Before, during, and after a Merger or Acquisition an appropriate assessment and control of the physical assets will be critical to the project’s success. There will valuation discrepancies, condition issues, application issues, financing/leasing and vendor contract hurdles, there will be redundant assets, employees will encounter cultural issues, pre and post M&A asset condition reporting, and physical asset management with operation policies must be standardized. Then, the newly standardized policies must be delivered with sufficient training to ensure a rapid transformation with full buy-in.