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Eastman化工副总裁兼CIO Jerry Hale正在实施公司最重要的软件工程,他给了那些试图“帮忙”的咨询巨头们一个冷脸。Hale说:“我不会把我的ERP项目交给咨询公司。”超预算、超范围以及工期一拖再拖,是上世纪90年代中期由咨询公司主导的ERP项目显露的种种弊病。对此Hale已经是谈虎色变。所以当要以新系统替换旧系统的时候,Hale决定用自己人完成主要工作,而在一些小的、特殊的任务里配几个精挑细选的顾问。 Owens Corning的资深副总裁兼CIO David Johns同样也不依靠咨询公司。他和公司IT职员负责公司的大型软件工程,只在特定的环节才用到
Jerry Hale, vice president and CIO at Eastman Chemical, is implementing the company's most important software project and gave a grim look to consulting giants trying to “help.” Hale said: “I will not give my ERP project to the consulting firm.” Over budget, over-range and time-frame delays are the shortcomings of the consulting firm-led ERP project in the mid-1990s. Hale is already talkative about this. So when it comes to replacing the old system with the new system, Hale decides to do his major job with one's own, and with a handful of carefully selected consultants in small, special tasks. David Johns, Owens Corning's senior vice president and CIO, also does not rely on consulting firms. He and the company's IT staff are in charge of the company's large-scale software engineering and are only used at specific points