M&A Integration
Day-one stabilization rhythms, playbook merge, synergy tracking fidelity — bridging cultural and systems friction without starving the gemba.
Disciplined operator integration — not euphemistic sameness
We stabilize week-one operating forums deliberately — bottleneck truth first, synergy theatre second.
We reconcile KPI bridges bluntly — where definitions diverge honestly, dashboards mislead boldly.
We align escalation choreography between legacy networks — sparing teams from improvisation debt.
Mechanics we reinforce
Synergy hypotheses translated into choke-point hypotheses — observable weekly, reversible if wrong.
Integration office rituals that degrade heroics gradually — RACI tightened as trust accretes slowly.
Customer communication cadence aligning promise reality with constrained capacity realism.
When this resonates
Acquired teams oscillate between exuberant synergy promises and creeping cynicism simultaneously.
Two ERP / MES / quoting realities pretending to unify faster than supervisory span allows.
Board asks for coherence — internally you still diagnose with inconsistent vocabulary week to week.