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unmatched infrastructure and product breadth . We have over 6,000 product SKUs . We ’ re roughly a billion in revenue today , and we have an aspirational growth plan to triple that to be at US $ 3bn in five years or so .”
As Jeff DeSandre , ACR ’ s Chief Information Officer , describes , what is particularly notable about the organisation is that it is greater than the sum of its parts .
“ If you add up the nine acquisitions that we ’ ve made to form ACR , they equate to less than our current revenue ,” he explains . “ The work that ’ s being done here allows for synergising . There is a large portion of organic growth that ’ s part of this acquisitive growth and I think that ’ s pretty interesting that the sum of the component parts is less than what we are today .”
The COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented supply chain challenges The COVID-19 pandemic caused welldocumented disruption on a global scale , with ACR ’ s supply chains no exception . ACR leverages domestic manufacturing and international sourcing , which amounts to a truly global supply chain , so it was greatly impacted by the pandemic .
However , as Barnello points out , the company ’ s supply chain issues were not solely pandemic-induced . In fact , ACR was already grappling with growing pains in the pre-pandemic period . As Barnello states , these challenges involved stitching a number of small business units together and linking those and creating synergies .
“ The pandemic was another in a series of this unprecedented global supply chain disruption and how we fare and manage through that ,” he explains . “ Then , the challenge was to not only survive the day-
Jeff DeSandre and Brett Barnello of AmerCareRoyal
42 September 2023