 it integration in m a preannounce through day 1 it integration in m a preannounce through day 1 hemraj mon 10272025 512 it integration in m a preannounce through day 1 enterprise architecture solutions enterprise architecture image logistics industries logistics image manufacturing industries manufacturing image research industries research image image our client a leading independent producer of highquality specialty hydrocarbon products agreed to sell a 50000 barrel per day refinery associated delivery terminals and related assets to an unaffiliated energy company for 435 million the challenge we were engaged by our client the seller to assist them in the separation of a business unit this engagement began during the preclose phase and concluded several weeks after the close the seller has a very small internal it staff which was deeply involved in supporting a recent erp implementation in addition to numerical resource constraints the organization was relatively inexperienced in planning and executing a business unit separation our solution divihn assisted both parties in the mutual development of the transition services agreement tsa during this process we participated with the seller in helping the buyer s it team develop a deeper understanding of the technology supporting the business to identify their integration risks and expedite the separation we provided it project management to the client throughout our engagement providing planning and execution monitoring and control for preclose activities day one activities and post day one separation readiness activities we also provided and enterprise architecturebased review of the technical it separation requirements and associated issues and risks highlights after the close we collaborated with the internal it team to review it lessons learned which become one of the inputs to our final work product a customized it divestiture playbook the it divestiture playbook was based on our core m a it integration and divestiture methodology which incorporates a multiphase framework of objectives tasks deliverables and milestones supported by tools templates and sample artifacts the playbook is based on best practices informed by our experience of many m a projects and tailored to client s organizational size culture and governance needs enterprise architecture solutions enterprise architecture image logistics industries logistics image manufacturing industries manufacturing image research industries research image  