During a time of sluggish economic growth, companies continue to look to acquisitions as a means to boost profitability and expand market share.

It’s a tried and tested strategy that, when applied properly, can pay significant dividends for the company and its shareholders. Of course, acquisitions also bring with it a host of financial, logistical, and administrative challenges.

Some challenges, like filing mandatory paperwork with the SEC, are readily obvious – and more likely than not, the acquiring company will work with a third-party consultant to navigate this process.

Yet other challenges may be less intuitively obvious. For example, while the acquiring company must weigh operational considerations like how to physically accommodate the new employees – either by keeping them in their existing buildings or moving them to the “home” office – they must also account for a new influx of remote workers.

Specifically, the parent company, armed with a workforce management software platform, must identify telecommuters from the acquired firm, and ensure they have available workspace when they work in the “home” office.