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M&A Tools for

Consultants

    The features, flexibility, and support model for M&A Tools were specifically designed for premium consulting engagements. EKNOW helps consultant organizations to deliver more client value, and to look better doing it. 

    Release 22 is a tremendous update for consulting partners. Release 22 greatly expands your client M&A reporting solutions, presentation impact, configuration control, ease of administration, client workflow flexibility, a consultant-driven plan-readiness module, and knowledge resources. 

    Contact EKNOW today for details under NDA.

    Consulting Partners

    Competitive Weapons

    If your M&A practice competes with premium management consulting firms, such as Deloitte, IBM, BCG or McKinsey, partnering with EKNOW is an easy decision. Your re-branded M&A Tools platform helps level the playing field:

    • Massively upgrade your M&A management capabilities and image
    • Offer clients the most flexible and professional looking management tool
    • Offer clients the easiest to use high-end tool
    • Respond to client requirements more rapidly than competitors
    • Easily offer unique new solutions which are infeasible or impractical for competitors
    • Build your playbooks, methods, or other IP into a continuously improving asset
    • Add new long-term value for your clients

     

     

    Consulting Partners

    Ideal Terms

      M&A Tools Partner Platform is provided under a unique, partner-only agreement. Cost structure and terms are tailored specifically to the M&A consulting engagement context, based on many years supporting practices like yours:

      • Partner-only, multi-engagement pricing
      • Pass-through, tiered license, and unlimited license options
      • Cashflow-positive for most partners
      • Special low-risk terms
      • Minimal “papering” per client engagement
      • Allows rapid, early client deployments
      Consulting Partners

      Dedicated Systems

      Consulting partners enjoy dedicated, internal-use EKNOW systems for training, demonstrations, and experimentation; and multiple, dedicated client platforms – all linked by a specialized M&A Tools support management system. All partner systems are maintained and managed 24×7 by EKNOW.

       

      • Dedicated internal partner system(s) for training consultants, R&D your ideas, and delivering client demos
      • Dedicated client systems for any number of engagements
      • Dedicated, multi-engagement client support system & dashboard
      • Centrally track client systems, deployments, change requests, system status, user activity, much more
      • Optional single sign on (SSO) for you and your consultants, in all of your partner systems

      Experience the Ultimate M&A Tool Kit

      Consulting Partners

      Specialized Expertise

        EKNOW is the only independent M&A platform developer primarily specialized for M&A consulting partners. This DNA is reflected in almost every facet of EKNOW’s business, technology and operations.

        • Since EKNOW’s founding, the majority of M&A Tools business is with consulting partners
        • EKNOW supports consulting partner engagements with a battle-tested deployment and support work flow
        • EKNOW’s ToolBuilder architecture is an outgrowth of consulting client requirements for maximum flexibility without coding
        • EKNOW merger & acquisition software management tools have been specialized for due diligence, acquisition planning, post-merger integration, M&A reporting and financial analysis for nearly a quarter century. 
        Consulting Partners

        Full Collaboration

          The EKNOW team works closely with its consulting partners before, during and after every client engagement:

          • Ongoing consultant training
          • Weekly status meetings
          • Executive-level coordination of development roadmap
          • Sales / demo assistance for the engagement sales team
          • 24/7 emergency support
          • Client system tailoring
          • Partner system tailoring
          • Ask for further details under NDA

          Features

          Partner-only Features

          • Engagement Playbook
          • In-line consultant PDF content
          • Plan-Readiness Module
          • Admin eKnowledgeBase*
          • Integrated operations platform
          • Cross-clients management dashboard
          • Consultant activity tracker
          • Client usage analytics
          • Change request tracker
          • Internal Playbook Library
          • System Admin access level
          • Module Configurator
          • Workflow Configurator
          • System status metrics
          • Partner system branding
          • Client system branding
          • Much more
          Buyer Users* Consulting partners enjoy dedicated, internal-use EKNOW systems for training, demonstrations, and experimentation; and multiple, dedicated client platforms – all linked by a specialized M&A Tools support management system. All partner systems are maintained and managed 24×7 by EKNOW.
          Seller Users** Client organizations and consulting partners further benefit: The entire user experience has a highly professional, polished appearance, which reflects well on the employer or consulting partner. New or tailored modules can be deployed more quickly and with low risk. Training requirements are reduced or eliminated.