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Victor Manganaro | Aug 16, 2017 |
Diversity,
Equipment Leasing & Financing,
IT Integrated Procurement,
STEM diversity,
Software Audits,
Software Licensing Optimization,
Strategic Sourcing,
Supply Chain Diversity,
Tail Spend Management,
Uncategorized Introduction Maverick Spend, Rogue Spending and Tail Spend are common terms in procurement. As an adjective, rogue can be defined as unpredictable. Maverick can be defined as unorthodox or independent. Well, Tail, we’ll explain that in a minute. Clearly, when talking about your procurement spend processes and procedures, these are not descriptors that will instill […]
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Victor Manganaro | Jul 18, 2017 |
Diversity,
Equipment Leasing & Financing,
IT Diversity,
IT Integrated Procurement,
Leadership,
STEM diversity,
Software Audits,
Software Licensing Optimization,
Strategic Sourcing,
Supply Chain Diversity,
Tail Spend Management,
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To find out about all of the amazing happenings and events of the second quarter of 2017, please click here! It includes the next Ask-Avis webisode on un-managed spend and highlights from events in Sydney, Orlando, NYC, New Orleans, Chicago & more!
Today marks the 10 year anniversary of the release of the Apple iPhone and just over 40 years since the release of the Apple II home computer. Fittingly, Steve Wozniak, one half of the original Apple founding Dynamic Duo, was the Keynote Speaker at the ATX Automation Innovation East Event in NYC on June 13th [...]
Ask Avis: Reducing Un-Managed Spend In this webisode edition of Ask Avis, Avis Yates Rivers, CEO of Technology Concepts Group International (TCGi), provides insights on the topic of Un-Managed Spend, also commonly referred to as Tail Spend. For most medium to large corporations, across all industries, un-managed spend has become a real problem, wasting millions [...]
The Power of The Cloud Today, every company, big and small, is using the Cloud. From storage to computing. It has become an essential way of doing business. However, this shift to cloud-based services also creates new security and compliance issues. Storing and sharing documents and files within an organization as well as when communicating [...]
Check out some exciting happenings and valuable information for the first quarter of 2017 - click here to view the full newsletter! Launch of Ask-Avis: the first of a series – e-procurement 90-second insights. 5 Benefits of automation – e-Procurement Meet Women Inventors for Women’s History Month. Hidden Figures Screening & Panel Pics.
Why should you automate your procurement? 5 benefits of e-Procurement that will transform the way you do business! Experts are calling the current trend in automation, the fourth Industrial Revolution. In manufacturing, robotics are changing the way goods are produced. Service-related industries or organizations are undergoing transformation to increase efficiency and productivity as well. [...]
Is the US ready for the fourth Industrial Revolution? How big a role will a Computer Science Education play in that revolution? Thirty years ago, a manufacturing job could provide a middle-class wage with just a high school diploma and some on-the-job training. Over the last five decades we have seen manufacturing leave the [...]
Can you identify the five women in the photo? If not, then that’s a good reason why we need a Black History Month. It began 91 years ago as Negro History Week. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a historian and one of the first African Americans to receive a doctorate from Harvard, wanted to create a [...]
“We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take thetranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I [...]
In honor of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Day, on Monday a Special Screening of the movie Hidden Figures will be held at the AMC Loews 34th St in Manhattan at 7PM followed by a panel Q&A with people from NASA and people affiliated with the film on the topic of fostering more diversity in [...]
2016 Holiday Greeting from Avis Yates Rivers & The TCGi Team! ____ View TCGi’s 2016 Holiday Message & Exciting News ____ TCGi has a special 2016 Holiday Greeting for Everyone, a photo collection of some of the year’s most impactful and interesting happenings along with a couple of exciting announcements, including the release of [...]
Business after the Election A very long election cycle has ended and the initial reactions of the results have given way to discussions of Cabinet choices. Business owners and CEOs have to sort through the noise to determine how to best navigate their respective companies given the previous comments and current signs of the President-elect. [...]
Procurement is going through a fundamental change. Traditionally seen as a transactional body of the corporation, Procurement has begun to align with the company vision, thus transforming it from transactional to strategic. A key action to accomplishing this strategic alignment is providing the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) with a seat on the corporate board. This [...]
Women who own their own businesses have a lot to look forward to. According to a recentreport reflecting the state of women-owned businesses, in the past 18 years the number of women-owned firms increased by 74%, a rate one and a half times the national average. Currently, it is estimated that in the United States, [...]
View The Full Tech Concepts e-Blast w/links In the September edition of the Tech Concepts e-Blast (Preview Photo above), learn about some of the key happenings of the summer and all of the great things ahead in the fall for TCGi and its peer and client community, including the launch of its new Procurement [...]
According to a 2016 Benchmark Report: Challenges in Procurement, 80% of senior Procurement executives (100 were interviewed for the report) identify managed spend (as a percentage of total spend) as a key performance indicator. So what does this mean? It means that the value of your Procurement organization is directly tied into its ability to reduce [...]
AI, Acquisition International, recently announced the winners of the 2016 Influential Businesswoman Awards. These Awards are designed to place strong women in the spotlight and to give recognition to those most deserving. “As women continue to shatter glass ceilings and become a significant part of the business world, we feel those individuals deserve to be recognized, and awarded, for [...]
“We are called to lead our companies and our communities — to reach new heights. We are entrepreneurs, trend-setters, philanthropists, and visionary executives. We are mothers, wives, sisters, mentors and lifelong learners. We give our time, talent, and treasure to build our communities and mentor the next generation because we know that when the right [...]
Creating a successful business takes hard work and persistence. At those moments when all of the pieces start to fall into place, it seems almost magical. Well, the WBENC’s 2016 National Conference & Business Fair will be an incredible opportunity for “Creating Magic Together” for all those in attendance in Orlando, Florida, June 21 through June [...]
