Methods and Systems for Controlling Costs Associated with a Third-Party Vendor of a Network Provider
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Jul 11, 2013
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Jan 6, 2012
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Jan 6, 2012
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An exemplary method includes a cost control system 1) acquiring estimated cost data from an estimated cost management system, 2) acquiring quoted cost data from an order management system independent of the estimated cost management system, 3) acquiring invoiced cost data from an invoice management system independent of the estimated cost management system and the order management system, 4) aggregating the estimated cost data, the quoted cost data, and the invoiced cost data in accordance with a data aggregation heuristic, and 5) automatically identifying one or more billing issues associated with a third-party vendor of a network provider based on the aggregated cost data.
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