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Japan is known to be generally good at logistics, and you could say there is a software aspect to that. Robotics and machine control are also a traditional stre
by wrp 2y ago
Japan is known to be generally good at logistics, and you could say there is a software aspect to that. Robotics and machine control are also a traditional strength. My own experience is that their big weakness is interfacing with the user, whether it is red tape at an office or a complex GUI.
Maybe the explanation is that Japanese institutions perform well when development is wholly internal and allowed a long time. My own experience has been that Japanese groups attack tasks with superior organization, but they need extra time to adapt to novel input.
- tstrimple 2y agoSpeaking to logistical skills I'm reminded of the example of Japan converting a train line to a subway line in three hours. The amount of prep and planning required to pull this off in a live environment is crazy to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BYW4YYqG5A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BYW4YYqG5A
- tokinonagare 2y agoSkill and willingness (to a fault) to pay people to do the job or at least be there is needed. Somehow their floppy+internet+paper_card+human-based health insurance is more efficient than in my country where we have a smart card and shiny website, but it takes 6 weeks to be registered into the system after you send papers. In Japan the same process take about 30min including writing your address 2 times in kanji.