January-February 1987 Fitting the Pieces Together
- HP consolidates manufacturing facilities, combines the manufacturing of the Roseville Networks and Office Systems divisions. 3 6
- “Rows and columns” concept of how divisions make plans and how their performance is measured; six major rows, or businesses, and columns represent resources available from HP entities. 7
- Hong Kong’s return to People’s Republic of China in 1997 might affect HP operations in Hong Kong by exodus of professionals leaving the country. 12 13
- HP grants medical donates equipment to Moorehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, the first predominantly black medical school. HP philanthropic programs described. 14 17
- Packard Foundation, overview of interests and support. 16
- Hewlett Foundation, incorporated in 1966, discusses foundations interests. 17
- John Young discusses promising year ahead. 18
- First shipment of Spectrum program systems HP 9000 Model 840; shipment celebrated with fanfare. 19
- HP sponsors international womens tennis tournament in Netherlands. (women)19
- Artist uses HP 7475 color plotter to plot HP stock, calls it art. 20
- HP 7585 plotter used in Disney film, “Flight of the Navigator.” 21
- Winners of HP Information Technology Group United Way raffle are served lunch by Joel Birnbaum, vice president and general manager of ITG. 22
- Don Riccomini and Phil Rosenzweig write book about management style, “Unexpected Japan.” 23
March-April 1987 This Research is Heady Stuff
- HP instruments used by Los Alamos National Laboratory for magnetoencephalography—-measuring magnetic fields in brain activity: HP 9000 Series 500 Models 520 and 550, Touchscreen PCs, plotters, disc drives, graphic systems. 3 5
- Joint venture between HP and Samsung in Seoul, Korea, in Sept. 1984; general manager, George Cobbe; guidelines for doing business in Korea. 6 9
- Why HP spends $150 million a year on business travel; best way to get job done: see customer site, resolve complex computer system problems, recruit talent; controlling travel costs; Ed Hogan corporate travel manager. 10 11
- Linus Pauling uses HP-15C calculator. 15
- John Young discusses 10 business strategies for 1987. 18-19
- Defect detection and tracking (DDT) system for tracking information about part, process and design defect for products, assemblies, components and processes. 20
- “Star Trek IV” movie filmed at Monterey Bay Aquarium; exhibit features artifacts from Paramount and Lucas Film’s Industrial Light and Magic. 21
- HP-Canon partnership; Canon System 3000 fully compatible with HP 3000 family; Doug Chance, senior vice president of Business Systems honored. 21
- First President’s Club meets in Monterey, Calif. 21
- New products: HP DraftMaster family of three new plotters replaces 758X line; HP LaserJet 2000 printer, HP ScanJet scanner is HP’s first desktop scanner, transportable HP 8328A transmission-line test system, new X Window software package HP82320A for HP9000 Series 300 computers, HP8180S IC design-verification system, HP8780A vector signal generator. 22
May-June 1987 The Goal? Visibility for HP through Sports
- Various HP divisions/locations relate what they are doing to stay competitive, especially customer satisfaction; prominent programs. 3-6
- HP sports marketing efforts: Tour de France, statistics and scoring, tennis, test and measurement; provides drug-testing equipment and support to international competitions. 8-11
- Three new directors on HP board: David Woodley Packard, Walter Barry Hewlett, Donald Petersen; seven major responsibilities of board explained. 15-18
- John Doyle, executive vice president, on open-door policy; policy leads to trust, and trust has practical, economic value by increasing efficiency. 19
- Corvallis employee helps disabled Texas Tech student with hardware solution; HP-71. 20
- Hong Kong horse race betting uses HP equipment; HP4971S LAN protocol analyzer. 20
- Don Hammond and Len Cutler elected to National Academy of Engineering. 21
- HP 9480 analog LSI test system is HP’s most expensive product. 21
- HP 9000 Model 330 replaces 320. 23
- HP 5890A gas chromatograph coupled with HP 7673A auto sampler to test wine in Milan, Italy, for methanol. 23
- HP Touchscreen 150 PC used for occupational therapy. 24
July-August 1987 Where in the World Are We?
