Re-thinking Operational Due Diligence for Mergers & Acquisitions

This blog explains how our ‘Insights’ product (shown below) can be used to improve the Operational Due Diligence (ODD) process when a potential purchaser reviews the operations of a target company during mergers and acquisitions.

A typical ODD review will look at the main operations of the target company to see if the business plan provided is achievable with the existing operational facilities and capital expenditure that is outlined. It will also consider if there’s the potential for additional value to be gained from the target company by improving its operational function and also whether there are serious operational risks about which the potential buyer should be concerned. However, we believe much more can be done to review and understand the value of the people employed in a target company.

So, if you are undertaking an Operational Due Diligence (ODD) review on a target company as part of a merger and acquisition process, we’d like you to consider using our data ‘Insights‘ product.

Insights will provide a detailed ‘People Analytics’ assessment of both firms looking for synergies and differing capabilities of staff, thereby de-risking the transaction from the buyer, seller and financier. It can also help the HR function of the purchaser understand how best to utilise or redeploy members of staff based on their skills and experience.

Compare roles at sector and company level – Discover the investment in different roles at companies.

Compare sector skills – Discover the top 25 skills across different sectors

Compare Sectors – See the relative strengths of the sectors by NUTS regions across the UK

Skill Analysis – Compare the similarity and key differences between the companies or sectors

Experience Analysis – understand the demographic of the workforce and use this to help manage key person risk

We are already in discussion with a range of professional services companies about how they can include our Insights tool in their ODD process on a SaaS (Software as a Service) subscription basis. If you’d like to know more, please email us at insight@geektalent.com