TCG GLOBAL INSIGHTS
A Virtual Panel Series
TCG Consulting brings to get the best minds from around the world to answer questions related to travel, meetings, payment and expense. With the world changing on a weekly basis, we want to ensure that our panelists are answering questions relevant to your business TODAY.
Upcoming Panel:
Transforming Payment and Spend Optimization in 2021
How CFOs and CPOs can drive spend under management beyond travel, meetings, payment, and expense.
Panel 7
Transforming Organizational Payment and Spend Optimization in 2021
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 - 11 AM ET / 8 AM PT
We'll talk about how comprehensive spend under management (S-U-M) through payment optimization can be the most impactful initiative you lead for your company in 2021.During this panel, you will learn more about...
- Senior Finance and Procurement’s Transformation Role
- Driving and Funding Change through Card Optimization
- Advancing Cardable Spend, Beyond Only T&E
- The Timeline Urgency and Opportunity to Increase S-U-M
Panel 6
Getting Ready For the Restart: Mini Workshop
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 11 AM ET / 8 AM PT
As you navigate through today's world and plan to help restart your company's TMPE (Travel, Meetings, Payment and Expense) program, your plan will require attention to every detail, unending flexibility, intelligent communication and management - but have you thought through everything?
During this free virtual mini-workshop, our team will cover components of your restart program, including:
- Broad Spend Under Management
- End-to-End Workflow
- Risk Mitigation
- Contingency Plans
- Supplier Rationalization
- and much more…
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Panel 5
Restarting Your T&E Program in a Post COVID-19 Era
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Is Your Team Building A Restart Plan? In the final COVID-19 Series panel, we spoke with leaders around the globe about their own company plans and insights as they restart Travel, Meetings, Payment and Expense (TMPE) programs in this new normal.
1. What are we learning from these events – C19 and the corresponding economic impact?
2. What factors will drive the return to travel – and what should be in a restart plan?
3. What will the future look like – bold predictions – or just being practical?
Panel 4
Technology and Workflow Integration During and After COVID-19
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
For our fourth TCG Global Insights Panel, we discussed technology with leaders from Mastercard, SAP Concur, Noble Energy and FROSCH.
1. How is your TMPE technology being used during COVID-19?
2. What lessons taken from this crisis will drive program compliance?
3. What technology, workflow enhancements and other innovation will be a part of managing your TMPE program in the future?
Panel 3
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Supplier Landscape
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
For our TCG Global Insights Week 3 our panelists included the senior VPs of global sales for Marriott and United Airlines, as well as the Chief Procurement Officer for White & Case.Questions included:
1. What is the real impact of COVID-19 on your company, beyond what we’re reading in the headlines?
2. Will the value proposition change as a result of this crisis?
3. What will each party (suppliers and customers) need from the other in the future?
Panel 2
Managing a TMPE (Travel, Meetings, Payment and Expense) Program Without Travelers During COVID-19
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
During our second panel, we discussed with the Global Travel Leaders at Nestlé, Ares Management and BASF Master Builders how only a few months ago, they were managing travel, meetings, payment and expense programs with travelers all over the world and how everything has changed with the COVID-19 crisis.We discussed the following questions:
- How are your day-to-day responsibilities different now due to COVID-19?
- Are there new stakeholders that you’re interacting with? Who are they and how so?
- How are you delivering value to your organization during this time?
Panel 1
The Impact of COVID-19 on Travelers and T&E Programs
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
On our first panel, we discussed topics critical to global leaders of T&E during this time of creating a "new normal."Questions included the following:
1. What has been the impact of COVID-19 on your business and program?
2. What did you put in place prior and what are you doing to ensure the safety of your travelers and viability of your business?
3. What plans are you making for the return of travel?