Welcome to TCG Consulting's 4th Quarter installment of our 2017 Newsletter, "Innovation, Ideas, and News".  TCG remains committed to providing innovative & superior strategic advisory and management services to our clients, assisting them in holistically integrating and optimizing their programs. This focus on elevating programs from tactical to strategic ensures alignment with company strategic imperatives - whether cost take out, policy compliance, user acceptance, process and workflow efficiencies, program consolidation & integration, supplier and technology strategies, spend oversight & reporting, or other key goals.

We hope you find the industry specific content valuable and insightful, while also enjoying the internal company information included in this issue.
Season's Greetings From TCG Consulting
Happy Holidays! If you didn't get the chance to view or missed our recent ecard greeting, please take a moment to watch this short holiday video message from CEO and Founder, Albert Taras.

TCG Honored With Multiple Industry and Regional Awards
TCG proudly announces multiple award recognitions during 2017, beginning with our inclusion on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies List. TCG placed #1883 - ranked among the top 40% of all award winning companies.
For the second consecutive year, T CG was identified by Consulting Magazine as one of the  Fastest Growing Global Consulting Firms.  
 

And finally, TCG was most recently recognized by The Charlotte Business Journal on their Fast 50 list of fastest growing private companies headquartered in the region.  

In each case, TCG received the honors based on the organization's growth over the past three years. Albert Taras, TCG Consulting CEO & Founder commented, " We are honored to be included among these groups of successful industry peers. Our commitment to providing end to end, market leading innovation and services via our Total Cost of Ownership for Travel, Meetings, Payment and Expense(SM) model is proving its value for clients in the market and helping TCG to achieve continued and sustained growth. I'd like to thank each member of our global team for applying their industry knowledge and subject matter expertise in the delivery of tangible and sustainable engagement ROI to each of our valued clients."
How Much of Your T&E Are You Currently Capturing and Managing?
Disruptive Innovation for Travel, Meetings, Payment and Expense Programs:  Bes t Practices From World Class Organizations Leveraging  

As global programs mature, obtaining results via traditional sourcing and Travel Agency based approaches are delivering diminishing returns.  T&E ranks as an organization's #2 indirect spend with many program run rates as a percentage of annual revenues north of 2%. Senior leaders are searching for new sources of innovation to not only take out cost but also align with broader company imperatives. In fact, many leaders from world class organizations now view the traditionally tactical function of Travel-Meetings-Payment- Expense as an area of opportunity to move to a strategic priority.

New TCG Associate Introductions
TCG proudly welcomes new Associates as additions to our Global Engagement Delivery Team. This talented group of functional and subject matter experts support a wide variety of engagements and clients across our Global Travel, Meetings, Payment, Expense & Invoice Management Practices, Management Services, PMO and our Global Business Services Center in the Philippines.
Innovation For Card Program Management
Trends, Best Practices & Outcomes - Driving Spend Leverage, New Revenue Streams and ROI from Card Programs

Leading organizations are leveraging TCG Card Program Management services and expertise to evolve their program from a fragmented, reactive, administrative function to an integrated proactive strategic initiative.
Traditional program administration has either been:


 

A. "Bundled in" as part of a Card contract, creating little incentive other than to manage the bare basics


 

-OR-

B. Managed internally on a shared basis with only partially defined roles & responsibilities within departments having limited specific expertise

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