祝先生是某制造企业的执行副总裁,主要负责公司日常运营和内部管理,同时兼管信息系统应用方面的规划和投资事务。公司在一年前,投资建设了财务信息系统和营销信息系统,效果还不错。所以,“要不要上马生产制造信息系统”就成为这几次开会的主要议题。 不过,在最近一次例会上,听完信息部经理的汇报后,祝总忽然对“企业信息系统(EIS)提升核心竞争力”的说法产生了疑惑。 作为企业老总,祝先生一直认可“信息系统提升企业核心竞争力”的说法;但从财务经理给出的数字看,这几年信息系统的投入、产出还很难说成正比。更重要的是,市场竞争日趋激烈,与自己水平相当的 Mr. Zhu is the executive vice president of a manufacturing enterprise and is mainly responsible for the day-to-day operation and internal management of the company. He also oversees the planning and investment of information system applications. A year ago, the company invested in and built a financial information system and marketing information system, and the result was not bad. Therefore, “whether to launch a manufacturing information system” has become the main topic of these meetings. However, at the recent regular meeting, after hearing the report from the manager of the information department, I wished that the Chief Executive suddenly doubted that “the core competitiveness of the enterprise information system (EIS) should be enhanced.” As a corporate CEO, Mr. Zhu has always recognized the “information system to enhance their core competitiveness,” the argument; but the figures given by the financial manager, the input and output of information systems in recent years is hard to say directly proportional. More importantly, the market is increasingly competitive, with their own level