E. ERP and Core Systems Transformation
46. Timing ERP transformations: Day-1, Day-100, or later?
A deal-timing framework for deciding when ERP transformation should happen, what must wait, and how to avoid turning Day-1 into an ERP program.
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E. ERP and Core Systems Transformation
45. Procurement and supply chain system integration
How to sequence procurement, supplier, inventory, and logistics systems so sourcing value does not get trapped behind data and process gaps.
E. ERP and Core Systems Transformation
43. ERP for manufacturing-heavy businesses
How to test whether ERP can support plants, inventory, costing, quality, and supply chain changes before manufacturing deal value slips.
E. ERP and Core Systems Transformation
40. One ERP or multiple? Post-deal ERP strategy choices
A decision framework for choosing one ERP, multiple ERPs, or a staged model without turning ERP standardization into a value-delay program.
E. ERP and Core Systems Transformation
39. ERP as a value lever in M&A
How deal teams can decide when ERP is a value accelerator, a constraint on the thesis, or mandatory cash before the first 100 days are over.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
20. Limits and risks of AI-driven due diligence
A deal-team checklist for using AI in diligence without creating false precision, data leakage, weak attribution, or unsupported investment conclusions.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
19. AI for cyber, data, and risk detection in deals
Where AI can improve cyber, data, and operational risk detection in diligence, and how to keep the outputs tied to deal decisions rather than noise.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
18. Using AI to accelerate application and codebase analysis
How buyers can use AI-assisted analysis to find application risk faster while avoiding unsupported conclusions about code quality, ownership, and changeability.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
17. How AI is changing tech due diligence
A practical view of where AI can compress diligence work, where it creates false confidence, and how deal teams should govern AI-assisted findings.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
15. IT cost structure and budget due diligence
A diligence approach for normalizing IT run-rate, separating mandatory spend from upside, and protecting the EBITDA case before signing.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
13. ERP due diligence: when the core system is the deal
A practical way to test when ERP condition, fit, and change capacity should alter the investment case, one-time cash, or integration plan.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
12. Data, analytics, and reporting due diligence
How deal teams can test whether management reporting, data quality, and KPI logic can support the investment thesis after close.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
10. Infrastructure and cloud due diligence: scalability, cost, and risk
A diligence framework to test whether the hosting stack can carry the deal plan, where cloud economics are hiding, and when infrastructure risk should change price, terms, or timing.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
9. Application landscape due diligence: complexity, technical debt, and fit
A deal-team framework to identify which applications set the integration/separation clock, where technical debt becomes mandatory cash, and what to do about it before signing.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
7. Red flags that kill deals (or should)
A deal-team way to separate fixable issues from value killers, with evidence asks and decision triggers that change price, terms, or timing.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
6. Speed vs depth: trade-offs in fast-cycle due diligence
A fast-cycle tech diligence playbook to pick the few questions that set the deal clock, cash needs, and downside protection.
D. Post-Deal Integration and Separation Execution
33. IT program management in carve-outs and PMIs
How to run the IT work as a deal program—clear owners, decision cadence, and value gates—so you exit TSAs on time and capture value without outages.
B. Deal Structuring and Pre-Close Planning
21. Translating tech due diligence findings into the investment thesis
A deal team method to turn diligence from a findings list into price, timing, and funding decisions before you sign.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
5. Tech DD in PE deals vs corporate deals
How to adjust diligence scope, outputs, and decision triggers so you underwrite the right risks, timing, and cash for the buyer type.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
4. What good looks like in IT due diligence
A scorecard and evidence pack that turns tech diligence into price, timing, and a Day-1 plan you can actually execute.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
3. Buy-side vs sell-side tech due diligence: different objectives, different truths
A deal team guide to using sell-side diligence to speed the process—without confusing “a clean story” with an executable plan.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
2. How tech due diligence really drives investment outcomes
Turn diligence into price, timing, and Day-1 decisions—before the model hardens and options disappear.
A. Pre-Deal and Tech Due Diligence
1. The role of technology in value creation (and destruction) in M&A
A practical way to translate the deal thesis into technology decisions, gates, and a sequenced workplan that protects Day-1 and accelerates synergy.