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Contract end dates as a dimension: the renewal calendar by account manager

How a business telecoms provider builds the renewal calendar from the contract register: contract value ending per month per account manager, the accounts within the notice window with no logged renewal activity, the co-terminus opportunities where a customer's services end months apart, and the identity that ties the calendar's total to the contracted base.

The short answerEvery service contract has an end date and a notice period. The renewal calendar is contracted monthly value ending per month, per account manager, from the contract register, with the accounts inside their notice window that have no logged renewal activity as the list. Customers whose services end in different months are co-terminus opportunities: one renewal conversation instead of five. The identity is that the calendar's total over the contract terms equals the contracted base.

A business telecoms provider's contract register has an end date on every service. The renewal calendar built from it tells each account manager what is ending, when, and which of it nobody has touched inside the notice window. This guide sets out the calendar, the untouched list, the co-terminus opportunities, and the identity.

The measures

Per account manager, per month:

Value ending = Σ monthly recurring value of contracts with an end date in the month

Per account:

In notice window = today ≥ end date − notice period Untouched = in notice window, and no renewal activity in the last 90 days

Per customer:

Co-terminus opportunity = services with end dates spanning more than a stated number of months

The rows you need

  • Contract register: customer, service, monthly value, start date, end date, notice period.
  • Activities: customer, date, type.
  • Account assignments: customer, account manager.

Customer identifiers only.

The assertion

Σ months' value ending = contracted monthly base, over the full run of end dates

A contract with no end date, which is common for evergreen services, is listed separately as rolling, not silently excluded.

A worked calendar

One account manager, next six months, monthly recurring value.

Month Contracts ending Value ending In notice, untouched
Oct 14 $41,000 3 accounts, $18,000
Nov 9 $22,000 1 account, $4,000
Dec 31 $96,000 11 accounts, $52,000
Jan 12 $38,000 not yet in notice

December has a third of the six months' value ending and eleven accounts inside their notice window that nobody has contacted about renewal. That is fifty-two thousand dollars a month of recurring revenue that a competitor can quote against this week.

Co-terminus

Customer Services End dates Span Monthly value
2207 5 Mar, Mar, Jul, Nov, Nov 8 months $14,000
4471 3 Jan, Jan, Feb 1 month $6,000

Customer 2207 is three separate renewals a year. One conversation aligning them is the retention move, and the calendar names the customer.

Where it goes wrong

End dates missing. Half the register has none and the calendar shows half the base. List the rolling contracts; get the dates.

Notice window ignored. The account manager calls in the month the contract ends, after notice was given.

Activity of any type counted. A fault call is not a renewal conversation. Define the type.

Calendar not tied to the base. A contract counted twice or missed and nobody knows. Check the identity.

Every week, the calendar and the untouched list

Mapped once, the contract register, the activities and the assignments produce the calendar, the untouched list and the co-terminus list every week. Covirage builds this from the exports as they are. The telecoms page describes the setup, and the site penetration guide covers the growth measure the renewal conversation is the moment to use.

Questions people ask

What is the notice window?

The period before the end date in which the customer can give notice, typically 30 to 90 days, from the contract terms. An account inside its notice window with no renewal activity is one the competitor can win without the provider knowing it was in play.

What counts as renewal activity?

A logged contact of a renewal type, a quote issued, or a renewal opportunity opened, in the 90 days before the end date. The definition is written once and on the report.

Why does co-terminus matter?

A customer with broadband ending in March, mobile in July and a leased line in November is three separate renewals and three separate chances for a competitor to get one foot in. Aligning them to one date is a retention move and a pricing conversation, and the calendar shows who to offer it to.