If your growth strategy includes acquiring or merging (M&A) with other organisations, then you’ll have experienced first-hand the time and effort it takes to fully integrate new operational processes, production facilities, operating locations, third-party providers and many other elements with existing ones. Issues with systems integrations, master data and different business processes give rise to a set of new challenges which need to be ironed out as quickly as possible for the sake of operational efficiencies and consistent customer experience.