around service level agreements and coordination of operations.  Provide a plan and support for getting the new contracts signed, new pricing in place and implementation of a consistent comprehensive business model across multiple field services operations in various parts of the country while respecting local marketplace needs.

Financial and Operating Benefits Realized

  • > $1Million in charges to contractor for quality issues found through QC program
  • Established program to charge contractors for missed appointment time frames across all divisions
  • New coding process and training for billing staff to ensure customers are billed for all appropriate services
  • Decreased contractor costs due to consolidated coding for work tasks, reducing erroneous add-on charges
  • QC program is designed to protect revenue as consolidated billing goes into place; strongly promotes high-quality installations that initially drive reduced contractor costs via charge back system with goal of reducing repeat calls within 30 days of installation; significantly reduces labor, truck rolls and service disruption
  • Decreased contractor costs due to review of local pricing that is designed to garner a  3 – 5 % reduction
  • Took an effective divisional model for CPE control and management company wide that incorporated reimbursement by contractors for lost equipment
  • Increased “bench strength” due to cross-functional and cross-divisional communication, sharing of ideas and problem-solving established during engagement
  • Increased multi-level participation in operational problem solving
  • Work process that is being developed will save between 15 and 20 FTEs in one location that currently performs data entry of contractor billing codes
  • Developed and implemented an approach to internal and external introduction of new contract elements that is easily adaptable to an open-bid model
  • New pricing, certification and quality accountability expectations built into contracts without disruption to service/relationships
Testimonials

“The rollout for WFX/NOC/Dispatch has been accomplished successfully - very impressive in terms of tight schedules, almost no room for error, and a major paradigm shift in the business model. Congratulations on leading an effort that was very well done.”

VP, IT - Major Metro Cable Communications Company

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