VC4 – Network Inventory Management System for Telecom

Inventory Management System

IMS is a powerful multi-user application that offers fast and user friendly facilities for registering and managing a wide range of telecommunication networks and platforms.

This includes IP, MPLS, SDH, SONET, PDH, WDM, Fiber, Ethernet, NGN, Frame Relay, ATM, Voice, Mobile, WiMax, Radio, DCN, Sync, etc.

IMS can be used across the entire organisation. This means that the needs of the technical departments, sales through to senior management are all well catered for.

A comprehensive, integrated view of the entire network can be represented in IMS and can be used to automate delivery and communications. Automatic Configuration, Planned Work impact analysis, Network Reconciliation, Single Point of Failure calculations, Warehouse and Spare Management are all facilities which increase the effectiveness in terms of speed and consistency of delivery.

The following details are registered:

Customers
Locations (Customer Sites and PoP's)
Floorplans
Equipment
Circuits/Connections
Leased Lines
DDF/ODF and patchpanel information
IP addresses
Network overviews
Stock and Spares
Vendor and contract management

The following processes are supported:

BID Management
Service Delivery (Order and Workflow Management)
Network Configuration Management
Leased Line and Interconnect Management
Fault handling
Capacity Management
Warehouse and Spare Management
Vendor and contract Management