1. Lecturer Name | Contact Email An Introduction to Industry Lecture 1: Electronics as an Industry

2. Introduction to the Lecture Series An introduction to the Electronics Industry –The different company categories and how they merge and interact –The variety of fields and sectors –The Production Cycle –The various jobs and roles available –Personality tests and roles within a team –Applying for jobs –Starting up a Company –What working will be like

3. Lecture Plan The lectures in this series are: –Lecture 1: Electronics as an Industry –Lecture 2: Electronics Industry Overview –Lecture 3: Industry Sectors –Lecture 4: Electronics Fields –Lecture 5: The Component Industry –Lecture 6: Assembly and Beyond –Lecture 7: Personality and Position –Lecture 8: Job Application –Lecture 9: Entrepreneurship –Lecture 10: Working in Industry

4. Lecture 1: Electronics as an Industry This lecture will cover: –Why Engineering is Important –The Global Nature of the Electronics Industry –Who Are the Real Producers of Electronic Products

5. The Important of Engineering How many of these were made by Engineers?

6. The Importance of Engineering Why is Engineering Important?

7. The Importance of Engineering Some answers: –Engineers use technology to improve peoples lives –Engineers continue to develop new and improved technologies –Without engineers we would not have many things we take for granted: Electricity Water Buildings and Roads Transport Communication and entertainment Medicine Clothes

8. The Importance of Engineering Why is Electronic and Electrical Engineering Important?

9. The Importance of Engineering Some answers: –Electricity –Communications –Automation –Computers –Buildings

10. Definitions What is an Industry? –“The production of an economic good or service within an economy” What is an Economy? –“The collective focus of the study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.”

11. Definitions What is an Industry? –“The production of goods or services that can be traded and sold for money.” What is the Electronics Industry? –“The production of electronic goods or services that can be traded and sold for money.”

12. The Global Nature of Electronics Who has NOT heard of these companies? What do they all have in common?

13. The Global Nature of Electronics Some Answers: –They are all electronics companies. –They are all multinational companies.

14. The Global Nature of Electronics Take this phone: Who makes it? Where is it made? How is it transported? How is it sold?

15. The Global Nature of Electronics Who makes it? The overall phone is made by Apple but inside… There are many different parts, each made by different companies

16. The Global Nature of Electronics Where is it made? Apple designs the phone here But the components are designed and manufactured, and the phone assembled here

17. The Global Nature of Electronics How is it transported? –Road –Rail –Air Freight –Container Ship

18. The Global Nature of Electronics How is it sold?

19. The Global Nature of Electronics As you have just seen, multiple companies were needed to design, manufacture, assemble, distribute, and sell this phone. But it was just one product. The industry is much larger.

20. Facts and Figures The Global Electronics Industry is estimated to be worth $2 Trillion per year The Semiconductor Industry alone is worth $300 Billion per year The UK Electronics Industry was worth £62.3 Billion in 2007 The UK Electronics Industry employs 250,000 people in 11,000 companies In 2009, out of 333,000 graduates, only 6,000 graduated with Electronic and Electrical Engineering degrees Sources: BIS, Annual Business Enquiry, HESA

21. Summary This lecture we have covered: –Why Engineering is Important –The Global Nature of the Electronics Industry –Who Are the Real Producers of Electronic Products

22. Next Lecture Lecture 2: Electronics Industry Overview –Company Categories –Merging Categories –How they Interact

23. Any Questions?