We provide tailored solutions to fit your needs and budget. You get the benefit of the world class expertise our consultants bring to bear on your business challenges. The end result is a business environment in which your company is operating with consistent success; and in which your employees are free to concentrate on their jobs rather than dealing with busi-ness process problems or technology issues.TEC maintains offices in the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We are the only management consulting company in Saudi Arabia that provides comprehensive process consultancy services. We have 15 local associates in Saudi Arabia and 20 international advisors in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Our associates understand that ERP (enterprise resource planning) is no longer an adequate business solution. We spe-cialize in helping our clients understand and embrace the next generation solution:IRP (Intelligent Retail Software).TEC group will provide its clients with a broad range of «winning» Consulting Services. These services include strategic planning as well as tactical implementation. Strategic planning utilizes those processes that lead to an executable mar-keting plan including identifying areas of opportunity, market segmentation, product line analysis, financial planning, competitive analysis, and culminate in the design of a project implementation plan. This will serve as a detailed road map for the planning and supervision of all Operational activities. Once completed, the tactical process is initiated leading to the real-world execution of the plan.

Our experience, leadership, vision and depth of resources make us the preferred provider for a growing number of clients wishing to achieve a higher level of efficiency and profitability. We are confident in our ability to meet all your technol-ogy and process management needs, and invite you to visit our Services Page for a complete range of service options.

COMPANY PROFILETechnology Enterprise Consulting (TEC) has earned a reputation as a leader and an innovator in today’s new era of busi-ness growth and development. By focusing intently on client needs and expectations; by customizing solutions to the unique needs of each client, TEC becomes your business partner vested in your success. Although we specialize in helping small and medium-sized companies, we deliver the same level of service and support enjoyed by Fortune 500 firms.

The keys to our success include planning, preparation, attention to detail, and follow-through. Our experienced technol-ogy specialists work hand in hand with you to identify your concerns and your goals. We study your existing business infrastructure to identify problems and formulate solutions. We provide you with a range of options to help you get the most out of the business you have invested in, as well as guide you through the process of expanding your business at a safe and comfortable rate. Once systems are in place, we proactively monitor results with you to anticipate and prevent problems before they occur. Our bottom line is keeping your business growing.

Technology Enterprise Consulting (TEC) is a comprehensive management consulting company providing solutions for Retail, Distribution, Hospitality, Marketing and Franchising industries. TEC is well known for its unique software solu-tions for retail and enterprise businesses. We offer the most advanced Category Management and Contract Management complete solutions.

TEC is global Management consulting, Technology services and advanced Retail Consultancy Services. Combin-ing diverse experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and comprehensive research on the world’s most successful companies, TEC work closely with clients to help them become high-perfor-mance businesses and achieve their maximum return on investment.We aim to be the leading Management Consulting group; therefore we managed to build a very sophisticated expertise network worldwide. This enables us to serve multinational and national businesses as well as government institutions.Our Practice Model incorporates strategic planning solutions along with integrated management methodologies using best practices in each industry.Our expertise and trained professionals in Retail, Distributions, and Hospitality, Franchising, Technology, and Marketing industries will help you select the most appropriate realistic solutions for your business. Whether you have a new devel-opment or need to improve the efficiency of your existing environment, our specialists will conduct a thorough analysis of your current infrastructure business processes, and information flow and recommend the right remedy.

Our Group

WELCOME

Who we are…TEC Consulting is your business consulting partner. Our business advisory consultancy service is designed to help you achieve your objectives. We provide the most advanced solutions for retailers, distributors, hospitality services and fran-chisers.

What we do…We use best practice standards and deliver world class process management through our experienced team of profes-sionals. Our mission is to define the problems, point out the obstacles along the way and provide the most realistic, strategic, practical and cost-effective solutions.

Our strength and uniqueness reside in our ability to apply process consulting criteria. We implement all procedures necessary from the beginning to the end to drive the positive results your business needs to survive and thrive in these highly competitive times. We are proud of our professional coaching and look forward to demonstrating how our results-oriented management team can enhance your business results.

Where we can help…Our business development expertise includes advanced Strategic Planning, Supply Chain Management, IT Business Solu-tions and Comprehensive Training.

Our Team

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With over 20 years’ experience of working with some of the world’s leading retai lers , Wholesales, Hospital i ty industry, and master f ran -chising, TEC Consult ing Group team helped many cl ients s tay prof i t -able and ahead of competi t ions.We have developed an internat ional range of performance manage -ment models including best expert ise in each industry in order to del iver world class s tandards. Our management consult ing team has extensive experience across the complete spectrum of enterprise types and sizes using successful methodologies. They adopt commercial ly real is t ic approach helping cl ients to quickly identi fy their problems and develop a winning Strategic model plan. In a very chal lenging business environment where Competi t ion is f ierce, Cl ients are not only seeking personal services and at tent ions at personal level but also expecting turn around and Results and that is our commitment.

