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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...

Published 20-Sep-2010 20:12 by Craig Moffatt

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...

Published 25-Aug-2010 2:53 by Craig Moffatt

Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain, Mt. Fuji

The Big Picture

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Published 24-Aug-2010 23:35 by Zvezdelina Todorova

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...

Published 23-Aug-2010 12:55 by Rachel Lippett

Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain

Half way through... sad face

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Published 17-Aug-2010 23:25 by Zvezdelina Todorova

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...

Published 17-Aug-2010 8:25 by Andrew McAllister

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...

Published 16-Aug-2010 15:57 by Craig Moffatt

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...

Published 09-Aug-2010 14:13 by Andrew McAllister

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...

Published 09-Aug-2010 14:00 by Craig Moffatt

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...

Published 09-Aug-2010 13:22 by Rachel Lippett

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...

Published 31-Jul-2010 4:37 by Craig Moffatt

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...

Published 29-Jul-2010 14:56 by Andrew McAllister

Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain, andrew mcallister

Structures and Solutions

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Published 26-Jul-2010 22:57 by Zvezdelina Todorova

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...

Published 21-Jul-2010 15:53 by Craig Moffatt

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...

Published 20-Jul-2010 15:42 by Andrew McAllister

Filed under: Tokyo, week 1, Japan, DHL Supply Chain, andrew mcallister

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Homecoming 2010

The View From the Top of Japan

The Big Picture

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

Half way through... sad face

Lord Sugar is Waiting

Delivering for DHL...

Japanese Efficiency

Where Dreams Come True

Please excuse the delay...

A day in the life of a salaryman

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

Structures and Solutions

Another week bites the dust

Final Destination