A global, Germany-based manufacturer of filtration products required support to plan and execute the post-merger integration of a recent North American acquisition with two plants across Canada and the United States.
The integration was complex and cross-functional, requiring coordination across sales, product marketing, customer, manufacturing and operations, procurement, finance, HR, IT, regulatory and legal, and strategy. A key priority was integrating the acquired company’s product portfolio into the existing portfolio, including rebranding, ERP migration, and cross-sell enablement across international markets.
The client needed to maintain business continuity through pre-close, close, and the first 90 days of integration while ensuring integration milestones were achieved across all major workstreams.
The Approach & Solution
Burnie Group established the integration governance structure, including the Integration Management Office, 12 workstreams, and a steering committee.
We identified key milestones, activities, dependencies, and timelines, developing workstream-level integration plans and an integrated reporting structure. Over a six-month period, we facilitated regular meetings, tracked progress and risks, coordinated across workstreams, and provided leadership reporting to support timely decision-making.
Burnie Group also supported key workstream deliverables, including cross-sell enablement, target-state design, operating model planning, and current-state assessment of the IT landscape.
The Result
Burnie Group supported the successful completion of all major 30/60/90/180-day post-merger integration milestones while maintaining business continuity and integrating the acquired organization into the acquirer’s global operating model across governance, organizational structure, processes, and technology.
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