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1、外文翻译稿浅谈ERP项目实施成功因素和风险管理ERP Enterprise Resource Planning 企业资源计划系统,是指建立在信息技术基础上,以系统化的管理思想,为企业决策层及员工提供决策运行手段的管理平台。ERP 不仅仅是一个软件,更重要的是一个管理思想,它实现了企业内部资源和企业相关的外部资源的整合。 通过软件把企业的人、财、物、产、供、销及相应的物流、信息流、资金流、管理流、增值流等紧密地集成起来,实现资源优化和共享。从台湾当地的建筑企业实施的实例讨论了ERP成功实施的七个关键:密钥系统、生产流程系统、ERP基础实施的优先度、用户自定义设置、参与者角色、咨询者角色、实施表现
2、分级。ERP是一种以市场和客户需求为导向,以实行企业内外资源优化配置,消除生产经营过程中一切无效的劳动和资源,实现信息流、物流、资金流、价值流和业务流的有机集成和提高企业竞争力为目的,以计划与控制为主线,以网络和信息技术为平台,集客户、市场、销售、计划、采购、生产、财务、质量、服务、信息集成和业务流程重组(BPR)等功能为一体,面向SCM的现代企业管理思想和方法。从台湾企业的实例表明,成功应用ERP的基本要素主要有:必须增强企业自身主体意识;重视知识资源的开发与利用;充分调动人的积极性和创造性;深刻认识我国企业应用ERP的根本目的;正确认识ERP项目是一个企业管理系统工程;企业一定要尽快、科学
3、的做出应用SCM、ERP和BPR的决策;企业应用ERP一定要立足于创新和BPR;引入企业管理咨询;认真做好ERP项目前期准备工作;加强企业需求分析;制定明确、量化的ERP应用目标;确保基础数据的准确性和时效性;加强ERP项目风险分析;建立ERP项目变革管理体系;实行ERP项目监理制和评价制;完善和提高服务商的能力与水平。大量的研究与实践充分表明,ERP在我国应用的成败并不取决于技术、资金、网络、应用软件和软件实施,而主要取决于企业自身主体意识。企业是应用ERP的主体。企业应用ERP首先要提高思想认识,转变思想观念,增强自身主体意识。只有增强了主体意识,才能提高主体能力,才能发挥主体作用,才能确
4、保ERP项目的成功。参考国外的一些文献资料,一个成功的ERP项目,往往要花费数年时间,数千万美元得以完成。再回头看国内,随着ERP怀疑论的抬头,价格战的兴起,ERP作为一种软件供应商的产品,却有走下神坛趋势。就连ERP界的首领SAP也推出了Business One产品,价格低于十万。不过,即便ERP软件能做到免费,或如IBM推崇的按需收费的境界,从整个企业实施的角度,考虑到人员、培训、维护、业务重组、二次开发、三次、n次开发,其费用应该也在数百万乃至千万人民币的规模。这对于国内企业而言,已是不小的数目了。但是,还是有不少企业怀着美丽的梦想,踏上ERP实施的艰辛之旅。其中又有不少项目以失败告终。
5、而对于那些最后的幸存者,是否就可以还戟入仓,饮酒高歌呢?事实上,企业在成功实施ERP项目后,将面对较实施前更大的风险。在未来的五到十年中,是否有一个扎实的ERP风险管理机制将决定了企业是否能在最初的ERP投资中真正获益。1998年Thomas H.Davenport在哈佛商务评论发表了名为将企业放入企业系统的文章(Putting the entERPrise into the entERPrise system)。该文系统地提出了企业系统,或称ERP系统给企业运作带来积极及消极的引响。同时也直接提出了未来企业必须面对的一个风险:将整个企业放入企业系统中的风险。按照美国项目管理协会对风险的定义,
6、“风险”是指对项目有利或不利的不确定因素。项目是“为完成某一独特的产品或服务所做的一次性努力”,项目的“独特性”决定了项目不可能是以与以前完全相同的方式、由与以前完全相同的人来完成的,同时,项目所要创造的产品或服务,以及项目可能涉及的范围、时间及成本都不可能在项目开始时完全确定,因此,在项目进行过程中也相应会出现大量的不确定性,即项目风险。本文以下所提到的“风险”是指对项目“不利”的不确定因素。对项目不利的风险存在于任何项目中,并往往会给项目的推进和项目的成功带来负面影响。风险一旦发生,它的影响是多方面的,如导致项目产品/服务的功能无法满足客户的需要、项目费用超出预算、项目计划拖延或被迫取消等
7、,其最终体现为客户满意度的降低。因此,识别风险、评估风险并采取措施应对风险即风险管理对项目管理具有十分重要的意义。一风险管理的具体内容项目风险管理主要分为以下几个步骤:风险识别、定性/定量风险分析、风险应对计划编制及风险监控。1.风险识别风险识别,是指识别并记录可能对项目造成不利影响的因素。由于项目处于不断发展变化的过程中,因此风险识别也贯穿于整个项目实施的全过程,而不仅仅是项目的开始阶段。风险识别不是一次性的工作,而需要更多系统的、横向的思维。几乎所有关于项目的计划与信息都可能作为风险识别的依据,如项目进度及成本计划、工作分解结构、项目组织结构、项目范围、类似项目的历史信息等。需要注意的是,
8、并非所有的风险都可以通过风险识别来进行管理。风险识别只能发现已知风险(如:已知项目组织中某一成员能力不能完全满足要求)或已知未知风险(known-unknown,即“事件名称已知”,如“客户方人员参与力度不足”);而某些风险,由于项目的独特性,不可能在其发生前预知(unknown-unknown,即未知未知风险)。2.定性/定量风险分析通过风险识别过程所识别出的潜在风险数量很多,但这些潜在的风险对项目的影响是各不相同的。“风险分析”即通过分析、比较、评估等各种方式,对确定各风险的重要性,对风险排序并评估其对项目可能后果,从而使项目实施人员可以将主要精力集中于为数不多的主要风险上,从而使项目的整
9、体风险得到有效的控制。风险分析主要可采用的方法有:风险概率/影响评估矩阵、敏感性分析、模拟等。在进行上述分析时,主要关注以下几个风险因素:风险概率:即风险事件发生的可能性的百分比表示。这个数字是通过主观判断而获得的,如专家评估、访谈或根据以前类似项目的历史信息。风险影响:即风险发生可能对项目造成的影响大小。这种影响可能是时间上的,可能是成本上的,也可能是其他各方面的。风险值(预期值EMV):风险值=风险概率风险影响,是对风险对项目造成的影响的最直接评估,它综合考虑了概率与影响两方面的因素。3.风险应对计划编制风险应对计划的目的在于通过制定相应的措施,来应对风险对项目可能造成的威胁。最常采用的应
10、对威胁的几种措施是:规避、减轻、转移、接受。规避,即通过消除风险的成因来消除该风险;减轻,即通过采取措施降低“风险概率”或“风险影响”,从而达到降低风险值的结果;转移,即将风险转移到另一方,如购买保险、分包等;接受,即对该风险不采取措施,接受其造成的结果,或在该风险发生后再采取应急计划进行处理。具体采用何种方式来应对某一风险,取决于该风险的风险值(EMV)、拟采取应对措施的可能成本、项目管理人员对待风险的态度(效用函数)类型等各方面,不可一概而论。风险应对计划是针对已识别的风险进行的;对于未知未知的风险,不可能预选制定相应的应对计划或应急计划,因此,可以利用管理储备来应对。4.风险监控风险监控
