Due Diligence Case Studies
Due Diligence for Garage Flooring Manufacturer
Business Issue: PE client requesting upside operations assessment for well run garage-flooring manufacturer. Approach Used Site visit, extensive data analysis, and follow up report. Results Identified ability to free more than $2 million in inventory in $25 million revenue business by implementing basic inventory management processes. … [Read more...]
Identify Potential Sourcing Savings of Merger
Business Issue: Two companies were considering merging and both were Equity owned. Identify potential sourcing savings due to leverage. Approach Used Sourcing data collected and organized by Flow. Facilitated leverage and best-price discussion with representatives from both companies. Results Identified six percent in potential savings based on nearly $100M in … [Read more...]
Pending Carve-Out Acquisition Presents Interesting Twist
Business Issue: A mid-market private equity firm requested due diligence on a pending acquisition with an interesting twist — the company would be a carve-out and the manufacturing and logistics portions of the business would not come with the acquisition. Flow Consulting answered the question: Should the new carve-out spend money on capital and infrastructure to replicate manufacturing and … [Read more...]
Due Diligence and Follow-up Plan To Achieve Growth Goals
Business Issue A private equity firm asked Flow Consulting for an assessment and a project plan with payback for improving performance in areas identified for improvement. Flow Consulting performed an operations assessment for a private equity client last year at a manufacturer supplying key components for the trucking and fire truck industry. Approach Used During the assessment phase, Flow … [Read more...]