M&A integration
You merged the companies. Nobody merged the work.
The deal closed. The org chart shipped. And two companies' worth of processes are now running side by side, doing the same jobs twice in different tools. Ace Work maps the overlap fast.
Reorg after reorg, and the confidence never comes back.
Two companies' processes are running side by side, doing the same jobs twice. The traditional fix is months of interviews and consulting decks that are stale before they're read. Meanwhile, the synergy the deal promised sits in the model, not the operation.
See both companies' work side by side.
Ace Work surveys both organizations in parallel. The output is a living map showing exactly where the merger doubles up:
The exact same job
Two content intakes. Two approval chains. Two versions of the weekly report.
Different tools
The map shows which systems duplicate each other and what it takes to consolidate.
Missing handoffs
Where the two companies' workflows currently connect through nothing but email.
Two content operations. Ninety days to one.
Two media content teams merge, each with its own intake and review chain. The map shows 40% of workflows are duplicates. Leadership picks the stronger process, and 90 days after close, the combined team runs one way, on purpose.
“The overlap analysis turned a political standoff into a design exercise. We picked the stronger process and moved on.”
Integration lead, media company
What you walk away with.
- A living work map of both organizations
- The overlap analysis: duplicated work and tools
- SOPs for the combined operation
- A blueprint leadership can defend to both legacy teams
Questions, answered.
How fast can you survey both companies?
The AI interviews run in parallel across both organizations. Most surveys complete in two to three weeks, depending on team count.
Do teams have to stop working to participate?
No. Interviews are asynchronous and take each person under an hour. No workshop scheduling across two companies' calendars.
The two companies use completely different tools. Is that a problem?
It's the normal case, and it's exactly what the map is for. Ace Work is software-agnostic and documents both stacks as they actually are.
Is this for pre-close diligence or post-close integration?
Post-close is the sweet spot: the map tells combined leadership how to actually merge the work. Some clients run it pre-close as operational diligence, where access allows.
Won't the legacy teams game the surveys to protect their way of doing things?
People describe their real work more honestly to an asynchronous interview than in a workshop with the other team watching. And the map cross-references everyone's answers: one person's workaround shows up as their colleague's bottleneck.
Where next
Different seat, same problem?
Merging teams? Map the overlap first.
Book 30 minutes. We'll show you what both companies' work looks like side by side.
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