Guiding the Next Generation of IE’s

April 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment

I invite you to listen to this audiocast on Coaching and Advising the Next Generation of IE’s.  The two speakers are in the elite of IIE Professionals:  a past President of IIE and the incoming 2012 IIE President. Both speakers did an excellent job on discussing what they have learned in their careers as an engineer and as a leader of engineers.  I also found their very candid comments about themselves on what they term “rookie mistakes”, very informative (and a bit humorous).   Length ~ 1 hr.  Please share your comments.

Download the audio file here: http://www.iienet2.org/Details.aspx?id=29080 (WMV)

All the best,
Kazuo ‘Kaz’ Takeda
IIE Fellow, IAB Past-Chair; NLC ASRVP; LA Chapter Sr. Board, Sec/Treas

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Job Opening for a Lean Leader in Orange

February 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Please see the attached PDF file for the full details on a Lean Leadership position in Aerospace, in the City of Orange.  Direct all responses to the contact name included in the PDF.

See job posting: Arden Lean Leader Job Posting

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iPhones and IE’s: Why China Over USA

January 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher shed light on some of the reasons behind the continued reliance on China for major manufacturing.  Note this quote:

Another critical advantage for Apple was that China provided engineers at a scale the United States could not match. Apple’s executives had estimated that about 8,700 industrial engineers were needed to oversee and guide the 200,000 assembly-line workers eventually involved in manufacturing iPhones. The company’s analysts had forecast it would take as long as nine months to find that many qualified engineers in the United States; In China took 15 days.

 

How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work
New York Times 01/22/2012
Authors: Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher
c. 2010 New York Times Company

When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.

But as Steven P. Jobs of Apple spoke, President Obama interrupted with an inquiry of his own: what would it take to make iPhones in the United States?

Not long ago, Apple boasted that its products were made in America. Today, few are. Almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 million iPads and 59 million other products Apple sold last year were manufactured overseas.

Why can’t that work come home? Mr. Obama asked.

Mr. Jobs’s reply was unambiguous. “Those jobs aren’t coming back,” he said, according to another dinner guest.

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