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Stan SorscherSociety of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA)[email protected] WA
Engineering goes with manufacturing
Engineering goes with manufacturing
• Rely on external labor market
• Externalize training costs
• Modularize production
Commodity-like Performance-driven
• Cultivate human capital
• Knowledge transfer
• Coordination
Supply-chain managementEngineering problem-solving
culture
Spectrum of industries
Hoseclamps
Running shoesLadies garments
AutosCell phonesHard drives
Motion picturesAerospace
Commodity-likePerformance-driven
• Motion picture industry • Silicon Valley
• Boeing 777 and 787 airplanes
Is aerospace maturing?
Source: McMasters and Cummings, 2002
Make-buy diagramFor Boeing 777
Global productsGlobal products
Workforce is like walking …..Workforce is like walking …..
New hires and recallsNew hires and recalls
Much worse in computing?
AttritionAttrition
A problem of our own making ….A problem of our own making ….
Transition from education to employmentTransition from education to employment
Families make the bet of a lifetimeFamilies make the bet of a lifetime
Connect work with workers • National manufacturing strategy• High-tech immigration aligned with strategy• Internships, R&D - education to employment• Mid-career mobility, life-long learning
Official public tracking of the labor market• Employment in field of study at 1 and 5 years• Unemployment rate for new graduates• Acceptance rate for offers by employers• Survey students!
Engineering workplace culture -> business model