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Made in Japan, AMP style
By Karen Auguston Field -- Design News, July 20, 1998
Sure there are differences in the way engineering is done in Japan and the U.S., but in the end, says Paul Youn, director of engineering for AMP's global PC business unit, it still all comes back to physics. "There is very little difference between how we conduct the design process in the U.S. and how we conduct it in Japan, says the Harrisburg, PA-based Youn.
Working from offices on the outskirts of Tokyo, AMP engineers design and develop connectors and interconnection devices for desktop PCs, mobile computers, peripherals, and other computer-related products. They work with customers such as IBM, Toshiba, Hitachi, and NEC to identify needs and components.
"Being close to the design centers of many customers permits us to leverage off the technical expertise of different engineers in different countries," says Youn. "Japanese engineers, for example, have outstanding skills in fine-pitch technologies."
Youn says the Japanese engineers have the same product-development schedule, the same review schedule, and the same testing procedures as engineers in the company's design centers in Singapore and the U.S.
And, like other engineers in the Land of the Rising Sun, they share information liberally. But they take that cooperation a giant step further: Quarterly, the Japanese and Singaporean design engineers go to the U.S. for engineering reviews where they exchange ideas and learn from each other.
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