Technology Doesn't Stop, Neither Should Education

摘要

Engineering departments are full of specialized knowledge accumulated via years of experience that is critical to each company's particular product design and development workflow. Losing that knowledge as engineers retire or change positions is a big hit to productivity. If that knowledge could be captured and shared, then the entire organization could continuously build on what it does right and fix what it could do better, rather than being trapped in a cycle of knowledge loss and re-learning. It's an easy concept to grasp, but a more difficult one to implement. Even smaller companies, where everyone is in the same building, struggle with knowledge capture and sharing. In larger, global organizations, a concerted effort is required that places significant value on professional development. UTC Aerospace Systems is meeting that challenge with its learning distribution system, the Academy of Engineering Excellence. UTC Aerospace Systems is the world's largest supplier of aerospace and defense products with 41,000 employees worldwide.