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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (20727)	7/16/1998 10:33:00 AM
From: ROBERT H RICHMOND	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

I don't know where the appearance that TAVA is using low skill technicians rather than certified engineers is found. I spoke to Mr. Jenkins at the Red Chip Review about employment problems. He said that TAVA was not having any difficulty hiring quality people. The problem was to be sure that anyone they hired was qualified to continue in their core business after the y2k problems wound down. rhr

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (20727)	7/16/1998 11:04:00 AM
From: Rick Bullotta	Respond to of 31646

In the U.S., there is a specific designation, "Professional Engineer", which does require accreditation, and those so certified will typically use "P.E." after their name in business scenarios. The generic term "engineer" carries no such distinction. I actually think you'll see a big surge in capital projects on the plant floor and in enterprise integration "post Y2K" for two reasons: First, the natural backlog of projects that were deferred due to Y2K consumption of available resources & budgets. Second, the desire to capitalize on the big investments made in the latter half of the 1990's in ERP and Supply Chain management software applications. These application are notoriously "information hungry", and TAVA or someone else like them can fill the niche of information delivery to "feed the beast", if you will. You may have a valid point about the skills mix being a bit towards the low-end and requiring some turnover as the shift to higher margin "project" work occurs. Cheers...