Use of engineers!!

I've not been able to post anything since New Year. It has been a wonderful three months at my company. We 53 people from different states and regions had a lot of fun and knew a lot about, normally what people do not care about, called "The Tire". It has been an awesome three months with both management training and also technical training. Knowing a lot and exploring a new world that people think its nothing.There is so much in it that it takes a lot of time to understand the process itself and analyse why they do all those. People do not know the other side of the component. Everybody see the engine, the upholstery, luxury of a car, etc. but nobody cares about what does all the work, the tire.

It does everything. The mileage that people get, the braking, the grip during wet season, the comfort that people get, the power that they feel while moving, everything is provided by the toroidal shaped black component. There is so much of engineering in it that people can't even imagine what they've done to give you something really good. Engineers have been used up well in this case.

Engineers who make this world!!

But still I feel the use of engineers has been very less in every field, especially, in an unstable field like the tire industry. The tire has undergone a lot of phases and come to this level. Today's engineers need not do anything new. Anything new will create problems from business point of view. In today's world, engineers are used only for maintenance and making sure that the production keeps on increasing along with the demand. My point is that even a diploma guy will do the job. The creativity and imaginative power of the engineers are harnessed beyond an extent. People say that its the job of the academicians. Not that of the people in the industry. When I say this I exclude the top most companies in the field. Certain companies strive to take the industry forward and make sure that the engineers are used fully. Interestingly, there have been companies working in this field for the past 110years and are ready to set a new era in the business through their innovations. But it is equally necessary at this point of time for the competing industries to also contribute to the research and not just benchmark the same technology that the leading industries in the field does.

Engineers need to be given some freedom beyond the system to give some disruptive breakthroughs in the field. Not only in the tire industry but also in other broader and wide fields. Today, especially in India, we've got so many engineers. Having so many engineers is not the case. Using them to their fullest to create a wonderful world is the challenge.

-SATZ