Taiwan's Asustek plans further reorganisation-source
* Asustek planning second reorganisation
* Company to streamline operations
* Media report company to halve departments to three
TAIPEI, March 12 (Reuters) - Netbook PC pioneer Asustek (2357.TW) is planning a reorganisation, its second this year, to further streamline its operations, a company official said on Thursday.
No concrete plans or specific timeframe have been finalised, including the possibility of layoffs, said the official, speaking on condition that his name not be used because he was not authorised to speak to the media on the company's behalf.
"Nothing has been officially announced yet, we're still in the process of planning but the current framework is to further cut our business into fewer departments," he said.
Local media reports on Thursday said the company could cut its number of departments to three from six, and lay off 5-10 percent of its staff.
That reduction would come after Asustek said in January it was halving its number of departments to six following its first-ever quarterly loss in the last three months of 2008. [ID:nTPU001101]
The company pioneered the wildly successful low-cost netbook PC in 2007, but has been gradually losing market share as bigger players such as Acer (2353.TW), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N) and Dell (DELL.O) enter the market. (Reporting by Kelvin Soh; Editing by Lincoln Feast)
