30-Day ERP Rescue Plan Built Around Financial Risk

Whitepaper

What You’ll Learn

A CFO-first roadmap for stopping cash bleed inside a failing ERP program, and a time-boxed plan to prove payback within 30 days.

THE PROBLEM

When an ERP Program Falters, the Cash Leaves First

Nearly 1 in 4 ERP programs fail outright. Within a single quarter, emergency consulting spends, redundant processes, and write-offs drain working capital. Most failures trace back to misaligned strategy, not a technical fault.

THE BLIND SPOT

What CFOs Cannot See Until the Board Meeting Arrives

Goals drift, scope expands, and reports stop tying out right when decisions need to be made. A leadership vacuum is a hidden tax on every dollar already spent. Sunk-cost thinking keeps the bleeding going long after the numbers have told the story.

THE MODEL

A 30-Day Roadmap Where Every Dollar Has a Payback Gate

DCG's rescue runs in three phases across 30 days: stop the cash bleed, replan to value, then ship and prove payback. Senior operators lead it. Every piece of work passes one gate before moving forward: plausible payback, or it does not ship.

THE NEXT STEP

Two Things CFOs Can Do Before the Next Board Meeting

Start with the red flag checklist in this whitepaper. Twelve signals, each with a leading indicator and a financial test you can run today. The second step is what most CFOs miss, and it is the one that changes the board conversation.

Who Should Read This Whitepaper?

If you are accountable for ERP spend, delivery, or financial outcomes on a program that is off track, this whitepaper gives you the roadmap to act.

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CFOs and Finance Leaders who need a time-boxed plan for stopping cash bleed, protecting EBITDA, and walking into the next board meeting with a credible recovery story rather than an apology
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CIOs and Technology Executives holding vendor relationships that have gone quiet or defensive, and carrying a backlog where no one agrees on what gets fixed first
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COOs and Operations Leaders whose teams are absorbing the daily cost of manual workarounds, inventory disputes, and cycle time failures that the ERP was supposed to eliminate
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Private Equity Sponsors and Board Members overseeing a portfolio company where an ERP program is the loudest on the page and the current team cannot yet answer whether it is recoverable
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Every program or project lead who has been told the plan is on track but privately knows the numbers do not tie out and the next milestone is already at risk

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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