Unlocking Hidden Profit in a PE-Backed World

Private Equity Doesn’t Invest for Stability It Invests for Performance

If your business has recently undergone a private equity (PE) investment, you already know the rules have changed. It’s fast, focused, and financially unforgiving. PE ownership comes with a clear mandate: increase enterprise value fast. Margins must expand, working capital must tighten, and earnings must scale.  Every decision is measured against enterprise value. It’s not personal. It’s performance.

Yet time and time again, most PE-owned companies miss one of the most powerful levers for improvement right under their nose: SAP.

The Post-Infusion Speed, Pressure and No Room for Waste

Once PE enters the scene, everything speeds up. The board reshapes, leadership often turns over, and a culture of efficiency overtakes stability. Bonuses are tied to EBITDA, cash flow, and measurable outcomes. Strategic drag the gap between leadership intent and operational execution becomes the enemy. You’re measured by your ability to generate value not just report on it.

And here’s the hard truth: in most SAP-run companies, value isn’t generated through the platform it’s trapped inside it.

Siloed processes, bloated inventories, and spreadsheet-driven workarounds turn SAP into a passive ledger rather than a profit engine. The system is stable, yes but not strategic.

At Reveal, we see this every day. And we’ve built our business to solve this challenge.

What We Know: SAP Isn’t Broken It’s Underutilized

In dozens of engagements with PE-Backed companies, we’ve seen the same conditions: tight timelines, bold expectations, and an urgent need to drive performance without inflating cost structures or investing in massive tech replacements.

The problem is rarely the software itself – it’s how people, process and execution are aligned.  SAP has the capability; the business just hasn’t activated it yet.

You don’t need a new system. You need to unleash the one you already own.

What We Do: Stop the Leaks, Recover the Profit

Reveal’s mission is simple: we help SAP-run companies recover the profit that’s leaking and the profit that’s lying dormant inside their supply chain and connected operations.

Using your live SAP data, our oVo methodology®  pinpoints  where inefficiencies are dragging down performance, then help your teams recover that value through better execution not more software.

Whether it’s inventory that’s tying up millions in working capital, service levels that fall short despite high stock levels, or manual workarounds that erode trust in the system, we help you fix the root cause and build momentum toward measurable, lasting gains.

Our approach is built for the PE-owned environment: fast, focused, and financially disciplined. Typical results appear within 6-9 months, delivering accelerate cash flow, stronger margins, and improving operational agility without increasing your cost base.

But don’t just take our word for it.

What We’ve Proven: The Current Case

After its divestiture from GE (GE Current), Current a global energy and lighting business found itself in a familiar post-PE landscape. The company was suddenly independent, with big targets and no room for inefficiency. Their SAP system was robust, but underutilized. Siloed teams relied on spreadsheets. Data couldn’t be trusted. Inventory was high, turns were slow, and execution was patchy.

They didn’t need a new system. They needed to activate the one they had.

Reveal partnered with Current to run a full-scale supply chain optimization using our oVo® methodology. Here's what happened:

• ‍23% reduction in active inventory, releasing capital‍
• 31% improvement in inventory turns‍
• 18% drop in obsolete stock
• More accurate ATP and MAC, boosting service levels
• Better capacity planning and schedule attainment‍
• Fewer manual workarounds, stronger data integrity
• Simplified SAP use, easing the path to S/4HANA

The impact: freed working capital, reduced waste, improved responsiveness, and a higher valuation without adding cost. .

As Mark LeClair, Current’s CIO, put it:

Reveal would be one of the first organizations I would recommend if other CIOs were having supply chain challenges helping them maximize their SAP investment and better utilize the system.

This is the kind of result PE firms are counting on. Not years from now but inside the investment horizon.

The Financial Impact: More Than Just Operational Gains

The beauty of this optimization wasn’t just in process efficiency it was in financial leverage:

• Inventory reduction → stronger working capital & cash flow
• Faster turns → lower cost-to-serve & greater agility
• Less obsolescence → margin protection
• Simplified systems → reduced technical debt

In short, Reveal turned SAP from a sunk cost into a profit center and helped  Current become a more valuable business on paper and in practice. These are the moves that increase enterprise value inside the PE investment horizon.

Why This Matters Now

In a PE-owned company, you don’t have years to “optimize.” You have months. Strategic drag the gap between leadership intent and operational execution is the enemy of value creation. And SAP, when used right, is the weapon to fight back.

You already own SAP. We’ll make it work harder – unlocking the value of your investors when they bought in. That’s what we do faster, cheaper, and more sustainably than any rip-and-replace optimization.

Nine out of ten SAP-run companies leak profit. We make you the one that doesn’t.

Are You Sitting on Hidden Profit?

If you’re missing service levels, carrying excess inventory, or wondering why SAP ROI isn’t where it should be it’s time to act.

‍Start with a Reveal Assessment. We’ll use your live SAP data to expose hidden profit, identify the root causes, and build a roadmap to recover it fast. You’ve got pressure. We’ve got the playbook. Let’s turn SAP into the performance engine your PE owners thought they were buying into.