M&A; Due Diligence
Supply chain often represents one of the largest cost components in any acquisition. We
provide independent, rigorous due diligence that identifies risk, quantifies synergy opportunities and ensures the supply chain can support the business post-transaction.
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In any merger or acquisition, supply chain risk is often underestimated until it's too late.
Sourcing arrangements, manufacturing dependencies, warehousing contracts and
inventory positions all carry risk — and they're rarely visible at the surface level of financial due diligence. With increasing business and geo-political uncertainty, the stakes of getting supply chain due diligence right have never been higher.
The Service
What we do
SCALA provides independent supply chain due diligence as part of both pre-acquisition assessment and post-acquisition integration. We cover the full end-to-end supply chain — giving you a clear assessment of risk, synergy opportunities and the practical steps required to realise them.
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Manufacturing arrangements and
dependencies
Shipping and transportation
Warehousing and distribution
Inventory stockholding
Customer delivery
Cross-company supply chain synergies
Post-acquisition
Following completion, we help businesses realise the supply chain benefits of the
transaction — optimising sourcing, relocating manufacturing where appropriate,
implementing improved supply chain management and establishing best practice
logistics operations.
Track record
SCALA has assisted numerous Private Equity and corporate clients with M&A; supply
chain due diligence across manufacturing, retail and medical services — over more than
20 years.
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