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Michael, thanks for taking the time to talk一 can you start by telling me a little about how TXP got into the NPI business?
邁克爾，感謝您花時間與我交談。首先，您能否簡單地談談TXP是如 何進入新產品導入（NPI)業務的呢？
The TXP team actually began in 1997 as a Product Introduction Center (PIC) for Flextronics.
TXP團隊始創于1997年，最初是偉創力的產品導入中心（PIC)。
As a PIC we were on the engineering & design side reporting up through to Flex’s CTO.
我們這個中心負責工程和設計，并直接向偉創力的首席技術官（CTO)匯報工作。
So we were closer to the engineering side of the business than the production side.
因此，在這項業務當中我們比較熟悉的是工程而不是生產。
That focus continues today with the engineering support model we advocate.
如今，我們仍然保持著這個工作重心，并繼續推崇這種工程支持模式。
Our beginnings at Flextronics allowed my team to gain a lot of valuable experience with a large variety of products,
我們的團隊最初在偉創力的打拼讓我們獲得了大量頗具價值的豐富的產品經驗
and also with preparing products for launch into a volume production environment.
及有關準備將產品投入批量生產環境的寶貴經驗。
You use the term NPI, but we really see what we do as pre-NPI.
你用到了 “新產品導入”這個詞，但我們認為，我們所做的其實是新產品導入的前期工作。
It is what we term pre-manufacturing.
我們將其稱之為“制造前”工作。
To me, NPI means that you have a product that is ready to be released into a production environment.
在我看來，“新產品導入”意味著你擁有的產品即將投入生產環境。
When you work with engineers as we do, you find out that they are always working on versions of products that are not yet ready for the production environment.
當你像我們一樣與工程師展開合作，.你會發現他們所研究的產品往往是那些還不能夠立即投入生產環境的產品。
After several years as a PIC, Flextronics decided to integrate our PIC into a local production facility.
作為產品導入中心運營幾年以后，偉創力決定將我們團隊整合至一家本地生產廠。
That did not work very well, and after several months the opportunity presented itself for me to spin my group out of Flextronics and establish it as a separate commercial entity.
這項舉措并沒有收到很好的效果。幾個月后，機遇出現了，我決定將我的團隊從偉創力中剝離出來，并把它建設成為一個獨立的商業機構。
This was risky, but it is a decision I have never regretted. We became our own company in 2002，and have been growing steadily ever since.
這么做要承擔很大的風險，但我從未因這個決定而后悔。我們于2002年成立了自己的公司，并一直穩步成長。
And the experience base we gained as part of Flextronics remains a real strength for our company today.
我們在偉創力獲得的經驗基礎仍然是我們公司目前發展的一大實力。
My team now has 10 years of experience helping engineers prepare products for production, and we feel that we are the best at this in the industry.
如今,我的團隊在幫助工程師完成產 品生產準備方面積累了10年的經驗， 我們認為我們在這方面是行業第一。