11、主要包括以下几方面的任务:1)在项目进行过程中跟踪已识别风险、监控残余风险并识别新风险:随着项目的实施以及风险应对措施的执行,各种对项目的影响因素处于不断变化的过程中,因此,需要在整个项目过程中,时刻监督风险的发展与变化情况,确定伴随某些风险的消失而来的新的风险并制定相应的处理措施。2)保证风险应对计划的执行并评估风险应对计划执行效果。评估的方法可以是项目周期(阶段)性回顾、绩效评估等。3)对突发的风险或“接受”的风险采取适当的权变措施。通过风险监控过程,项目人员持续更新项目风险列表,并通过重复上述各步骤保证项目风险始终处于受控状态。二ERP项目实施的风险管理不同类型的项目有不同类型的风险。E
12、RP项目实施的风险同样有其特殊性。以下对ERP项目实施过程中的风险管理措施做一简要说明,一家之言,仅供参考。1.ERP项目实施中的主要风险及应对措施如前所述,“几乎所有关于项目的计划与信息都可能作为风险识别的依据,如项目进度及成本计划、工作分解结构、项目组织结构、项目范围、类似项目的历史信息等。”在ERP项目的风险识别过程中,可以以项目计划为线索,识别项目在各方面的风险。实施过程中,应特别关注以下几方面的风险:1)项目范围的风险项目采购管理通常有三种合同方式,即:固定价或总价合同、成本报销(加奖励)合同、单价合同。通常不确定性越大、风险越大的项目,越趋向于采用靠后的合同方式。这也是国外及国内部
13、分ERP供应商在实施服务中采用按人天提供服务并收取费用的原因。但采用这种方式,买方(即客户)存在较大的风险,因此,国内很多客户倾向于以固定价格订立实施服务合同。而这种合同方式,则对于卖方(即顾问方)存在较大风险。在此前提下,若项目范围定义不清晰,可能导致买卖双方对项目范围的认知产生分歧:卖方希望尽量缩小实施范围,以最小的成本结束项目;而买方则希望将ERP系统的所有功能尽可能多的实施,以固定的价格获得最大的收益。若双方的分歧较大,不能达成一致,则必然会造成效率低下,相互扯皮。因此,ERP项目合同中,应对项目的实施范围做尽可能清晰的界定,切不可停留在“实施财务模块”或是“实施应收、应付、总账管理”
14、之类的层面上。宁愿多花一些时间在项目实施前的范围界定工作上,也不要在项目实施过程中,面对ERP繁多的功能,实施方与用户方争执不下,或被迫让步,投入更大的精力于项目中,而导致项目不能按时完成。2)项目进度的风险关于ERP项目实施的周期,目前在宣传上有强调“快速”的倾向。但ERP项目进度的控制绝非易事,不仅取决于顾问公司的能力,同时也在很大程度上受到客户方对ERP期望值是否合理、对范围控制是否有效、对项目投入(包括人员时间的投入和资金等的投入)是否足够等方面的影响。由神州数码提供ERP系统并负责实施的昆山世同金属,在较短时间内上线成功,原因之一就是易飞ERP实施小组完整成熟的导入机制及顾问人员卓越
15、的素质,有效顺利地协助了世同金属的上线工作。从上线开始便有专业顾问负责整个导入实施的计划,长期积累的行业知识及管理经验也提升了整个ERP的运作水平,妥善处理了上线工作中的问题。用户对项目分阶段实施有强烈的认同,在第一阶段仅强调对基本功能的实现,而将大量的工作留到上线后或持续改进过程中。而实际操作中,并非所有用户对ERP实施都有这种理解与认同,因此,在项目进度计划时,一味在项目进度计划时求快,甚或是刻意追求某个具有特殊意义的日期作为项目里程碑,将对项目进度控制造成很大压力。事实上,很多项目的失败,正是起因于项目进度出现拖延,而导致项目团队士气低落,效率低下。因此,ERP项目实施的时间管理,需要充
16、分考虑各种潜在因素,适当留有余地;任务分解详细度适中,便于考核;在执行过程中,应强调项目按进度执行的重要性,在考虑任何问题时,都要将保持进度作为先决条件;同时,合理利用赶工及快速跟进等方法,充分利用资源。3)项目人力资源的风险人力资源是ERP项目实施过程中最为关键的资源。保证合适的人,以足够的精力参与到项目中来,是项目成功实施的基本保证。ERP项目实施中存在各种角色,对各种角色应具备的素质,我们在此不再赘述。要降低项目的人力资源风险,就要保证进入到项目中并承担角色的各类项目干系人满足项目要求。因此,实施双方应对参与人员进行认真的评估,这种评估应该是双方面的,不仅是用户对咨询顾问的评估,也应包括
17、咨询公司对参与项目的用户方成员(在国内目前的环境下,主要是指关键用户)的评估。同时,应保证项目人员对项目的投入程度。应将参与ERP项目人员的业绩评估与ERP项目实施的状况相关联,明确ERP项目是在该阶段项目相关人员最重要的本职工作;制定适当的奖惩措施;在企业中建立“一把手工程”的思想,层层“一把手”,即各级负责人针对ERP实施向下行使全权、对上担负全责,将一把手从个体概念延伸到有机结合的群体概念。4)对ERP认识不正确的风险有的企业把ERP视为企业管理的灵丹妙药,认为既然ERP“功能强大”,只要上了ERP,企业的所有问题便迎刃而解,或者以为企业的所有流程都可以纳入到ERP中来;还有的人简单的将
18、ERP视为当前业务流程的电子化。要防范或减轻这种风险,需要对用户进行大量的培训:ERP的由来,ERP的功能,实施ERP的目的与期望等等,尽可能在用户产生“ERP不能满足我的需求和期望”这种想法之前,让用户知道“现阶段对ERP合理的需求期望是什么”。2ERP项目实施中的风险监控可以采取以下措施对ERP项目实施中的风险进行监控,以防止危及项目成败的风险发生。1)建立并及时更新项目风险列表及风险排序。项目管理人员应随时关注与关键风险相关因素的变化情况,及时决定何时、采用何种风险应对措施。2)风险应对审计:随时关注风险应对措施(规避、减轻、转移)实施的效果,对残余风险进行评估。3)建立报告机制,及时将
19、项目中存在的问题反映到项目经理或项目管理层。4)定期召集项目干系人召开项目会议,对风险状况进行评估,并通过各方面对项目实施的反应来发现新风险。5)更新相关数据库如风险识别检查表,以利于今后类似项目的实施。6)引入第三方咨询,定期对项目进行质量检查,以防范大的风险。实施信息化,企业就要面对巨大风险,有时甚至是将自己的生死交到了信息化手上。但如果不实施信息化,企业就要被同行所超越,进而湮没在全球化的浪潮中,这是每一家企业都不愿意看到的。可看看常见的资料,都是教你如何去规避信息化风险,而没有人愿意直面风险,这不能不说是信息化的缺失。如果我们的企业、厂商能够更加开明些,丢掉那所谓的面子问题,将他们面对
