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SAP Project Rescue Is Becoming a Warning Sign for ERP Modernization
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22 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 22 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
SAP project rescue services are proliferating as a formal consulting category, signalling widespread ERP transformation failures rooted in weak governance, junior-heavy staffing, and process-design gaps. The gap between S/4HANA deployment (55%) and completion (34%) indicates a large population of in-flight, troubled programs under cost-reduction pressure.
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◆ The Wire takeaway
If you sell ERP implementation, ERP data integration, or ERP analytics tools, your customer's project is probably in trouble right now—and they're about to bring in rescue consultants who will overhaul the vendor mix. Call them before rescue does.
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Enterprise Software · erp-implementation · sap-s4hana · project-rescue · transformation-risk · staffing-model