According to The Big Idea: The New M&A Playbook by Clayton M. Christensen, Richard Alton, Curtis Rising, and Andrew Waldeck, between 7-9 out of 10 acquisitions fail to deliver on the M&A strategy! Many firms believe the press release, company all hands meeting, and revised organizational chart are the three tasks required to complete to declare successful integration of an acquired business or merger activity. Caserta Solutions acquisition integration framework creates an operational environment to ensure business objectives are met with your M&A organizational integrations.

Based on the concepts articulated in Five Frogs on a Log: A CEO’s Field Guide to Accelerating the Transition in Mergers, Acquisitions And Gut Wrenching Change by Mark Feldman and Michael Spratt, Caserta Integrate™ provides the backbone of your integration plan with more than a press release, “all hands” meeting and revised organizational chart.  Without tying the original business objectives for the acquisition to discrete goals and actions, most companies fail to achieve the full potential of the acquisition.  Caserta Solution will guide your organization through pre-acquisition state and through Day 1, Day 90, and Day 365. 

Let us help you by:

• Connecting your deal drivers to your acquisition integration plan
• Enhance communication of the objectives of the acquisition integration and the success of each phase
• Developing an acquisition integration management office and “2-in-the-box” concept to ensure both organizations are completely engaged in the development and execution of the integration plan.

Our team will support your diligence team by seamlessly connecting acquisition integration planning within the lifecycle of the deal.  We offer the following services including:

1. Development of Acquisition Integration Value Drivers
   1. Key Mission Statement and Discrete Business Drivers
   2. High Level integration objectives by key transition period by function
2. Acquisition Integration Management Office Creation and daily execution
   1. Development of Integration Plan
      1. Day1 planning
         1. Communication Plan
         2. Key activities
         3. All Hands Meeting
3. Development of 2-in-the-box RASCI matrix for you acquisition integration plan
4. Development of acquisition integration status reporting (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly)