Two German financial services providers with several thousand employees agreed to merge. Our challenge was to not only create a new organizational structure but also determine the right size for the new company “on the side”. We also supported the implementation of this project, with around 50% of employees across all locations moving to new offices.
An established chemicals group wanted to expand its sales activities into the automotive industry. We recommended partnering with a provider of automotive engineering services. This enabled the client to enter into discussions with carmakers and offer their solutions at a much earlier stage, during the development process. We defined all aspects of the collaboration between both partners and steadily increased the intensity of the collaboration. Our client has been delivering their products very efficiently ever since.
An American manufacturer of construction materials acquired a number of facilities in Europe as part of their buy and build strategy. They brought us on board for the integration process and tasked us with standardizing their processes and IT landscape. In addition to applying the parent company's processes and systems, we also identified best practices and optimization potential for the entire group. We then successfully implemented these to make sure that our client could enjoy the best of many different worlds.
A private equity investor wanted its provider of laboratory analytics to grow via a buy and build strategy. The aim was to make the business more efficient and get individual sites to critical mass by carrying out standardization and specializing individual services. We worked with the investor to develop this strategy, calculated the value creation levers and identified initial targets. We are proud to report that this resulted in growth across the board, with output, sales and profitability improving at all of the company's existing locations. What's more, the investor now has the blueprint for successful future acquisitions.
A private equity fund had a successful portfolio company in the automotive services sector and wanted to get even more out of this business model. It ordered the company to grow via acquisitions and by opening new locations. This is where we came into play, developing the entire strategy and implementation plan for the expansion. We then provided support for the crucial first few steps, from target search, due diligence and negotiations all the way to integration. We did this so thoroughly that we made ourselves surplus to requirements for the rest of the process – which was great news for our client!