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How to Deploy Lean Thinking in M&A
Early in my career while working at Sony Chemicals Corporation of America, a division of Sony Corporation, I was trained in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). Seiichi Nakajima developed Total Productive Maintenance in Japan between 1950 and 1970. Through this...![M&A – The Integration Management Office Explained](https://www.portfoliopartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Integration-Management-Office.jpg)
M&A – The Integration Management Office Explained
So, you have just completed signing the Purchase & Sale agreement on the big acquisition that is going to change your company and enable your strategic initiatives. Deal done! Check that off your to-do list! Major objective completed for the year! Not quite so...![Divestments vs. M&A](https://www.portfoliopartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Divestitures-1000x675.jpg)
Divestments vs. M&A
Divestitures and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) can be used effectively by companies to restructure their businesses as well as meet the strategic growth objectives of the business. Divestitures involve selling off a business unit or assets (although as pointed...![Acquisitions are Unique and Often Complex](https://www.portfoliopartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/mergers_acquisitions.jpg)