Stan Sorscher Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) Seattle WA
Engineering goes with manufacturing
Rely on external labor market Externalize training costs Modularize production Commodity-likePerformance-driven Cultivate human capital Knowledge transfer Coordination Supply-chain management Engineering problem-solving culture
Spectrum of industries Hose clamps Running shoes Ladies garments Autos Cell phones Hard drives Motion pictures Aerospace Commodity-likePerformance-driven
Motion picture industry Silicon Valley Boeing 777 and 787 airplanes
Is aerospace maturing? Source: McMasters and Cummings, 2002
Make-buy diagram For Boeing 777 Global products
Workforce is like walking …..
New hires and recalls
Much worse in computing? Attrition
A problem of our own making ….
Transition from education to employment
Families 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