Packaging Manufacturer Streamlines Data Integration after Acquisitions to Accelerate Company Growth

This is one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and sustainable paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care, and pet care products including Kraft Foods, Anheuser-Busch, General Mills, and Coca-Cola. They have more than 24,000 employees throughout more than 130 facilities. With roots deeper than 100 years old, this manufacturer is involved in the entire paper manufacturing ecosystem—they own 8 paperboard mills across North America and handle everything from producing the paperboard to designing the graphics that go on them.  

The manufacturer has an unwavering focus on sustainability—keeping the environment at the forefront of everything they do including providing innovative packaging solutions with renewable and recycled materials. They utilize almost all the wood that comes into their virgin paperboard mills—either to manufacture paperboard or to produce power through biomass. They also generate most of their own electricity from renewable energy sources and send excess energy back to local power grids when possible.  

Over the years, the company has acquired many businesses across the globe—but one thing that has remained consistent is their dedication to innovation, quality, and service. As they set their sights on continued growth, they remain steadfast in their sustainability and social responsibility initiatives—committing to even bolder actions through 2025. 

The packaging manufacturer has acquired several companies in the last few years and doesn’t have plans to slow down any time soon. One of their main goals is to quickly and efficiently onboard the companies they have acquired and integrate and make use of all the data they have amassed along with these acquisitions.

To continue down their aggressive growth path, the manufacturer looks to speed up the rate they can onboard new companies and increase visibility into operations across all businesses. To do this, they need to:

• Streamline and automate their onboarding process so that they can efficiently integrate data from their acquired companies, as well as analyze technical debt and make changes where necessary.
• Better understand the key, basic metrics—headcount, costs, and production efficiency—from all the acquired companies and provide more accurate and automated corporate reporting to stakeholders and investors.

The faster that they can onboard new acquisitions and gain insights around how they are performing, the faster they can scale and realize the value from the acquisitions.

This is one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and sustainable paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care, and pet care products including Kraft Foods, Anheuser-Busch, General Mills, and Coca-Cola. They have more than 24,000 employees throughout more than 130 facilities.