Data integration for mergers & acquisitions

Accelerate data integration. Ensure smooth business continuity across M&As with Ataccama’s unified platform. Start taking full advantage of consolidated portfolios today.

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Trusted globally by high-growth companies

M&A integration success remains elusive

14% Success rate across strategic,
operational & financial indicators

70% Of post acquisition systems
integrations fail in the beginning

20% Average cost overrun of
systems integration projects

Unconsolidated data = Lost M&A value

Customer data

Lacking a unified view of customer data can severely impact customer-first initiatives

Examples of lost M&A value:

Higher customer churn rates
Increased customer service costs
Missed cross-selling opportunities

Supplier data

Misaligning suppliers can have a trickle-down effect on other business operations.

Examples of lost M&A value:

Risk of supply chain disruptions
Inconsistent delivery timelines
Lost opportunities to rationalize suppliers

Product data

Fragmented or poorly integrated product data can impact core business outcomes.

Examples of lost M&A value:

Increased holding costs and stockouts
Recalls and quality control issues
Low profit margins and wastage

Employee data

Slow integration of employee data has swift consequences on security and margins.

Examples of lost M&A value:

Payroll & benefits errors or disparities
Potential data breaches
Poor employee retention

Best practices for successful
data integrations

Create a unified data governance framework

This framework sets the standards, policies, and procedures for data management across the two merging entities. Ensure data quality and compliance during and post data integration execution.
Pilot a Master Data Management tool

Start with a core domain like customer or prospect data. Implement the tool on a small scale to test and refine the data integration process. Create a replicable model and understand the tool’s capabilities.
Classify and profile data

Conduct an audit and detect data domains, sensitive data, redundancies, and potential integration challenges. Understand the data structure and quality to develop an effective data integration strategy.

How Ataccama enables mergers & acquisitions

Streamline data integration during mergers and acquisitions with automated solutions for consolidating data, ensuring quality, and establishing a shared governance framework.

1. M&A deal closed

Analyze the data landscape, identify overlaps, and design a unified governance model to align systems and definitions across organizations.

Automated data profiling:

Start with automated classification and profiling to document systems comprehensively, establish a unified governance framework, and create an effective integration strategy.
Business glossary integration

Leverage a business glossary to link classification rules with business terms, reducing reliance on SQL queries or Excel for data analysis.
Collaborative data catalog

Streamline teamwork with tasks, comments, and sharing features, while federated governance ensures access control and workflows. Keep your data landscape current with automated discovery and observability for continuous insights into data health.
Data activation capabilities

Use data to create metrics, reports, and trusted datasets, and export seamlessly to various destinations for operational and analytical use.

2. Integration execution

Scale integration across domains and environments with reliability

Multi-domain MDM

Consolidate data from diverse domains into a single source of truth, eliminate duplicate records, and manage data lineage, relationships, and hierarchies for transparency.
Anomaly detection and resolution

Identify and rectify anomalies, ensuring a scalable integration process that adapts to complex organizational needs.
Ensure data lineage

Easily trace and manage relationships, and hierarchies for a more transparent data integration implementation.
Scalable processing

Handle billions of records and millions of API calls efficiently, with architecture designed to maintain performance during high-demand periods, such as post-merger integration.

3. Value extraction

Ensure actionable and trusted insights for better outcomes

Transparent operational reporting

A newly consolidated source of truth offers full visibility into your data landscape, enabling accurate and efficient reporting for better decision-making across operations.
Empowering offensive use cases

The unified source of truth created in Ataccama ONE MDM supports a variety of initiatives, including enhancing customer experiences, optimizing cross-sell and upsell strategies, developing innovative products, and driving impactful marketing campaigns.