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This fictionalized case explores an increasingly common challenge for private equity firms in the 21st century: how to drive shareholder returns via strategic repositioning and operational improvements, and not rely solely on financial engineering. Set in the '100-day planning workshop', a full-day conference typically held shortly after a deal closing, the case follow Sarah Chiang, VP at New York-based private equity firm Cahill Freeman Partners as she convened management, board, and industry advisors to examine important questions. The deal itself was a bold 'twofer', a simultaneous leveraged buy-out and merger of the USD1.7 billion Dallas-based Foster Industries and the USD1.3 billion Cleveland-based SmartServices - in the outsourced facilities management (OFM) space.