20、风险时的经验与大众共享,相信信息化的失败率绝对要比现在少得多。外文原稿Discussing about the successful factors ofERP projects implementation and the risk managementThe primary functions of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) are to integrate the inter-departmental operation procedures and Management Information System (MIS) modules, an
21、d to reallocate the resources of a company. How to successfully implement an ERP system in an organization is always a hot research topic for researchers as well as a pending problem for an organization that wants to implement it. A case study on the selection of system suppliers and contract negoti
22、ation during the ERP implementation of a local construction company in Taiwan, after reviewing the common key success factors discussed in the literature, discussed seven issues: coding system, working process reengineering, priority of ERP functionality implementation, customization, participant ro
23、les, consultant role and performance level of subcontractor, which also affected the implementation. Lessons learned from the case study in discussed seven issues are valuable for a construction company in deciding to implement an ERP system. This study suggests that additional case studies are nece
24、ssary for the successful application of ERP systems in the construction industry. ERP implementation is a Triple Play that combines people, technology, and processes. It embodies a complex implementation process, especially in developing countries like China, often taking several years, huge amount
25、of fund and involving a major business process reengineering exercise. An attempt has been made to identify some Chinese-specific difficulties in the implementation process and provide solutions to implement ERP system successfully through questionnaire survey, interviews, and secondary data. On the
26、 basis of analysis of questionnaire results, some common difficulties have been explored by authors, such as support of top management, costly and time-consuming, cultural differences, technical complexity, lack of professional personnel, and inner resistance. The difficulties are largely due to the
27、 nature of enterprises ownership and size. Suggested solutions to overcome these difficulties: ERP software packages selection, ERP implementation team, BPR, Training, and Outsourcing-Application Service Provider. These solutions can effectively solve ERP difficulties.The effectiveness of the implem
28、entation of enterprise resource planning in improving service quality can be seen in the Taiwanese semiconductor industry by assessing the expectations and the perceptions of service quality from the perspectives of both upstream manufacturers and downstream customers. The study first establishes a
29、modified service quality gap model incorporating: (i) the downstream customers expectations and perceptions, and (ii) the upstream manufacturers perceptions of the customers expectations and perceptions. An empirical study by questionnaire survey is then undertaken to investigate the gaps proposed i
