http://lifeupfront.com/2008/03/18/outsourcing-your-soul/ Making better decisions and more profit with Computer Aided Engineering Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lifeupfront.com/2008/03/18/outsourcing-your-soul/#comment-55 Chris Riordan Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:16:52 +0000 http://lifeupfront.com/2008/03/18/outsourcing-your-soul/#comment-55 Oh Jeff, you've hit a truly big issue here. Considering that much wealth is brought to the country through development and manufacturing of products and that service sectors merely transfer wealth, this country could be in big trouble if we move both manufacturing ( and the expertise to manufacture) and product development ( with all it's intellectual property ) to other countries. But that is exactly what is happening. I have left the furniture industry which is moving following the exact model you describe. In fact part of my job as a Program Manager was exactly paying homage to the all mighty gantt chart and excel spreadsheet for project management. Had I not been an engineer with experience in product development and manufacturing, I'd be in a world of hurt. However, consider over time when companies lose sight of the value of experienced engineers in favor of the generic project manager. How will those folks succeed when they do not know what it takes to engineer products or overcome engineering challenges. Your prediction that these companies will fail is a safe bet. But who filles the void and will there be enough money left in the American economy to sustain our infrastructure and living standard? This is a big question. Oh Jeff, you’ve hit a truly big issue here. Considering that much wealth is brought to the country through development and manufacturing of products and that service sectors merely transfer wealth, this country could be in big trouble if we move both manufacturing ( and the expertise to manufacture) and product development ( with all it’s intellectual property ) to other countries.
But that is exactly what is happening. I have left the furniture industry which is moving following the exact model you describe. In fact part of my job as a Program Manager was exactly paying homage to the all mighty gantt chart and excel spreadsheet for project management. Had I not been an engineer with experience in product development and manufacturing, I’d be in a world of hurt. However, consider over time when companies lose sight of the value of experienced engineers in favor of the generic project manager. How will those folks succeed when they do not know what it takes to engineer products or overcome engineering challenges. Your prediction that these companies will fail is a safe bet. But who filles the void and will there be enough money left in the American economy to sustain our infrastructure and living standard? This is a big question.

]]> http://lifeupfront.com/2008/03/18/outsourcing-your-soul/#comment-56 Chris Riordan Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:16:00 +0000 http://lifeupfront.com/2008/03/18/outsourcing-your-soul/#comment-56 Oh Jeff, you've hit a truly big issue here. Considering that much wealth is brought to the country through development and manufacturing of products and that service sectors merely transfer wealth, this country could be in big trouble if we move both manufacturing ( and the expertise to manufacture) and product development ( with all it's intellectual property ) to other countries. But that is exactly what is happening. I have left the furniture industry which is moving following the exact model you describe. In fact part of my job as a Program Manager was exactly paying homage to the all mighty gantt chart and excel spreadsheet for project management. Had I not been an engineer with experience in product development and manufacturing, I'd be in a world of hurt. However, consider over time when companies lose sight of the value of experienced engineers in favor of the generic project manager. How will those folks succeed when they do not know what it takes to engineer products or overcome engineering challenges. Your prediction that these companies will fail is a safe bet. But who filles the void and will there be enough money left in the American economy to sustain our infrastructure and living standard? This is a big question. Oh Jeff, you’ve hit a truly big issue here. Considering that much wealth is brought to the country through development and manufacturing of products and that service sectors merely transfer wealth, this country could be in big trouble if we move both manufacturing ( and the expertise to manufacture) and product development ( with all it’s intellectual property ) to other countries.
But that is exactly what is happening. I have left the furniture industry which is moving following the exact model you describe. In fact part of my job as a Program Manager was exactly paying homage to the all mighty gantt chart and excel spreadsheet for project management. Had I not been an engineer with experience in product development and manufacturing, I’d be in a world of hurt. However, consider over time when companies lose sight of the value of experienced engineers in favor of the generic project manager. How will those folks succeed when they do not know what it takes to engineer products or overcome engineering challenges. Your prediction that these companies will fail is a safe bet. But who filles the void and will there be enough money left in the American economy to sustain our infrastructure and living standard? This is a big question.

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