Monday and Tuesday were spent visiting Chinese Manufacturing facilities. On monday we went to SAIC, an automotive manufacturer. While the tour was somewhat abrupt, we got a very good view of their factory floor. It was by far the cleanest car factory that I've seen. It looked amazingly similar to the American manufactures we saw on the Domestic Plant Trek.
In the evening, we had time to get to a Shanghai acrobatic show. This was very entertaining. Despite approval from our local friends, I found out the hard way that pictures during the show were not allowed... luckily I snapped this one before they told me to stop.
On tuesday we headed to Caterpillar where they manufacture large construction equipment. Amazingly, their business model is set up so that it is economical to manufacture large equipment in China almost purely for export to other countries! I believe they said that 99% of what they make at this factory was exported!!! Here I am in one of the models that they build.
And here we are in the bucket.
After Caterpillar, the SJTU students threw an outstanding Kareoke party for everyone! It was a great evening of singing and dancing!The next morning was a little rough, but we all made out way in the rain to the SJTU campus for a case competition. After a Papa John's pizza lunch, we sadly said our goodbyes and the LGO's jumped on the bus for the airport... we were Japan bound!
