As a start, if you add in the lines below that I've highlighted (with "__" each side), you should get the raw response from SPServices, which will hopefully give us an idea of what is going wrong?
<script language="javascript" src="/sites/dsp/SiteAssets/jquery-1.8.3.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script language="javascript" src="/sites/dsp/SiteAssets/jquery.SPServices-2013.01.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(loadCascadingDDL, "sp.js");
function loadCascadingDDL()
{
$().SPServices.SPCascadeDropdowns({
relationshipList: "Systems",
relationshipListParentColumn: "Region",
relationshipListChildColumn: "RegionName",
parentColumn: "Region",
childColumn: "System",
__ completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
alert(xData.responseText);
}__
});
}
</script>