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Billing and revenue

Billing analysts, revenue assurance staff and architects working on charging.

Follow a product from its commercial definition to a rated, billed and collected charge, and locate where revenue leaks along the way.

13 steps · about 134 min

  1. 01Foundations · 1.2Commercial v TechnicalBilling truth sits on the commercial side; this is where the split starts.10 min
  2. 02Catalog Modeling Deep Dive · 3.1Product Offering vs SpecificationThe offering and its prices are what billing ultimately charges for.12 min
  3. 03CPQ, Pricing & CLM · 5.3Matrix Pricing & Rule AuthoringHow prices are authored before billing ever sees them.18 min
  4. 04Order Management (COM/SOM/ROM) · 8.8SLM Installed BaseThe installed base billing reads from.15 min
  5. 05Billing & Revenue Management · 6.1Billing OverviewThe billing chain from usage to cash, and what it owns.5 min
  6. 06Billing & Revenue Management · 6.2Three States & the Install BaseCommercial, service and billing state, and how lifecycle events reach billing.6 min
  7. 07Billing & Revenue Management · 6.3Mediation & CDR ProcessingTurning raw usage records into something that can be rated.8 min
  8. 08Billing & Revenue Management · 6.4Rating & ChargingPutting a price on each event, real-time and batch.10 min
  9. 09Billing & Revenue Management · 6.5Subscription Billing & SLMRecurring charges and their dependence on the installed base.6 min
  10. 10Billing & Revenue Management · 6.7Convergent BillingOne bill across products and payment models.8 min
  11. 11Billing & Revenue Management · 6.9Revenue AssuranceFinding the revenue the chain loses between its stages.8 min
  12. 12Billing & Revenue Management · 6.12Dunning & CollectionsTurning a bill into cash, and what happens when it does not.8 min
  13. 13Billing & Revenue Management · 6.13Billing & Revenue Simulation LabRun a customer through the chain, inject failures and find the leakage.20 min

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