IT infrastructures harmonizing

IT infrastructures harmonizing

The achievement of projected synergies and the integration of the enterprise solutions of the merging or acquiring partners to complete the post-merger transformation are the two main factors that determine a merger's or acquisition's success in the short and long terms, respectively.

The majority of manufacturing-related businesses engage in mergers and acquisitions (M&As), and in these transactions, the synergies are typically based on existing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions, which support the organization's physical assets, without giving adequate consideration to existing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions and other IT infrastructure components, which define and control the intellectual assets (i.e., the organization's virtual product and process definitions) that form the organization's foundation for product development.

IT infrastructure harmonization phases

• 1. Due diligence

Our company defines the potential IT infrastructure, identifying synergies. Based on the acquired data a timeline is established taking the risks into account.

• 2. Harmonization planning. The process takes several crucial steps:

• Establishment of the final PLM system
• Development of a Glide path to the final PLM system
• Converge on expected synergies estimation
• Planning for Execution on Deal Completion
• Creating a comprehensive Migration plan
• Finalizing the Budget for the Harmonization

• 3. Execution

• Implementing the final systems
• Conduction of the system migration / integration
• Completing the Data Migration