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Living . Eating .  享樂生活
 Traveling                                                                                                 NO.94


 Retirement Reflections


 Looking Back on My Time at USI





 Author: Taiwan Tsaotuen Site / Corporate Operations Development / Jintiao Liu














               the production line at 2 a.m. to repair a malfunctioning   we proceeded with the trial production, marking my
               component placement machine. Subsequently, I       first experience in cross-country and cross-cultural
               documented the maintenance procedures and          production management.
               trained the production line staff. This experience in   In 1999, the devastating 921 earthquake had a
               Equipment Engineering deepened my understanding    profound  impact  on  Taiwan,  USI,  and  USI's
               of the ICT/SMT industry. Afterward, I had the      employees. On that day, USI set up a war room in the
               privilege of traveling to Japan several times to   canteen to assess the situation of the company and its
               u n d e r g o  t e c h n i c a l  t r a i n i n g  pr o v id e d  b y   employees and maintain close communication with
               manufacturers, including Panasonic, Kyushu         customers. Wearing safety helmets with headlamps,
               Matsushita, and Sanyo.
                                                                  we entered the production line and discovered that
               From 1993 to 2000, I felt that USI was incredibly   several-ton heavy SMT equipment had shifted. With
               considerate of employees who were also parents. The   effective leadership from USI's management and full
 With gratitude and joy, my wife May and I retired   diligently documenting all these insights, which   company provided a thoughtful service of picking up   support from employees, the supply chain, and
 from USI on June 30. We want to express our heartfelt   eventually became my treasured knowledge of the   employees' children and bringing them to the   customers, operations quickly resumed.
 thanks to everyone for their guidance and care   USI's operations. The practical training as a reserve   company's kindergarten using a special bus. After
 throughout our 34 years of work and life at USI.  cadre provided me with a profound understanding of   school, the kids could stay at the security office to do   In June 2006, I was transferred to TSC (Technology
 USI's various departments, production products,                  Service Center). Together with Humiko, Near, Andrea,
 Time flies, yet I still remember the year 1989 when I   process management, and cross function collaborations,   their homework, where they were taken care of,   Cony, and Emi, a group of skilled individuals, I visited
 rode my motorcycle from Changhua to Taichung and   which has proven to be a valuable asset throughout   allowing the employees to work with peace of mind.   IBM in Japan, the United States and Singapore, as well
 Nantou, searching for job opportunities. Passing by   my tenure at USI. USI's job rotation mechanism   This was the heartwarming aspect of working at USI.  as Lenovo in Beijing and Zebra. We also visited
 the entrance of USI along a rural path, I noticed two   allowed me to take on challenges in various job   In 1997, I took on the role of Equipment Engineering   various technical service centers to understand their
 fire trucks parked in front of the canteen. "Wow! This   functions. I fondly remember the first time I   Manager  and  accompanied  USI's  merger  and   operations and participated in different customer
 company is truly significant to have fire trucks!" I   completed the Test Method of Instruction (Test MOI)   acquisition assessment team to evaluate an IBM   quotations. To this day, TSC remains my favorite
 thought to myself. I recall my interview at the   for product testing. Additionally, I had the opportunity   motherboard production plant in Texas, USA.   team.
 Conference Room 1 in Tsaoteun Site. Upon joining   to work with Consultant Yang to create samples by   Although USI ultimately did not acquire that facility,
 USI, I underwent a three-month training program as   placing PLCC on LPM 286 motherboards on the   in 1998, we established a manufacturing base in   In 2008, due to the transfer of related manufacturing
 a reserve cadre, during which I rotated through   production line. As an SMT engineer, I learned from   Mexico. As part of the team, I traveled to Guadalajara   to mainland China, the willingness of the relevant
 different departments each week to gain hands-on   Ronny Hsu about programming the printing machine   to install SMT equipment, train local employees in   business unit to set up factories in Europe decreased.
 experience. I learned about the product characteristics,   and component placement machine. One remarkable   equipment operation and maintenance, and develop   However, driven by the customer's after-sales service
 production processes, and cross function operations,             needs, George Li and I went to Poland and Hungary to
 incident was when I received a late-night call from   P&P (Process and Procedure) programs. From there,




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