For a mid-market PE owned chemicals company, Quantum led a 12 month engagement to integrate 6 acquisitions and also to stabilize operations at the consolidated central bottling/packaging plant. Quantum set up a PMO structure, built functional integration plans for each of the acquired companies and managed the integration. The scope included raw material procurement savings, closing down of 2 facilities and opening a new central bottling facility with expanded capacity, increased cross-selling, insourcing, and ERP extension to all locations. The team achieved the savings targets and all integration milestones. Following the integration, Quantum led a 6-month engagement to stabilize operations at the central bottling plant. Quantum consultant acted as the interim plant manager, hired key staff, staffed a second shift, set up KPIs and daily reporting. Reduced back orders by 80% when order volumes increased by 275%. All of this was achieved while maintaining disease free continuous operations during the Covid outbreak.
Chemicals Add On Integration Lead
For a mid-market PE owned Chemical / Polymer company, Quantum led a 12 month engagement to integrate the add on acquisition of a similar sized competitor. Quantum set up the PMO, developed detailed work plans and managed workstreams for manufacturing consolidation / plant closure, plant expansion, sourcing, warehouse relocation, organization integration, and commercial and R&D integration. Quantum also provided input to implementation of a new ERP.
Oil Services Merger Integration
For an upstream oil services company buying and integrating a competitor’s North American business, led the diligence and rapid merger integration. Completed integration in 6 weeks; enabled the large field work force to transition seamlessly to new processes, billing and reporting, leveraging best practices from both companies.