30、n the research model. The results show that service quality gaps do exist in the Taiwanese semiconductor industry between upstream manufacturers that are implementing ERP and their downstream customers. The study shows that the proposed model provides valuable guidance to manufacturers with respect
31、to the prevention, detection, and elimination of the demonstrated service quality gaps. The model thus helps manufacturers to evaluate the contribution of various ERP modules to improved customer satisfaction with service quality and also provides guidance on improvement strategies to enhance servic
32、e quality by eliminating quality gaps.Actually, ERP is widely used in many fields, from public sectors to individual business. Recently, service organizations have invested considerable resources in the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, even using solutions initially targ
33、eted for manufacturing companies. To get an insight into how services approach help ERP implementation, a review of ERP projects, especially in services, completed by six case studies has been undertaken. We identify and discuss some characteristics of services, which are discriminatory regarding ma
34、nufacturing. Main characteristics identified deal with complete or partial integration, product or customer orientation, importance of labor, human factor. In conclusion, trends to standardization and integration seen in the industrial sector are also growing in services, but in different ways. Refe
35、rs to the overseas some literature material, a successful ERP project, often needs to spend several year times, number thousands of US dollars can complete. Again turns head looks at the home, along with ERP skepticisms gaining ground, price war starting, ERP took one kind of software suppliers prod
36、uct, has actually goes down the god world tendency. ERP leader SAP also promoted Business the One product, the price has been lower than 100,000.Even if the ERP software can achieve free, or like the IBM esteem according to the boundary which must collect fees, implements the angle from the entire e
37、nterprise, considers the personnel, training, the maintenance, the service reorganization, the re-development, three, n development, its expense should also in several 1,000,000 and even surely the scale. This speaking of the domestic enterprise, already was not the small number. But, some many ente
38、rprises harbor the beautiful dream, steps the ERP implementation the difficult travel. In which also has many projects to be defeated comes to an end. But regarding these final survivors, whether can the halberd be also put in storage, drinks wine to sing loudly? In fact, the enterprise implements t
39、he ERP project after the success will face implements a bigger risk. In future five to ten years in, some solid ERP risk management mechanism had decided whether the enterprise can obtain benefits truly in the initial ERP investment. In 1998 Thomas H.Davenport has published named Puts in Enterprise
