Situation
WarnerMedia was preparing to integrate a recent subsidiary acquisition and faced an accelerated timeline to capture aggressive synergy targets. The CFO had shortened the critical fact-finding phase from 8 weeks to just 4 weeks, creating intense pressure to rapidly evaluate organizational structure, technological architecture, standard operating procedures, and cost drivers across both entities. The integration team needed to quickly establish the strategic foundation for combining operations while identifying specific cost savings opportunities and designing future state operating models. The challenge required comprehensive analysis of two complex organizations within an extremely compressed timeframe, demanding both analytical rigor and strategic insight to position the combined entity for maximum value realization.
Our Solution
Thought Logic conducted a comprehensive operational assessment to understand the current state of both companies, enabling strategic comparison and integration planning within the accelerated 4-week timeline. Our approach encompassed multiple critical workstreams: preparing materials and facilitating discovery workshop sessions for each key functional work group within Finance, Legal & HR; analyzing operating models, organizational structure alignment, and resourcing strategies by work group; documenting standard operating procedures and work effort volume drivers to identify key focus areas for integration along with redundancies and gap analysis; presenting key findings for each company by geographical footprint and KPI benchmarking; and prioritizing high-level cost saving projections for establishing synergy targets and comprehensive integration planning.
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Achievements
The engagement enabled WarnerMedia to confidently pursue aggressive integration targets while building a solid foundation for successful M&A value capture.
