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Onboarding mergers and acquisitions efficiently

For some consulting firms, M&A can offer exciting growth opportunities, but it can also require rapid onboarding to ensure smooth operations and drive fast value realization. Firms require an ERP system that simplifies onboarding for new entities, ensuring seamless integration and visualization of business impact.

What a finance team should look for

Holistic reporting: Must be able to monitor and report on the entire group’s performance, even if the new entity has a different region or currency.

Transparency: Automatically sharing crucial data like clients, suppliers, contracts, and products across entities to streamline processes.

What the IT team
should look for

Flexibility: Easy to adjust and update business processes and new organizational structures to accommodate new entities.

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Data integration and consistency – Ensuring data from multiple systems aligns and integrates smoothly.
Customization and configuration – Adapting the ERP system to meet the specific needs of the merged entities.
User adoption and training – Ensuring employees are trained and comfortable using the new ERP system.

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Automatic data sharing

ERPx automatically shares crucial data like clients, suppliers, contracts, and products across entities, facilitating cost savings effortlessly.

Best practice sharing

In ERPx, approvals are managed through a centralized, business-focused workflow. When a new acquisition is added to the system, the workflow rules automatically adapt to include the new structure, ensuring a seamless integration into the existing approval process.

Updating reports

New entities seamlessly integrate into existing reports, granting quick access to performance data controlled by your new company structure, enabling efficient monitoring of the entire group's performance. Even if the new business operates in a different region with a different currency, our system seamlessly supports it.

Havas Media integrated 32 global business acquisitions
– some in just three months

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