Assess whether management can run this without the founder (1f6d46)

Situation

People and Contracts work in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate now turns on management can run this because IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map put post-merger systems-integration risk register in play. Commercial-diligence partner should say what post-merger systems-integration risk register proves.

Decision

Commercial-diligence partner in a strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate must choose Proceed / Reprice / Walk / Hold using post-merger systems-integration risk register after IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map.

Hypotheses to test

• The population in post-merger systems-integration risk register is the one IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map named, so Proceed follows for this People and Contracts file.
• The population in post-merger systems-integration risk register is adjacent only to IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map; Reprice is the honest M&A Due Diligence call.
• A strategic buyer looking at a carve-out from a conglomerate already contained IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map before post-merger systems-integration risk register arrived; no new People and Contracts path.
• Provenance on post-merger systems-integration risk register after IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map is broken; do not pick Proceed or Reprice yet.

Analysis required

• Name the document commercial-diligence partner still needs before signing.
• Test whether IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map is a diligence gap, a price chip, or a walk-away.
• Separate a one-off add-back from a recurring earnings issue in post-merger systems-integration risk register.
• For this M&A Due Diligence People and Contracts file, read post-merger systems-integration risk register against IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map and write the one fact that would move management can run this for commercial-diligence partner.

Recommendation

Choose Proceed / Reprice / Walk / Hold on this M&A Due Diligence / People and Contracts packet (post-merger systems-integration risk register after IT diligence showing two ERPs and no chart of accounts map). The follow-on People and Contracts action is what commercial-diligence partner does next: implement the option, assign an owner, and log the missing fact.