TPP sells procurement as blocks of work. Each one has a stated outcome, a timeline and a fixed price, the fractional work included. Start with one small piece, and do more only if it’s working.
Start on any step. There’s no commitment to all four. See what’s in each
Each step is a stage. Under it is what you can buy there, how long it takes, and the situation it usually suits. You can start on any step and stop after any piece of work.
A specific analysis, or a test of the opportunity.
One block at a time: a spend cube, supplier or contract insights, sourcing documents, a board paper, a policy and governance build, or a compliance review. No contract, and it’s yours to keep.
From 24 hoursStart here if“We need facts before we make a decision.”
Find and size the opportunities, and decide where to start.
One or two categories and one outcome: a costed sourcing pipeline your CFO signs off, with a category ready to go to market.
Three monthsStart here if“We want to see the opportunity before committing to a larger program.”
Across the spend in scope, the opportunities are identified, sized and put in order in a Value Plan that says where to start.
2 to 12 weeksStart here if“Costs are rising faster than revenue, and margins are under pressure.”
Sourcing run through to signed contracts and savings in the P&L.
Strategic sourcing for one category or several, from strategy to signed contract. Fixed fee, or pay for performance with part of the fee at risk.
12 weeks a sprintStart here if“The program is approved. We need people to run it.”
A small expert team working through blocks each month: running the pipeline, covering a gap or doing the analysis.
Starts within 24 hours · 7 days’ notice to stopStart here if“We need experienced procurement capacity without a permanent hire.”
Ongoing senior procurement leadership.
CPO-level leadership owned by Ashokk, with a team that changes each month to fit the work. No permanent hire. Fractional, not part-time.
OngoingStart here if“We need a CPO, without the hire.”
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Buying or selling a business? See procurement due diligence and private equity.
A hire is a fixed cost, and someone has to recruit and manage them. With TPP the cost follows the work, and the team is ours to manage.
Compared with a consulting firm: a firm staffs a pyramid, where a partner sells the work and juniors deliver it. Here Ashokk leads the work himself, and senior specialists join only for the weeks their skill is needed.
When hiring is the better choice: you have steady, full-time work for one set of skills, for years. Recruiting anyway? An Execution Pod can cover the work until your person starts.
Every service has a price agreed in writing before work starts. You can pay a fixed fee, pay for performance with part of the fee at risk, or have us fund the work. How we get paid.
AI does the heavy lifting on the data, so analysis takes hours, not weeks. Ashokk and his team of experienced associates make the calls and run the negotiation.
Six, in four stages. Try: Procurement Blocks. Prove: a Pilot or an EBIT Leakage Scan. Scale: a Cost-out Sprint or Execution Pods. Keep: a Fractional CPO. Each has a stated outcome, a timeline and a price agreed up front.
One Procurement Block, delivered from 24 hours: a spend cube, supplier or contract insights, sourcing documents or a board paper. There is no contract and the work is yours to keep.
No. You can start at whichever stage fits and stop after any completed engagement.
Yes. A Spend Cube and Spend Insights are Procurement Blocks, built from the data you already have, from 24 hours.
Every service has a fixed price agreed in writing before work starts. Some can be paid for on performance, with part of the fee at risk. Prices are in the price list, which is shared on request.
If you have steady, full-time work for one set of skills, yes. Until then you’re paying a fixed salary for work that comes in bursts. With TPP the cost follows the work, the team changes to fit it, and Ashokk manages the people.
A contractor is paid for days, and you direct the work. With a Cost-out Sprint you pay for an outcome, part of the fee can be at risk, and the team changes as the work does. If you want a permanent person afterwards, you’ll know what the job is. If you’re recruiting anyway, an Execution Pod can cover the work until your person starts.
Who will do the work, and have they worked together before? Who answers for the result if the savings don’t land? What do we pay if the workload drops? Ask us the same three on a 30-minute call.
A consulting firm staffs a pyramid: a partner sells the work and juniors deliver it, and the team stays on the bill whatever the workload. At TPP, Ashokk N Menon leads the work himself, and senior specialists he has worked with before join only for the weeks their skill is needed. The price is fixed for an outcome, with part of the fee at risk if you choose.
Ashokk N Menon leads every engagement, with associates he has worked with before. AI does the heavy lifting on the data, and Ashokk and the associates make the calls and run the negotiation.
Yes. Procurement due diligence before you sign, then integration, synergy delivery and separation after.
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Ask for it and Ashokk sends you a personal link within a day. Or take thirty minutes to scope your first step.