Category ArchiveNovember 2006 trip to China
International relations & International travel & November 2006 trip to China johnnelson on 13 Nov 2006
Pictures from factory tour
Here are the pictures from the factory tour (click on picture to enlarge). In the first picture you see a worker inspecting a board, in the second one a board is being repaired and in the third picture you see a worker scanning a reel of parts to be used in the manufacturing process. The scanning happens using a PDA with a barcode scanner. The software for this PDA was developed as a Senior Project by a UNH ECE student in collaboration with our engineering staff.
International relations & International travel & November 2006 trip to China johnnelson on 13 Nov 2006
Day one — factory tour
Today, we had meetings in the morning to help educate our worldwide team on selling our new software. Then, it was off to Alcatel Shanghai Bell for a tour of the facility and a demonstration of our software in action.
International relations & International travel & November 2006 trip to China johnnelson on 13 Nov 2006
Travel day(s)
Hello from Shanghai! Well, I finally arrived here yesterday after 17 hours in the air. There was a little adventure leaving New Hampshire, since my flight from Manchester was cancelled. So, I had to get to Boston in time to catch a flight to Chicago, and make my connection to Shanghai. Anyways, it all worked out. Getting here is a very long day. I left my house at 4:30AM on Saturday, and arrive in Shanghai at 3:00PM on Sunday afternoon. After getting through customs, and the 30 minute taxi ride, I finally arrived at the hotel around 5:30PM. (By the way, the taxi drivers here are crazy. That’s another story…)
I am here for only one week this time. It is my eighth trip to China in the past year. Normally, a trip is closer to two weeks, because of travel time, and to allow time to visit customers in more than one city.
The purpose of my previous trips was to visit customers and assist with implementing new manufacturing software that we developed. This week, I am attending a global workshop that is being held in our Shanghai office. For those that are interested, our office is in the Shanghai Kerry Center on Nanjing Road in Shanghai. Nanjing Road is one of the main tourist/shopping areas in Shanghai:
http://www.kerryprops.com/skc/english/03.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Road%2C_Shanghai
After a quick dinner, it was time to rest for our first day of meetings tomorrow.
Introduction & November 2006 trip to China Andrew Kun on 09 Nov 2006
Welcome
Hi all,
Welcome to the eceblogger.com site, where electrical and computer engineers can share their professional experiences with each other in a blog format.
Our first blogger will be John Nelson. John is an alumnus of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of New Hampshire. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1992 and his Master’s degree in 1994 and has since held several industry positions in Massachussetts and New Hampshire. He is currently the Director of Research and Development at UGS-Tecnomatix in Portsmouth, NH.
Since UGS-Tecnomatix has customers in China, John travels there frequently. In fact, John will visit China between November 11 and 18. China is of great interest to electrical and computer engineers both as a manufacturer of electronic equipment as well as a potential customer for such products. Therefore, I am very pleased that John has agreed to share with us some of his experiences about travelling to, and working in, China. He will follow up his blogging with a presentation at UNH sometime after his return from this trip.
I hope you’ll enjoy John’s posts. Please feel free to respond with questions and comments. Please join me in wishing John safe travels and in thanking him for taking the time to share his experiences with us.
Andrew Kun
