Construction & Real Estate MERU CASE STUDY Assisted with the winddown of $400M in surety bond exposure and a successful sale while improving EBITDA and cash position by $30.5M COMPANY OVERVIEW Road construction, paving and materials company, serving state and local governments, with ~$150M of revenue and ~100 active jobs with associated $400M surety bond…

Construction & Real Estate MERU CASE STUDY Implemented financial monitoring for construction company launching acquisition program COMPANY OVERVIEW A $22M construction company specializing in cleanroom manufacturing had recently finalized a sale to PE Management were unable to forecast revenue and were continuously missing their projections Company was preparing for an aggressive acquisition phase and needed…

Energy, Power & Renewables MERU CASE STUDY Managed the sale of a wind turbine manufacturer COMPANY OVERVIEW A wind turbine manufacturing and servicing company with 700+ wind turbines across 26 wind farms Revenues had declined significantly as the Company was forced to stop production of its current product in anticipation of a significantly improved model…

Transportation & Logistics MERU CASE STUDY Conducted a comprehensive market assessment during COVID-19 for a global relocation services provider COMPANY OVERVIEW Private equity owned company providing supply chain solutions to legacy corporate relocation mgmt. companies (RMCs) Despite record employment rates and a soaring economy, the relocation management industry had experienced headwinds The Company’s financial performance…

Transportation & Logistics MERU CASE STUDY Optimized a $300M critical logistics supplier COMPANY OVERVIEW Private equity-owned business that had accounting issues and poor controls Zero visibility into cash and substandard financial reporting Incredibly challenging data environment including 50 bank accounts, 2 different ERP systems with ~25 instances and subsidiaries domiciled in 13 countries, most with…

Transportation & Logistics MERU CASE STUDY Fully automated FP&A reporting for a $350 million waste management company COMPANY OVERVIEW Waste management company in California with 5 different business lines Annual revenue between $300-350 million The Company’s business lines operated as individual entities, and each had their own ERP and accounting systems, making P&L reporting highly…

Transportation & Logistics MERU CASE STUDY Identified $8M of improvement opportunities for a multi-national distribution company COMPANY OVERVIEW Multi-national distribution company challenged by complexity in the operating model Annual revenue of approximately $400 million The Company faced EBITDA pressure (30% year-over-year decline) due to significant revenue losses and a relatively high fixed cost structure that…

Technology, Media, & Telecommunications MERU CASE STUDY Stress business plan, liquidity need and working capital assumptions COMPANY OVERVIEW The client, a telecom equipment manufacturer was experiencing consistent declines in its core business due to an industry wide shift to next generation products To recapture spend, the company had acquired a new product portfolio they were…

Retail & Consumer MERU CASE STUDY $9M of cost savings identified for a merger in the hospitality product supplier market COMPANY OVERVIEW Our client, a leading Private Equity fund in the United States, was looking to purchase and merge a supplier of tableware and glassware products into an existing portfolio company within the hospitality industry…

Retail & Consumer MERU CASE STUDY Restructured a national clothing and equipment retailer COMPANY OVERVIEW Outdoor clothing and equipment retailer in the U.S. Northeast headquartered in Meriden, Connecticut Following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy just six months earlier, vendors imposed very restrictive credit terms and never fully resumed shipments, resulting in limited inventories and consequent continued…