Optimization of the company's telephone communication

Mr. Leonid Rubinstein, a Director of the Company FORTUNA LTD, felt deeply depressed, when in the beginning of each month his secretary Marina brought to his office and put on the table a printed list of the Company’s telephone calls. It was only beginning of the month and payment of amount in 9 000 Euro raised his ire, as he has already drawn a bead on a new car Mercedes class С, but now he cannot afford himself this new vehicle. The budget of the Company was very limited; expenses were up to 90 per cents.

«Where can I find money without asking the banks? Are there any ways to cut down expenses?» - asked Leonid himself.

The Director has already cut down all possible optimized expenses: he reduced the salaries of employees, rented the cheaper office. The only expenses he cannot logically realize were telephone costs, especially the international ones.   

After the payment for another invoice, Leonid Rubinstein called Marina to his office and in ultimative form assigned her a task to solve the matter regarding optimization of tariffs for international as well as national telephone calls of the Company. Marina wasn’t a timid girl, she was a typical strong Russian woman, that’s why a solution has been found in 10 minutes. In the interests of the Company she found web-site www.world-virtual-office.com on the Internet and purchased a direct telephone number in Hong Kong just for 10.53€ per month. Afterwards through the administrative panel she set transfer of calls into landline telephone in Irkutsk City according to tariff 0.03€ per minute. Nowadays Igor, the Purchasing Director makes telephone calls from Xianggang to a direct telephone number in Hong Kong, and then Marina accepts these calls in the office in Irkutsk City and connects with Leonid. Also, she managed to arrange communication between the employees of the Company in the United Kingdom and in Latvia.
In the beginning of the next month when Marina brought an invoice for telephone negotiations to her boss, he was also shocked. Payment was extremely reduced down to 4500 Euros!

In a couple days Leonid arrived to office driving his new black Mercedes C 63 AMG and promised Marina a monthly bonus in addition to her salary, amounted to 100 conditional units. Though he doesn’t specify those units – US dollars or Euro. It was important for Marina as she’s just saved money for a new iPhone.