Overview

Many organizations grow through acquisition, buying up competitors and vendors that increase their market footprint while expanding their core capabilities.

There are operational risks to this approach, however. Integrating smaller businesses into a larger organization could create a confusing web of conflicting processes and workflows that are difficult to untangle.

A client of ours in the manufacturing space is no stranger to such headaches. It has achieved global reach by purchasing a number of competitors in different international markets. It recently approached OneSix seeking help integrating data across all locations to support consistent and accurate reporting within its sales, marketing, manufacturing, and finance departments.