16
Operating units globally
Efficiency and Indirect Productivity for an Industrial Group
An Italian private equity firm perform a comprehensive operational performance review and due diligence on a global industrial group operating in the surface treatments and additive solutions sector. A three-week assessment revealed significant improvement potential in both efficiency and indirect productivity.
Chemicals
Transactions and Turnaround
Our Client
The target company is an industrial group headquartered in Italy, active in surface treatments and additive solutions, with 16 operating units across Europe, the US and Asia.
3
Continents with operations
The Challenge
The private equity firm required a detailed understanding of the target company’s operations to inform investment decisions. Key areas of investigation included:
- Assessing the robustness and maturity of the operations model and end-to-end supply chain processes
- Reviewing management systems governing supply chain activities
- Evaluating the sustainability of the operational growth plan and planned industrial investments
- Identifying possible synergies or rationalizations through revising the operations model
Real Results Achieved Together
The operational review delivered clear, quantifiable insights to support the investment thesis.
+10-15%
Potential efficiency improvement
+15-20%
Indirect productivity improvement
3
Week assessment duration
Transformation Impact
- Identification of improvement levers enabling a revised three-year investment budet.
- Confirmation of achievable synergies across the operational model
- Clear visibility into the maturity and sustainability of end-to-end processes
- Actionable insight to support private equity investment decisions
Our Approach
EFESO deployed an international team for a three-week assignment.
The work began with an initial desk review of the entire industrial group, followed by detailed onsite assessments of five selected operating units.
The review analyzed operations maturity, supply chain processes, management practices, investment plans and potential rationalization opportunities, providing the private equity firm with a fact-based evaluation of the group’s operational performance and future value-creation levers.
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