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Homecoming 2010

I can’t believe that I have been home for over two weeks already. It has nearly passed as quickly as my time in Tokyo did. My body took around a week to get used to the Scottish climate again after suffering through 2 months at 35°C. The last week and a half after my last blog (almost a month...

Posted to Undergraduates by Craig Moffatt on 20-Sep-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain

The View From the Top of Japan

Before arriving in Tokyo, one of my personal goals was to climb Mt. Fuji and I finally achieved that on Sunday/Monday. It was a grueling effort but definitely worth it. Other notable news from the week includes dancing to the YMCA in front of 25,171 people after the 5 inning at Tokyo Dome. And of course...

Posted to Undergraduates by Craig Moffatt on 25-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain, Mt. Fuji

The Big Picture

My rotation in Operations started last week. I had no idea what exactly to expect from it, but one thing was sure – it will be very different from my Front office experience. So was it. First thing that once notices is how quiet it is actually! No brokers shouting bids, no traders shouting their...

Posted to Undergraduates by Zvezdelina Todorova on 24-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: RBS, Tokyo, Japan, Mt. Fuji, week6

It may be upwards of 30 degrees everyday, but I still managed to get a cold

Fantastic. I blame the constant changing from ice box air con to tropical heatwave every time I step in or outside. Despite the sinus-related setbacks, it was still a pretty good week. One of the highlights was Craig, Andy and I meeting up with the newly hired DHL graduates for dinner. It was great to...

Posted to Undergraduates by Rachel Lippett on 23-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain

Half way through... sad face

After spending two very exciting, dynamic and busy weeks, I am feeling a little sad today, realising that most of my internship is over now... Probably this feeling has been boosted by the farewell party of the other RBS interns, recruited in Boston, that took place last Friday (their programme started...

Posted to Undergraduates by Zvezdelina Todorova on 17-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: RBS, Tokyo, Japan, week5, week4

Lord Sugar is Waiting

And wait he must, for I have bigger fish to fry....that and I am over 6000 miles away. Looking at my watch today I realised I was slightly late for my interview to be Sir Alan's next apprentice which was taking place in the Radisson Blu hotel in Birmingham the other day. To be honest it felt kind...

Posted to Undergraduates by Andrew McAllister on 17-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain, University of Glasgow, andrew mcallister, Kaizen

Delivering for DHL...

Over the past working week I have started to deliver – just not in the way DHL normally do though! They haven’t given me the keys to a delivery van loaded with boxes yet but I have started to deliver some results for my project. The first assignment in my project was to investigate the WEBMART...

Posted to Undergraduates by Craig Moffatt on 16-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain

Japanese Efficiency

1. Insert ¥1000 into the machine (no change given) 2. Collect token 3. Sit down and wait to be called 4. Hand over token 5. Tell the hair dresser what you would like done 6. Your haircut will take 10 minutes In a blind panic I forgot the Japanese for 'short back and sides leaving a bit of length...

Posted to Undergraduates by Andrew McAllister on 09-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain, University of Glasgow, andrew mcallister, Disney

Where Dreams Come True

Yesterday, I felt like I was 10 years old again because we went to Tokyo Disney Resort for the day. Technically Andy and I were 5 years younger for the day because our Japanese friend, Yoko, bought the tickets and told the man at the gate that we were European high school students!! In true Japanese...

Posted to Undergraduates by Craig Moffatt on 09-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain

Please excuse the delay...

My apologies to the Saltire team and to the other interns who found time in their busy schedules to blog over the last two weeks! I can only say that I have been busy having a fantastic experience within DHL and Tokyo in general, and that I promise to keep on top of the blog from now on! To make up for...

Posted to Undergraduates by Rachel Lippett on 09-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Culture, Tokyo, Japan, business development, Heriot Watt, DHL Supply Chain, Manufacturing, fireworks, Scottish Development International

A day in the life of a salaryman

Apologies for the delay in the latest instalment of my blog but I’ve enjoyed another epic week out here in the old Nihon. This working week has been quite long especially in the middle of the week when I was feeling like a salaryman. In Japan, the salaryman is a title exclusively reserved for men...

Posted to Undergraduates by Craig Moffatt on 31-Jul-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain

So hungry I could have eaten a horse...so I did

FOOD Now, I am a man of my words, and so I have literally just finished eating a horse, a raw horse in fact! Raw meat is something that I and my fellow interns have become accustomed to over here in Tokyo, actually you should probably assume the meat is raw, or at least check it is definitely cooked...

Posted to Undergraduates by Andrew McAllister on 29-Jul-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain, andrew mcallister

Structures and Solutions

It is amazing how quickly another week went by! I spent it with the Global Structuring team. Those guys find out what customers need (also known as the Solutions Side of Structuring) and structure products which depending on different underlyings could be Hybrid Product, Equity Derivatives, FX, Interest...

Posted to Undergraduates by Zvezdelina Todorova on 26-Jul-2010
Filed under: Filed under: RBS, Tokyo, Japan, week 2, SDI

Another week bites the dust

So that’s another week done in Tokyo. Every single day is still full of surprises such as discovering that the closing train doors don’t automatically open when you put your arms in the way. This happened to me on Monday and when you have to prise them open and jump in to a carriage full...

Posted to Undergraduates by Craig Moffatt on 21-Jul-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain

Final Destination

After an epic 19 hour journey around half of the world, Craig and I arrived at Narita Airport, Tokyo. And what a journey it was. After an emergency landing in Dubai and roasted tuna for breakfast we were glad to have reached our final destination...after two hours of apartment hunting, where I met two...

Posted to Undergraduates by Andrew McAllister on 20-Jul-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Tokyo, week 1, Japan, DHL Supply Chain, andrew mcallister