1. Stan Sorscher Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) stans@speea.org Seattle WA

2. Engineering goes with manufacturing

4. 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

5. Spectrum of industries Hose clamps Running shoes Ladies garments Autos Cell phones Hard drives Motion pictures Aerospace Commodity-likePerformance-driven

6. Motion picture industry Silicon Valley Boeing 777 and 787 airplanes

7. Is aerospace maturing? Source: McMasters and Cummings, 2002

8. Make-buy diagram For Boeing 777 Global products

10. Workforce is like walking …..

11. New hires and recalls

12. Much worse in computing? Attrition

13. A problem of our own making ….

14. Transition from education to employment

15. Families make the bet of a lifetime

16. 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