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Sam S. Kardasi(CEO/Managing Consultant

at TEC group)

Diana J . Meinhold(CEO/Founder of ENCORE SOLUTIONS. Former AAA Director-Cali fornia, USA)

Caroline Foster(Retai l Manager at CO-OP-London-UK. Former Al-Fair

Spinney’s Hypermarket )

Our Commitments to our Clients

1 - Will serve you with integrity, high competency, objectivity, and professionalism.

2 - Will only accept assignments for which we possess the experience and competency to perform and achieve results and will only assign the specialty expertise needed to serve you effectively and professionally.

3 - Will treat all information with utmost confidentiality and prevent it from accessibility by unauthorized people, and will not take advantage of proprietary or privileged information without the client’s permission or consent.

With over 20 years’ experience of working with some of the world’s leading retailers, Wholesales, Hospitality industry, and master franchising, TEC Consulting Group team helped many clients stay profitable and ahead of competitions.We have developed an international range of performance management models including best expertise in each industry in order to deliver world class standards.

RETAIL CONSULTING

TEC Group provides world-class expertise and leadership in the retail industry to help you select the most appropriate range for your needs, get the best out of their deployment and achieve maximum benefit from your investment through IRS (Intelligent Retail Solutions).Whether you have a new development or need to improve the efficiency of your existing one, our specialists will con-duct a thorough situation analysis for your current infrastructure and business processes, and recommend the right solu-tion based on best practice.

Hypermarkets

Understanding the increasingly new trend in consumer behavior and desire to spend fun time with family in perfect shopping environment made us strongly believe that high availability item choices would not only increase the sales in the facilities but also build customer loyalty.

TEC Consult ing Group provides advanced world-class consult ing services for Retai lers , Distr ibutors, Hospital i ty, and Franchisers businesses including their Market ing act ivi t ies. We bel ieve in apply -ing modern methods and techniques to support the project development, where we apply (Process consult ing) in problem identi f icat ion, analysis , planning and management processes among others. TEC Consult ing consis ts of 15 world class Team Members some with substant ial post-graduate de -grees and over 20 years in the retai l and dis t r ibut ion industr ies. We are resul ts-driven consult ing team. This al lows us to evaluate variety of Managerial tools , choosing those that are best sui ted to the cl ient ’s requirements.

Our services

Office Supplies & Furniture Outlets

Stationary, Office Supply and office furniture businesses have become very attractive destination outlets due to the fact that shop-in-shops can be featured inside the outlets such as Mobil services, IT services, Musical supply and many other specialty items.Our experts can help you widen up your market, outsource relevant merchandise and provide you with best private label deals in the world.

Drug Stores and Pharmaceutical Outlets

TEC Group offers the following services:• Pharmaceutical Information Management Software • Feasibility Studies and site selections• Design and Construction • Legality and Compliance • Staffing and Training • Management • Personnel • Financial Operations • Workflow

Groceries

We haven’t over looked the importance of the neighborhood Grocers and or C-Stores; their importance comes from con-venience and location advantage. Assortment and product Range play very crucial role in grocer’s success. Bakeries

Consistency in fresh baked goods is behind bakeries success. Therefore we managed to outsource frozen dough right from France, Austria and or Germany so that Quality and taste are not compromised. Our bakeries’ specialty expert team will help develop freshly baked ideas to bakery casting lines, bakery Shops and any supermarkets shopping environ-ment.

Department Stores, Luxury & Fashion Boutiques

Our expert fashion merchandising and specialty stores consultants have helped many leading Department stores, Luxury chains and fashion outlets grow their brands and increased their sales through visual merchandising, store outlays and customer service management.

Our Retail Services include:

• RETAIL MARKETING • RETAIL BUSINESS PLAN• MARKET OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENT• RETAIL RESOURCES• STORE KPI’S• STORE DESIGN &VISUAL MERCHANDISING• RETAIL MANAGEMENT TRAINING & WORKSHOP

Discount retailers

Discount stores forms substantial percentage of consumer $ spending. Never the less Big Box discounters must exert extra efforts and money to track fickle customer preferences. The key challenges are; increasing competition, decreasing brand loyalty, shrinking margins and relying heavily on mark downs. Our team can help in optimizing merchandising through proper outsourcing, increasing supply-chain efficiencies, gen-erating accurate product-mix forecasts, and improving customer-service levels through CRM and other tools.

E-commerce retailers

Building an e-commerce shopping screen for retailer is one thing but making shopping more fun and profitable is totally another thing.

Category hierarchy can help increase sales drastically through science of grouping and range logic.

OPERATION MANAGEMENT

• Continuity of Operation Planning• Category Management• Merchandising• Shelf Management• Planograming• Shelf-Edge Labeling• Floor Management• Shrinkage & Wastage• Front Store Management• Customer Service and Loyalty Programs

COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Outsourcing• Trading• Brand Management• Assortment Planning• Supplier Relations• Private Labeling• Price Indexing • Availability • In-Store Promotions• Contract Management• Fresh Department Development

SUPPLY CHAIN

TEC Supply Chain Experts will conduct a comprehensive situation analysis through advanced diagnostic program and best practice measures before starting the planning and implementation stage, Supply Chain Consulting offers an entire range of services including Process Design, support, and training.