- Networking, Information Networks Group (ING), general manager Wim Roelandts explains complex technology of networking; HP sorts string of network-related products into solutions to fill customers’ specific needs: networks for sales and service, the business office, engineering and manufacturing, company-wide network. 3-6
- Tom Saponas White House Fellow, Department of the Navy, R&D manager, Colorado Springs. 8-11
- HP meteoric rise as a multinational organization has its roots in the 1957 Treaty of Rome, which created the European Common Market unrestricted by tariffs; in 1987, HP international orders exceed domestic; HP has manufacturing operations in 16 countries and sales offices or distribution in 78 countries. 12-14
- Procter and Gamble works with HP’s Clark Wallace and Tim Acree to develop computer systems that track success of P&G’s consumer marketing efforts; use HP 2392 display terminals with HP 1000 and 30000 computers. 15-17
- Parts, reducing the number, simplifying; company urges to reduce parts in each product to simplify assembly process. 18-19
- John Young says Spectrum computer program has met its goals and have begun to see payoff; just shipped HP 9000 model 840. 20
- HP Denmark’s HP museum of old products; model 50 electrocardiograph. 21
- Industrial touch keyboard HP 3082A useful in broad range of industries. 22
- Queen’s Award, Britain’s highest business accolade, to HP Ltd. for demonstrating significant and determined efforts to improve export performance. 22
- HP 3000 to Pepsi Cola is 30,000th sold; Pepsi to use it to manage vending machine distribution. 22
- New portable analyzer, HP 4972A; HP8510B replaces 8510A network analyzer. 23
- Lucile Packard dies, tribute. 24
September-October 1987 A Portrait of HP Labs
- Ethics, honesty; HP Standards of Business Conduct; situations requiring ethical decisions are discussed; HP standards must override other considerations. 3-6
- New products: HP 28C calculator, HP 8562A portable microwave spectrum analyzers, PaintJet printer, aluminum gallium arsenide LEDs, HP 54111D digitizing oscilloscope, HP 16500A logic analysis system, HP 21362 transesophageal transducer, portable Vectra computer, desktop scanner, HP 8780A and HP 8980A vector generator and analyzer. 8-9
- HP Labs people, photo essay. 10-13
- HP’s university-industry relationships; HP Strategic Grants Program. 14-17
- John Young discusses importance of the company’s traditional instrument markets. 18
- McMinnville Division donates medical equipment to USSR exhibit: cardiograph and defibrillator. 19
- HP working with Washington State University to produce videos that demonstrate latest manufacturing automation and microwave electronics; videos used in classrooms. 20
- HP 1631D logic analyzer breaks computer code called Smarty Arti. 21
- Portable Vectra computers used at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) to store data about position of particles. 21
- Professor at Michigan State authors book, “Programming the HP-41C/CV/CX,” and designed college course around it. 21
- Public Relations Department news media survey shows HP is well known by significant percentage of media, overall impression favorable. 22
- Packard wins Vannevar Bush award of the National Science Board; HP5965A Fourier transform infrared detector received IR 100 award from “Research & Development” magazine. 22
- HP 3000 system used by San Francisco Symphony for database management. 23
- Singapore uses HP 5061B to synchronize all digital components of telecommunications switching complex. 23
November-December 1987 Blending Tradition with High Tech: Spain’s Tabacalera and HP
- HP factory in Barcelona, Spain, and push to sell HP solutions to big companies make it fastest-growing sales organization in Europe. 3-5
- HP repair center opens in Montreal, Canada, to repair radioactive detectors in HP gas chromatographs. 8
- Competitors identified—10,000 products in six markets, including products from IBM, Wang, Apple, Sun, Apollo, DEC, Prime, Teradyne, Data General, Tectronix, Advantest, Anritsu, Perkin-Elmer, Shimadzu, Varian, Siemens, Acuson, Westmark. 9-15
- John Young discusses goals for FY88, 10 strategic issues, quality. 16-17
- HP Vectra PC used by N.J. police department to pinpoint trends and identify possible suspects. 21
- HP Foundation funds calculator museum exhibit for Computer Museum in Boston. 23
