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Make M&A Transition & Integration Easier
Make M&A Transition & Integration Easier

Make M&A Transition & Integration Easier

By Bill Wood|May 21st, 2019|

Merger & Acquisition Integration is hard work, but the rewards can be significant. Fortunately, we can accelerate the first hundred days to gain rapid benefits. Anyone who has done M&A work knows it can be difficult. Mergers and Acquisitions involve integrating the people, existing processes, technology, assets, products/services, cultures, and a whole host of other key items. None of this effort is trivial. Mix in aggressive TSA (Transitional Service Agreement) terms from an acquired d [...]

People and Technology Collaboration and Integration

By Bill Wood|January 23rd, 2019|

Technology integration can take you a long way, but you need people integration for long-term success. Challenging the Status Quo with New Business Models and Technology Integration X-as-a-Service models are the future. Whether you are a manufacturer, service provider, content provider, or any other type of business, recurring revenue models are here to stay. As noted by Harvard Business Review (HBR): Today many industrial companies are beginning to offer their products as services—a move th [...]

Industry Specific SAP Consulting vs Deep SAP Application Experience

By Bill Wood|March 21st, 2011|

The need for industry-specific SAP experience is probably one of the most overrated ideas in the SAP consulting field. The most successful SAP implementations require integration of the business requirements with application functionality. To do this well requires three separate domains of expertise: industry expertise, application expertise, and consulting skills. One of those domains, consulting skills, is based on skills in change management, communication, process engineering, people skills [...]