ERP Risk Playbook: Spot Trouble Early and Act Fast

Whitepaper

What You’ll Learn

A field-tested case for why ERP risks compound in silence after go-live, and how to spot, escalate, and fix them before the cost of delay takes over.

THE PROBLEM

When ERP Goes Live, the Real Work Is Only Beginning

Only 23% of ERP implementations are considered successful. Go-live is the point where the system meets real workflows, cross-functional dependencies, and user expectations it was never fully tested against.

THE BLIND SPOT

Why Warning Signs Stay Hidden Until the Damage Is Done

74% of ERP projects go over budget and 61% run late. The reasons rarely surface in time. Fear of blame, no formal escalation path, and the assumption that someone else is handling it keep critical signals buried.

THE MODEL

How DCG's SPEAR ERP Reboot Framework Breaks the Silence

DCG's SPEAR ERP Reboot gives teams a practical way to name what is broken, trace it to the source, and fix it before the cost compounds. Built for the moment when things feel off but nothing has been escalated yet.

THE NEXT STEP

Start with What Your Own Numbers Are Already Telling You

Deloitte found that 30 to 40% of cloud spending is wasted due to poor visibility. Map your top warning signs to their business impact before the next review cycle. The playbook shows exactly how to do it.

Who Should Read This Whitepaper?

If you are responsible for ERP performance, delivery timelines, or business continuity, this playbook gives you the tools and framework to act early.

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Project Managers and ERP Implementation Leads who need a structured way to flag risks without sounding like they are blaming the team, and want a clear escalation process they can actually use
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CFOs and Finance Directors will find the financial accountability framing here far more useful than another dashboard review
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IT Leaders and CIOs whose teams are absorbing the operational fallout of misaligned workflows and need language to translate those daily fire drills into a case for leadership attention
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Operations and Supply Chain Directors dealing with bottlenecks that were not supposed to exist get a direct path to course-correction in this guide
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Every Change Management or HR Leader who has watched adoption stall post-launch and wondered why no one raised it sooner

Will Donovan

Will Donovan is an Operations Strategy and ERP Consultant with DCG. He is a former Supply Chain/Logistics Product Director for global logistics and operations systems deployed by US Marine Corps, US Navy, US Air Force, and Shell Oil. Will has deep experience in analytics, ERP, WMS, TMS, and digital strategy for US Military, oil & gas, retail distribution, and manufacturing in Asia, Europe, Middle East, and America.

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