40、System the article in the Harvard commerce commentary (Putting the enterprise into the enterprise system).This article proposed systematically the enterprise system, or called the ERP system the operation brings for the enterprise positive and negative directs the sound. Simultaneously also directly
41、 proposed the future enterprise will have to face a risk: Puts in the enterprise system the entire enterprise the risk. According to US Project management Association to the risk the definition, the risk is refers to the project advantageous or the disadvantageous element of certainty. The project i
42、s for completes the disposable endeavor which some unique product or the service station do, the project the distinctive quality had decided the project not impossible was by with the before identical way, simultaneously, the project which completed by and the before identical person must create the
43、 product or the service, as well as the project possibly involved the scope, the time and the cost all not impossible started when the project completely to determine, therefore, carried on in the process in the project also corresponding to be able to appear the massive uncertainty, namely project
44、risk. Below this article mentioned the risk is refers to the project disadvantageously the element of certainty. Exists to the project disadvantageous risk in any project, often and can give the project the advancement and the project success brings the negative influence. Once the risk occurs, its
45、influence is various, like causes the project product/service the function to be unable to satisfy the customer the need, the project expense surpasses the budget, the project plan dragging or is compelled to cancel and so on, it finally manifests for customer degree of satisfaction depression. Ther
46、efore, the recognition risk, the appraisal risk and take the measure to be supposed to be the risk management have the extremely vital significance to the risk to the project management. Risk management concrete content The project risk management mainly divides into following several steps: The ris
47、k recognition, the qualitative/quota risk analysis, the risk should to plan the establishment and the risk monitoring. 1.risk recognitions The risk recognition, is refers distinguishes and records possibly has the adverse effect to the project the factor. Because the project is in develops in unceas
48、ingly the change process, therefore the risk recognition also passes through in the entire project implementation entire process, but is not merely the project initial stage. The risk recognition is not the disposable work, but need more systems, crosswise thought. Possesses nearly about the project plan and the information all possibly takes the risk recognition the basis, like project progress and cost plan, work decomposition structure, project organizational structure, project scope, similar project histo