Managers: When Do We Get More Engineers?

From the figures presented, it has been demonstrated that engineers will be in short supply for the next twenty years. The effects on industry have been shown to be threefold: (1) a shortage of development engineers; (2) a shortage of engineers to serve a necessary function of management; and, (3) a far reaching effect on the military preparedness program. The possible solutions to this problem have been widely discussed in the literature. They are not as clearly presented as is the statement of the problem. At least, we have compiled the first phase of an engineering solution to a tough problem: a statement of the problem. We are now searching for possible solutions. If we proceed with the engineering approach, we will next choose one of these solutions and develop it to its fullest extent. At the end of this development period, we wil be ready to apply the solution to an industrial situation to achieve the desired end result.