Sept. 12th is the Big Day for Apple, all media focus on this event. That's because Apple announced new products, in that day.
9月12日是媒体们期待和最为关注的日子,因为这次苹果在9.11之后,发布新品。
Apple style with the clear black background, our company logo shown on the with IPhone. I should be at least exciting about it. But I found myself is very quiet. "m"is not a company, just a brand now. For me during 3 years with this brand, from Product Development Assistant to Product Development Manger ,live through several rounds layoffs, aquisition, and layoff again.
黑色简洁的PPT是苹果的一贯风格。公司Logo 能亮相在PPT里,应该有一丝兴奋才对。我发现自己内心格外平静,m 已经不是一个公司,而只是一个品牌。在这里的三年,我从产品开发助理成长为产品开发经理,经历了几轮裁员到公司并购,以及并购后的裁员,我依旧在这。
It's the first time let me feel,my personal growth is bundled with a company or a brand,and awarded of the special meaning to me.
第一次体会到自己的成长与公司的成长捆绑在一起的感觉,觉察到这份工作对我而言的特殊意义。
Many companies and suppliers lived on Apple and these famous cell-phone brands, it's the main live line. Sept. 12 is the exciting also helpless day to them. 3 months is the development cycle for these accessories products. Turn over your IPhone, there is always a sentence "Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China", it's laser etching on the metal housing. Our proudct is the same style, designed by CA, assembled in CN.
作为倚靠苹果和其他手机大品牌为生存主线的电子周边产品的品牌商,有着生存的无奈和欣喜。电子产品每三个月为一个 开发周期,节奏较快。翻转一下你手握的苹果手机,手机背面的金属壳下端镭雕的文字:"Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China". 我们公司的产品和苹果的模式一样。设计在加州,组装在中国。
From ID design to market research, fesibility analysis, quote, finalize factory, engneering verification, EVT/DVT/PVT build , complete all kinds of test and verify, then fianl to mass production. From product limit color confirm to MP material prepareation and confirm shipment plan.
从产品的ID阶段、市场调研可行性分析、报价、打样、确定工厂、工程验证、小批量试产、各种测试验证再到量产。小到产品颜色限度样的确认,大到量产备料确认生产排期。
This job required lots of communication and coordination,with US headquarter, supppliers, factories, also internal communication with engineering team: EE,ME.Sourcing, package, quality and planning for shipment.
这份工作需要大量的沟通协调,和美国总部、和供应商、工厂,和内部的工程团队EE、ME, 到采购、包装、品质、出货。
From each components, processing technic, test standard, lead time confirm, safety certification. I found I graduated from liberal art, but working for a job need science education background.
从各个部件的加工工艺,测试标准到制程、交期到安规认证。我发现我作为一个文科生,做的都是需要工科背景的事情。
You can found, if keep curious, you can learning new knowledge each day.
你会发现,只要保持好奇心,每天都能学到新知识。
This week visit factories with US colleagues, on production line these MP products, produced smoothly and workers follow SOP step by step. Finish assemble, test, burn-in, pack out, inspection and ship out. Then through HK warehouse, and dispatch to each channel and customer.
这周陪同美国同事参观工厂,在产线看着顺利进入量产的案子,在产线跟着SOP 一个个工位完成组装,测试,老化到最后包装验货出货。再经由香港仓库,分发至每个渠道商和客户。
If you ask me, can you get achievability from your job? Sure! Various tastes in it.
你问我有成就感吗?有!各种成就感和心酸自己心里最清楚。
But each time, visit production line in factory. Watching young worker repeated simple operations every day. I feel so bad. The other voice questioned myself , do you like this job? But one of the purposes of my job, it making products have features to support mass production.
但是每次去看产线,看着每个工位的工人每天就在重复着简单的操作时,我的内心非常难受、窒息。这个时候我就会质疑自己,我真的喜欢这份工作吗?可是我工作目的之一,就是要让开发中的产品具备量产性。
Do you really like this job? I just can say, I have learnt a lot from it. 3 years ago, if you ask me, do you have to be a PDM (Product Development Manager)? I will shaking my head vigorously. I can't do it!
这真的是我喜欢的工作吗?我只能说,我在这份工作里收获了很多。三年前,你问我,你要做产品开发经理吗?我一定拼命摇头,我也曾认为自己做不了。
I have ever been labeled myself: introversion, not good at communication and coordination, and most important I am not aggressive.
我曾经给自己贴了若干标签:性格内向、不擅长沟通、协调。还有,我不强势。
If your goal is really clear, many issues or difficulty can be broken one by one. Whey suppliers & factories told you, they can do nothing. I learnt to analysis the issues, disassemble it and double confirm, to find out, maybe we can co something to improve it. Usually, we can get positive result.
当你目标明确的时候,很多困难都可以被一一破解。供应商和工厂说没办法的时候,我学着把他们的问题掰开揉碎反复确认,看看还能做什么努力,结果往往柳暗花明。
While , I found, when facing the issues in my daily life, I have not shown this stamina. That's the strange phenomenon . Maybe this job trigger my potential capacity.
然而,我发现对待自己生活中的事情,我却没有这股韧劲。真是奇怪的现象,或许是这份工作激发了我的潜力。
When you look back every difficult moment, actually it is just a split second。
难捱的时刻,回头来看,其实只是一瞬间。