Friday was our last educational day. First we went to UPS, at their facilities by the international airport. We had a presentation about UPS’ logistics in China: how they sort packages for imports and exports. Then we visited their warehouse where the packages come in, are sorted, and are shipped back out. It was very interesting to learn about all their logistics systems and see where the action happens. Unfortunately, most of the action happens in the middle of the night, so we didn’t see packages moving around, but we did see an airplane pulling in towards the warehouse.
After UPS, we had lunch at a sort of outdoor mall, but with restaurants only. Then we went on our last site visit at Honeywell. We had a short demo of their video security systems, which was pretty advanced in my opinion, but I’m not very familiar with security. Then they presented their business strategies in China. It was quite different to hear that they are not measured on specific targets, but rather how close they are from the Chinese competition. Their goal is to stay right up there with the Chinese competition.
After Honeywell, we went back to the hotel and were free for the rest of the night. I explored the streets around the hotel and shopped a little bit at a department store. I was interested in seeing what their fashion look like out there and what kind of prices and quality they had. I was surprised to find the clothing at a nice department store to be priced at around the same level as in the U.S. And I wouldn’t say that the quality was better either. I was also expecting to see more Japanese-type fashion, but a lot of it was European inspired.
For dinner, the same group from the previous day’s dinner adventure, decided to finally go to that nice Italian restaurant in the Financial Center. It was very lovely and delicious. And the setting was gorgeous: on the waterside overlooking Shanghai.
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