Coffee and beverage maker teams up with JLLT to execute more efficient M&A

This leading producer of coffee and soft drinks drives growth through the successful acquisition of popular beverage brands. Operational efficiency and a positive workplace experience are essential to ensure that the newly acquired company delivers value to shareholders and employees.

For its latest acquisition, the pandemic struck just before integration plans were to begin. Leveraging Archibus and JLLT’s CRE technology expertise, the firm successfully met its goals.

The organization pivoted while laying a foundation:

• Improved move management process enabled 1,000 location changes within 12 months
• Agile occupancy planning was performed across a 1.6 million square feet portfolio
• Space optimization made possible by relying on accurate, timely space utilization data

 The beverage production and distribution industry operates on extremely tight margins. Managing overhead, such as real estate, with extreme precision is key to maintaining a profitable, winning operation. The customer’s growth strategy depends on its ability to integrate new acquisitions into its collection of market-leading brands successfully. Real-time visibility into the scope and utilization of its real estate portfolio is an essential component to drive integration and accelerate productivity.

As this customer finalized a major merger, it needed to strategically consolidate and divest real estate and build a new headquarters. Many space and facility management processes were paper-based and not integrated into a centralized database. It needed an IWMS system to support occupancy planning for its new headquarters and facility management for bottling operations. 

With the help of JLL Technologies (JLLT), the customer chose to implement Archibus for workplace management. A hosted and managed environment, JLLT is responsible for system maintenance, incremental upgrades, CAD service updates, move management, move execution, and ongoing user training.

Through JLLT’s Managed Services, the customer gained significant agility. As their HQ move was set to happen, the pandemic hit, putting construction to a halt. JLLT helped the customer adapt to new employee requirements, shifting space allocation – large offices became huddle rooms, open areas of cubicles became collaboration spaces, and employees were able to select shared inoffice workdays to promote interactions.

• Agile space occupancy and planning for 1.6 million square feet
• Move management process efficiencies enabled over 1000 moves within 12 months
• Space optimization is achieved by relying on accurate, timely space utilization data