January-February 1983 The Road to 1989
- HP gets award from Calif. Governor’s Committee for Employment of Handicapped. 2
- HP products behind the scenes at Disneyland, including HP 85 computers; products on display at two park pavilions at Disney’s EPCOT Center. 3-5
- Yokogawa HP awarded Japanese industry’s highest award, the Deming Prize. 6-8
- Speculation about the workplace, work force, marketplace as company moves toward fiftieth anniversary in 1989. 9-16
- HP sales office in Honolulu celebrates tenth anniversary. 18
- Celebration of shipment of 10,000th HP 3000 computer. 18
- HP employee uses HP 87 and 9872 plotter to enter computer-generated art in exhibit. 19
- Seniors who choose to work after age 65. 20-22
- John Young evaluates operating results for FY82. 23
- New products include HP 9000 line of 32-bit technical computers; HP 5970A is HP’s first standalone mass-selective detector. 24
March-April 1983 The Maple Leaf: Big, Broad and Colorful — Just Like the Canada it Represents
- Stanford’s Fred Terman, “father of Silicon Valley” and professor of Hewlett and Packard, dies at 82. 2
- HP Canadians discuss relationship with U.S. organization and prevalence of U.S. economy on their own sales activities. 3 7
- Exceptional children of HP people are highlighted. 8 10
- HP’s biggest product, facility, profit-sharing percentage. 12 13
- Program to develop long-term relationships with major customers to increase their productivity through computer solutions; Manufacturer’s Productivity Network (MPN) allows companies to link computer applications and resources throughout its organization. 14 17
- Andover Division starts mini clinical internships for employees who design, market, manufacture division’s products. 18
- HP 75 used to measure static and dynamic stress factors of da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” 18
- Hewlett-Packard Journal, in its 34th year, chronicles HP’s technical accomplishments. 20-22
- John Young plays leading role in Computer Groups’ major account program. 23
- Computer Groups is reorganized. 24
- HP ranks close behind IBM as “most admired” company according to Fortune magazine. 24
- New products include HP 2627A color graphics terminal, 8180A data generator, 8182A data analyzer, 4955A protocol analyzer, 1630A/D logic analyzer. 24
May-June 1983 A Profile of HP’s President
- John Young’s first five years as CEO of HP and biography. 3 7
- HP’s 25th year of growth and history in Europe; one-third of HP sales come from Europe; HP’s senior vice president of international operations, Bill Doolittle, retires. 8 10
- Visit by Queen Elizabeth to HP’s Cupertino facility. 11
- Pay-as-we-grow is HP’s policy of self-financed growth rooted in belief that success must be solidly based on performance; policy is a matter of corporate philosophy and is reflected in management practices. 12 15
- HP replaces part for lung function monitor in Australia in record time. 16
- HP runners model running gear for Runners Magazine. 16
- HP matches employee contributions for relief fund for fire victims in Australia. 17
- HP’s Waltham Division helps community theatre company affected by arson fire. 17
- HP 250 computer used on containership, the President Lincoln. 17
- NBC’s Today show host, Jane Pauley, visits HP in Palo Alto. 19
- Technical training uses interactive video; self-paced learning. 20 22
- John Young describes changes in HP’s European facilities over the last 25 years. 23
- Hewlett elected to newly created position of vice chairman of the board. 24
- New products include Series 200 36C technical computer, model 20 modular instrument controller, 1090 liquid chromatograph. 24
July-August 1983 Programmed for Independence
- HP employee prevents fraud; saves company $20,000. 2
- HP’s efforts to improve R&D; recommendations/findings of task force formed in 1981: better tools for engineers, importance of strategic planning, attention to motivation and moral, lack of R&D management training, need for corporate office of engineering. 3 7
- Computer training for disabled and HP’s involvement in the program in Berkeley, Calif. 8 11
- New organization chart; changes in Personal Computation Group; broadens responsibilities of Management Council. 12 13
- Reasons for computer group reorganization. 14
- Quality and productivity improvements; how HP employees are making the best even better. 15
- Labs has beer bust to celebrate groundbreaking of new building in Palo Alto. 18
- HP makes cash grants to non-profit National Energy Foundation to improve science literacy in U.S. 18
- HP ultrasound equipment used to diagnose heart problem of thoroughbred race horse in France. 19
- HP 3054A and HP 85 help scientists analyze Venezuela’s sugar cane. 19
- Measure magazine celebrates twentieth year of publication. 20-21
- John Young evaluates operating results for first half of FY83. 23
- HP acquires Canadian firm, Panacom Automation. 24
- New products include HP 3000 Series 68, 48, 42. 24
September-October 1983 Preparing Tomorrow’s Talent
- Logic analyzer replaces oscilloscope to measure digital electronic systems. 2
- Examining HP’s newest Latin American manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico and Mexico; tax incentives primary reason HP came to Puerto Rico along with availability, quality of work force; reason for HP in Mexico was to survive in the Mexican marketplace and its introduction of import restrictions. 3 5
- Most important factor in sustaining growth is new recruits and new research—-neither produced without considerable investments in facilities, equipment, teachers; HP contributes $23 million in 1983 to universities; HP recruits college graduates. 9 16
- Success as business connected to customer satisfaction. 13-14
- HP’s contributions to the space shuttle and space program in general. 15-17
- HP donates 15 PCs to mobile computer classes for Calif. Schools. 19
- Focus on branch business managers running HP sales offices. 20-22
- John Young discusses importance of customer satisfaction. 23
- HP board declares a two-for-one stock split. 24
- HP and Genentech announce joint venture company to develop instrumentation and computer systems for bioengineering research. 24
- John Young named by White House to chair President’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness. 24
- New products include HP 7475A graphics plotter, 1347A HP-IB display, HCPL-4100 transmitter, HCPL4200 receiver, 4062A test system, super-bright LED display. 24
November-December 1983 Automation at HP: Will It Be a Friendly Fit?
- HP replaces 3000 computer of Houston’s Buffalo Business Products after it’s destroyed by hurricane. 2
- Discussion about the place of automation at HP; wherever robots help produce higher quality, more cost-effective products is where they belong. 3 7
- HP’s fleet of seven airplanes flies employees to various HP sites; saves time. 8 10
- HP in Boblingen has eat-now, pay-later computer system in cafeteria. 12
- HP 41CV handheld computer used in first Brazilian expedition to Antarctica. 13
- Emphasis on software to make hardware more user friendly and for profitability; acquisition of software written by other companies. 14 16
- Systems marketing center saves sales force time and frustration by bringing together technical and strategic computer sales support into one organization. 17 19
- Lucas films uses HP 9826 desktop computer for special effects in “Star Wars” trilogy. 20 21
- Hamburg sales office year-long public relations effort. 22
- John Young explains new executive committee, Management Council. 23
- HP and Yokogawa-Hokushin Electric Corp. agreement increases HP’s percentage of HP-Yokogawa from 49-75 percent. 24
- New products include new microwave signal generators (8673C, 8673D, 8683D, 8684D), HP 6901S data acquisition and control system, 13 new office automation products; 5890A gas chromatograph. 24
