Samsung fired 200 managers
Samsung is going to lay off 20% of its managers in connection with the collapse of the Galaxy Note 7. The company has about 1 thousand managers, 200 of them will be dismissed after a routine assessment of their performance, scheduled for December 2016 the Assessment will be held under the new, more stringent standards, the resource InternationalBusinessTimes. Korea Herald
the dismissal of the head of the mobile division
In particular, dismissal may be the head of the mobile division of Koh Dong Jin (Koh Dong-Jin), who is blamed for the catastrophe of Galaxy Note 7, turning a multi-billion dollar losses for the company. A few days ago at a press conference in South Korea Koch has brought to customers a public apology on behalf of the company and promised to regain their trust.
Koch started working at Samsung in 1984, and in 2007 he joined the mobile division. The head of this division it was only last year. On account of Koch’s many successful innovations, including the touch pen and the scanner of the iris to the Galaxy Note series and Samsung Pay payment system. Koh, from the origins oversaw the development of series Galaxy S and Galaxy Note.
Samsung is going to get rid of 200 managers
it is Also possible dismissal Ri Jong In (Rhee In-jong) and Ro Te Muna (Roh Tae-moon) who head the departments software and hardware respectively. Both at the time were considered as candidates for the position of head of the entire mobile phone division.
the Problem of testing the Galaxy Note 7
At the conference, Koch said that the main thing now for the company is to determine the exact cause of the explosion of the battery. According to one version, to blame the rush: Samsung wanted to release Galaxy Note 7 is on the market before Apple will launch iPhone 7, as indicated in their study, Bloomberg. Therefore, the company could neglected some procedures of product testing.
for Example, testing the Galaxy Note 7 for compliance with the requirements of the Institute of engineers on electronics and electrical engineering (IEEE) was carried out on the own capacity of the company. According to the rules of the industry this testing was to be held in one of the 28 laboratories that are certified by the American Association of manufacturers of cellular (CTIA). Samsung has its own laboratory with this certificate, and trials that are held there, in control of the company, writes The Wall Street Journal.
CTIA established the following rules for testing batteries of smartphones. First, the battery should be tested in neutral conditions during the charging process. Second, the battery should be tested at high temperatures that simulate the conditions of the summer season. This check detects a risk of overheating and fire, but in the rush Samsung could neglected some research. However, it should be noted that the company is testing a smartphone “” 2009
Technical reasons for the explosion of the Galaxy Note 7
the safety Commission consumer products USA has indicated in his report that the cause of the explosion of the battery Galaxy Note 7 could be too small for the battery compartment in the phone. When extending the battery during the heating process, the Department became close and started to push on the battery, which caused a short circuit.
Samsung claims that the cause of the explosions was a manufacturing defect, for which the separator in the battery was not able to keep the diodes from contact. The responsibility for error rests with the manufacturer of the batteries SDI, which after the failure of Galaxy Note 7 has lost the status of main supplier of batteries for Samsung. It is noteworthy that Samsung engineers can’t intentionally reproduce the battery explosion in the lab that prevents to pinpoint the cause.
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