Learn about the basics of bitcoin, blockchain & cryptocurrencies and how it can affect your business.
Avis Yates Rivers, provides her insights in 90 seconds, more or less.
TCGi had a fantastic 2017! See where we’ve been, and where going with our Year in Review newsletter! Click Here
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Zomona Brown | Nov 3, 2017 |
Diversity,
Equipment Leasing & Financing,
IT Diversity,
IT Integrated Procurement,
Leadership,
STEM diversity,
Software Audits,
Software Licensing Optimization,
Strategic Sourcing,
Supply Chain Diversity,
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TCGi kept it all the way up with accolades and announcements! With new partnerships and expanded capabilities, our 2017 looks to end on a great note! […]
How SAM can save your organization a significant amount of money…. almost immediately!
Avis Yates Rivers, provides her insights in 90 seconds for taking those critical first steps that will transform your Procurement Operation!
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Victor Manganaro | Aug 16, 2017 |
Diversity,
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IT Integrated Procurement,
STEM diversity,
Software Audits,
Software Licensing Optimization,
Strategic Sourcing,
Supply Chain Diversity,
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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 […]
My name is Natalie Brooks and I am one of three interns working at TCGi for the summer. I go to Virginia Tech and will be heading into my Junior year this fall. Here at TCGi I am working very closely with the data analytics team which includes Kathleen DeAngelis, Director of Client Services and […]
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Victor Manganaro | Jul 18, 2017 |
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IT Diversity,
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Leadership,
STEM diversity,
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Software Licensing Optimization,
Strategic Sourcing,
Supply Chain Diversity,
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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!
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 [...]
Spend that isn’t effectively managed quickly spirals out of control. This is especially true at the lower-value-purchase end of the spectrum.
How much money is your company losing to Tail Spend? Typically, millions of dollars! Stop the bleeding NOW!
Avis Yates Rivers, provides her insights in 90 seconds for taking those critical first steps that will transform your Procurement Operation!
Effectively managing contracts is one of the most important ways to mitigate risk and stay in compliance.
How much money is your company losing to overlapping contracts?
Avis Yates Rivers, provides her insights in 90 seconds for taking those critical first steps that will transform your Procurement Operation!
100 Procurement Executives provide insights into the biggest challenges facing their organizations.
Learn what the biggest Challenges facing Procurement Organizations are in 2016 as stated by 100 Procurement Executives.
Discover how Supplier Diversity can make your company more successful and give you a competitive edge.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Okay, so you’ve seen the light and realized the importance of tail spend management. This area of non-managed spend is costing your organization a lot of money. At first, you may have believed your organization’s unmanaged spend was a minor issue. You probably thought the rogue spending only made up a few smaller purchases. Then, [...]
Maverick spending could be putting your company at risk. How much visibility does your procurement organization have into your company’s purchases? Is there a person or group who is monitoring these purchases to determine if your company is being put at risk? These are questions every procurement professional needs to answer. When your organization has spending that [...]
It’s a dangerous practice that is threatening your company’s bottom line. Every single day, it could be robbing your organization of more of the capital it needs to be successful. Not only that, it also makes your company vulnerable to several threats both internal and external. And the worst thing about it? It could be happening [...]
Your presentations skills are just as important as the information you are presenting. Whether your presentation is for educational purposes, a PTA meeting, a motivational talk or to take advantage of a business opportunity, there are basic elements that must be effective in order to engage and connect with your audience. How To Improve Your [...]
Networking can sometimes seem like a burdensome task filled with unrealistic expectations and anxiety-ridden over-thinking. Let’s say you’re at an event, and Warren Buffet walks up to you and asks you to tell a little bit about yourself. Then he skims over the opportunities he is working on and asks if there is anything that [...]