Post-merger integration
The deal thesis is never translated into what actually needs to change, for whom, and when. Day 1 and Day 100 aren't sharply defined. Synergies are sized on what's theoretically possible, not on what's been assigned to an owner with a timeline. Roles stay unclear across two organizations, and the people carrying the value leave in the months when that uncertainty is greatest.
For each synergy: source, owner, timeline and a testable assumption, built through templates and a wizard.
A checklist dataset for Day 1 and a Day 100 plan that puts the heaviest decisions first.
Benefit tracking per synergy, a decision forum agenda, dependencies and a key-person risk list.
The front door provides three generators: a synergy baseline in which every synergy gets a source, owner, timeline and testable assumption, a Day 1 plan as a checklist dataset covering legal structure, contracts, payments, access and communication, and a Day 100 plan in which the tool sorts decisions by the cost of uncertainty. After that, the integration office itself functions as a tool: benefit tracking per synergy with status indicators and timers, a decision forum agenda, visible dependencies and a key-person risk list based on role, not on judgment. For sequential acquisitions, the standard 100 days can be saved as a reusable configuration. There's a standard question per component on what to integrate and what not to, because integrating can also destroy value.
Thesis, value sources and entities are recorded.
Every synergy gets a source, owner, timeline and testable assumption.
The checklists and the decision-by-cost-of-uncertainty plan are built.
Timers and benefit tracking continue through to the monthly recalibration.
Every report ends in three routes. You choose; we deliver the analysis, not the engagement.
Do it yourself: the three documents and the dashboard, with templates for decision forums and communication.
Partly guided: a partner for organizational design and culture and leadership, while the tool remains the record.
Outsource: a full integration office, staffed by the partner, running on your own system.
The next step
Merging two organizations means two sets of tasks side by side. The FTE TO AI work scan can run across both organizations to see where the combined headcount can land and which part AI can carry — the FTE calculation as a synergy instrument.
Go to the work scan →We're building the datasets the analysis relies on. Let us know you're watching, and you'll hear from us as soon as the first measurements go live.
Vraag maar wat er op Day 1 moet staan, of wat integreren juist kapotmaakt.
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