Cable Plant Management Services
KTS offers customers cable plant management services to document, manage and support infrastructure lifecycle management.
Connecting the disconnect, whether literally or figuratively, is what we’ve built our business and our reputation on for more than 40 years.
We offer our customers outsourced cable plant management services so you have peace of mind and complete and current documentation of your cable plant to avoid the following:
- Down time. Lost time due to troubleshooting and time wasted trying to uncover the root problem.
- Audit failures.
- Unplanned expenses due to unforeseen cable failures/issues.
With KTS as your cable plant management provider, you can be assured of:
- Complete and accurate documentation of your cable plant both within and between buildings.
- Proactive risk identification including areas of concern.
- One point of accountability to work across your functional areas.
Three Tiers of Cable Plant Management Services
We offer three tiers of cable plant management services as outlined below:
| Tier 1 Documentation & Audit |
Tier 2 Ongoing Plant Management |
Tier 3 Infrastructure Partner |
|---|---|---|
| Current state audit, risk identification, cleanup and documentation | This Tier includes all of Tier 1 PLUS the following | Includes all of Tier 1 + 2 and the following services |
Full cable plant audit
|
Moves/adds/changes tracking | Bundled MAC includes completion of all moves, adds, changes |
| Label correction to adhere to standards | Updated documentation after every MAC | Budget planning |
| Rack cleanup – Disconnect unused cables | Quarterly rack inspections | Technology refresh planning |
| As-built documentation | Emergency response SLA (Standard or Premium Level) | Fiber upgrades identified |
Proactive identification of risk areas
|
Annual spot cable testing | WIFI expansions – labor included |
| Testing and certification of cable plan using cable analyzer | ||
| Disaster recovery plan documentation | ||
| Emergency response SLA (Premium or Elite Level) |
Benefits of KTS’ Cable Plant Management Services
- Improved management and planning
- Quality documentation promotes improved decision making; increases productivity including increased uptime and facilitates improved response time. Shift from being reactive to being proactive.
- Simplified accountability
- One point of accountability
- Reduces turf wars across organizational areas
- Reduces vendor blame game
- Improved budgeting and financial controls
- Outsourced cable management provides budgetary amount for services
- Reduces emergency invoices and unplanned expenses
- Service level agreements define accountability and contractual agreement including investment level
- Increased compliance; we keep you audit ready
- Audit fails result in lost time, increased costs and disruptions.
- Quality documentation addresses common audit failures.
- Adherence to appropriate compliance standards such as government issued standards, NEC code compliance, CAT 6 or CAT 6A compliance.
- Risk mitigation
- Reduce liability of code violations that could lead to fire or compliance infractions.
- Improved protection of assets.
Why KTS for Cable Plant Management Services
- Proven. For more than 40 years, we have been the structured cabling installation company that leading organizations in the Greater Boston area count on for design, installation, upgrades and testing. We have the highly-trained team and in-depth knowledge of cabling.
- Flexible. We work around your schedule. We completely understand the need to minimize disruptions including completion of audits and detailed documentation. You define the timeline that works best for your business and we’ll get the job done.
- Quality. Quality people, quality workmanship, quality technologies.
- Highly trained professionals. In-depth network training by industry leaders on best practices in structured cabling installation, troubleshooting and safety and labelling standards.
KTS, Inc.
41R Elm St. Unit B
Stoneham, MA 02180