Our Services include:• Planning and control • Product flow facility structure• Supply Chain Strategy • Price Market Analysis• Supply Chain Optimization • Automatic Merchandising Replenishment• Process Improvement • Storage & Inventory Control• Supplier Appraisal and Selections • Transportation , Logistics and Dispatching• Demand Management • RFID• Strategic Network Design

WHOLESALES & DISTRIBUTIONS

Retailers with bargaining power are putting constant pressure on their supply chain to get better prices and service resulting in the need to compromise efficiencies in manufacturing and distribution. Distributors must transform business and operating processes and cut costs without sacrificing business quality performance.

Our IRS Solution took into considerations every detail measure concerning full cycle process from manufacturing stage to lot deployment.

Our services Include:FMCG Global Outsourcing Commercial/Modern TradingAdvanced Supply Chain Sales & marketing (Brand Identity) Wholesales ManagementKey Accounts Management C-Stores/Van Management Merchandising Management Customer Service and Interactive Assistance Warehouse Management System Order Management Systems Routing Management Cycle-time Reductions Inventory Adjustment Re-Ordering Lead Time Reductions Warehouse Design & Classification Supplier Partnership Negotiations Distribution Information Technology Strategic Procurement ERP Evaluation & Effectiveness Assessment Systems Hardware/GPS/GPRS Cost/Benefit Analysis Freight Auditing & Cost Reduction Analysis

FRANCHISING

TEC franchising expert team can help you expand your operation to become a successful franchiser and show you how to manage your expansion, transferring to others the burden of specific investments, be more competitive in order to easily reach economies of scale and absolute cost, share risks, problems and opportunities with partners. Our comprehensive franchising approach will help you avoid all the challenging obstacles along the way and put you on the right course. We believe that successful and profitable franchise systems are those that build partnerships with their Strategic-Partner Franchisees and are committed to apply the international standards using best practice operation manuals.

Our Services include:• Business Format Franchising • Franchising Manuals • Training Manuals • Franchise feasibility • Site planning selection • Development of the franchise system • Operations and procedures manuals • Marketing and branding • Legal advice and documentation • Financial feasibility, analysis and structuring• Operations and procedures manuals • Marketing and branding• Legal advice and documentation • Financial feasibility, analysis and structuring

HOSPITALITY

Our Prestigious trained hospitality professionals have over 20 years experience in the industry with a vast variety of se-nior management and operational roles. Holding a recognized qualification and certificates each in his or her specialty our Hospitality team is qualified to pro-vide any hospitality projects regardless to the scope and spectrum

TEC offers the following Services:• Restaurants & Resorts• Fast Food & Casual Dining• Catering & Food Services• Travel & Tours

SOLUTIONS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYOur IT services drive growth and promote efficient operations to retailers, Wholesales & Distributors, Hospitality industry and others. Providing wide arrays of technical Services for Retailers, Our Comprehensive IT solutions has gained great reputations in both government and private industries.

TEC offers:• IRS (Intelligent Retail Systems)• Category Management System• Range Review• Space Planning• Floor Planning• Item Assortment• Plan-O-gram Generator• Shelf Classification• Shelf Grouping • Display Logic

MARKETING & PROMOTIONS

TEC understands the importance of marketing and its contribution to success of your business therefore we hired world-class marketing specialist to drive your business forward.

TEC Provides:Marketing recommendations Logos, Signage CreativeDesign PremiumsDisplays Raffles, Sweepstakes and CouponsDigital Imaging Banners & PostersScratch-Offs and Games Gimmicks and ShowcasesEvent Planning

• Product analysis • Corporate Gifts • High quality, screen-printed materials • Trade promotion event evaluation• Account profitability • Shipment/consumption trend analysis• Spending analysis • Competitive activity tracking• Strategic planning initiatives • Product mix analysis• Seasonal sell-through • Category performance measures

ERP (ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING)• TechnologyEvaluationandAssessment• In-HouseERPDevelopment

CRM(CUSTOMER RELATION MANAGEMENT)• BuildingClientDatabase• Chairman’sList• CustomerMatrix• LeadManagement

e-Commerce BestPracticeSkeletonsItemRelationmanagementShoppingSpreereal-timeAnalysis Joint Marketing ManagementE-Maintenance

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS)Thesoftwaredesignedtogoverntheotherincomeandsupplierrelations.TheIntelligentsoftwareindicateshowmucharetailershouldchargethesupplierinreturnofthespaceontheshelf.

Asweallknow,notallSKU’sontheshelvesperformsequally,thereforeandinordertomaximizeprofitabilityoftheretailers,otherincomeorspacerentalmustbecharged.

The CMS Software includes: SUPPLIERRELATIONMANGEMENT ITEMMANAGEMENT SPACERENTALANDFEES SEASONALFEES PRIORITYLOCATIONS BDFTUNING&MEASUREMENT