Digitization potential for M&A processes - more details
Details on the digitization potential in the M&A process
Let´s dig into this. First we need two terms: Automation potential and automated integration potential.
Automation potential
An automation potential for an individual task exists if the degree of automation of the solution process is lower than the automation capability of the solution process. The same applies to task coupling.
Automated integration potential
An automatic integration potential for a sequence of tasks exists exactly when the tasks are not assigned to one or more different automatic task carriers. This means that there is no integration potential for a sequence of partially automated tasks that is assigned to exactly one automatic task organizer. This sequence of tasks is integrated at most automatically.
Digitization potential
Now we can define the digitization potential. A digitization potential for the M&A process consists of the automation potential of all tasks and the automated integration potential of the process.
Current situation regarding digitization in companies
The current situation in many companies is as follows. There is a high level of personal integration for numerous tasks in the M&A process, since many tasks are assigned to exactly one team, the M&A team. There is a lack of automation of the individual tasks and even more so a lack of end-to-end, automated integration in the M&A process.
A new approach is needed
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Here is some interesting literature on the topic:
