The deal closes Friday. Monday morning, your leadership team faces a business that runs two different ways, operates on two different systems, and has two different cultures. You have 90 days to turn it into one thing.
That's where value gets realized or lost.
DBC becomes your integration team for those 90 days. We embed within your organization, own execution end-to-end, and ensure the deal you underwritten to deliver actually delivers. No strategy work. No consulting frameworks. Just disciplined, structured execution that turns intent into results.
Most acquisitions start with clear intent. The numbers make sense. The strategy is sound. But between close and Day 90, execution determines whether that deal creates value or erodes it.
Here's what we see in real integrations:
Companies that establish clear priorities and structured accountability from Day 1 stay on track. Their teams know what to do. Synergies materialize. Leadership stays in place. Value gets realized on schedule.
Companies without that structure? They drift. Priorities shift. Key people leave. Systems conflict. Financial visibility disappears. The deal that was supposed to create value ends up consuming all the attention of the leadership team.
The difference isn't strategy. It's execution structure. And execution structure is what turns a closed deal into realized value.
You close the deal. You still have to run your business. You can't add integration execution to the list of things your team owns on top of everything else.
That's where most integrations stall. Priorities are unclear. Workstreams go unowned. The leadership team is running the existing business and trying to integrate a new one simultaneously. Without structure, value erodes.
DBC provides what's missing: an embedded Integration Management Office (IMO) that owns integration end-to-end while your leadership team focuses on keeping the business running.
We handle:
You retain all decision authority. We provide the execution discipline and structure.
The outcome: Your deal produces the value it was underwritten to deliver.
Fixed-fee. Transparent scope. 90-day focus. Value. Realized.
You manage Day 1 risk across multiple portfolio acquisitions. Large consulting firms are priced out. Your portfolio companies don't have internal integration bandwidth or expertise. You need someone who can stand up an IMO, drive execution, ensure value realization, and free you up to stay at the portfolio level where you belong.
You closed the deal. Now you are facing integration complexity you didn't anticipate. You need a structured plan, clear priorities, and confidence that you are not missing something critical. You invested in this acquisition. You need to see the value actually get realized.
You close transactions. Your clients face operational challenges post-close that are outside your scope. DBC becomes the resource you recommend when your clients need execution support after close. We complement your work, not compete with it. We help your clients actually realize the value in the deals you close.
DBC provides fixed-fee integration services designed for the lower middle market. Each engagement is structured around a specific moment in the acquisition lifecycle and addresess the operational gaps that most buyers face.
Rapid assessment of integration readiness across people, process, and systems. You get an executive summary of integration risk, a Risk Heatmap across operational domains, a Day 1 Readiness Checklist with go/no-go criteria, and a prioritized 90-Day Action Plan with named owners.
We become your Integration Management Office (IMO). We own governance, workstream execution, and stakeholder coordination across people, process, and systems. You retain decision authority. We provide structure and execution discipline. Includes weekly status reporting, executive steering updates, and a structured handoff at Day 90.
Integration execution is not theoretical. Here is what the data shows:
Value Realization
"When organizations track synergies from Day 1 with structured governance, they achieve a 92% value realization rate."
Source: Bain & Company, M&A Integration Playbook (2023). Companies that establish formal governance structures and synergy tracking protocols from Day 1 close achieve significantly higher value capture rates compared to those without structured approaches.
What this means: The difference between realizing your deal thesis and watching synergies slip away is whether someone owns integration from Day 1.
Integration Execution Determines Success
"More than 70% of post-merger integrations fail to capture planned synergies and value."
Source: RSM US, Post-Merger Integration: Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail (June 2023). Buyers underestimate the effort required to truly merge two companies and don't spend enough time planning the integration.
What this means: The deal was sound and the strategy was right, but 70% of buyers lack the operational leadership and governance structure required to execute integration in the first 90 days. They are running the business and trying to integrate simultaneously. Without structure execution, uncertainly drives your best people out the door, systems fail to integrate, and value erodes week by week.
Integration Speed
"Companies that establish clear accountability and named owners for each workstream complete integration 40% faster than those with ambiguous ownership."
Source: McKinsey & Company, Successful M&A Integration (2022). Analysis of 500+ completed acquisitions shows that organizations with defined roles, clear decision rights, and named accountability for each integration workstream compress timeline significantly compared to organizations relying on ambiguous, distributed ownership.
What this means: Faster integration means less distraction for your leadership team and earlier realization of operational benefits.
Talent Retention
"Organizations that invest in Day 1 readiness and structured communication see 3.2x better employee retention in the acquired company during the first year."
Source: Harvard Business Review, Making the Most of Your Talent in an M&A (2023). Acquisitions with documented pre-close readiness plans and clear Day 1 communication frameworks show substantially higher retention rates for acquired company employees through Year 1 compared to organizations without structured readiness protocols.
What this means: The people who make the acquired business run stay in place. Your deal doesn't lose value through talent attrition.