The Longest Day

Arrived in Geneva Monday morning after an all night flight from the states. Weather is cool and rainy, so the train ride up the lake to Morges was less than scenic. Switzerland should give a rebate on their high costs when you can't see the mountains! Speaking of Swiss prices....check out my spacious hotel room which I got at the bargain price of $160. Who needs a window when you can have sky lights instead!

After a quick clean-up, walked about 10 minutes to the Eaton Euro HQ for the student's presentations. Sarah, Andrea, and Josh each had separate supply chain projects and had already made their primary presentations last week when Eaton's CEO and COO where in town, so this was more of a wrap-up of their projects and experience. The Eaton folks were very pleased with the outcome and felt the team had made a solid contribution to a new and growing organization. The big plus was that they were introduced to the new supply chain concept of "banana boat shipping" by Josh.

Les Ball, Eaton's VP of SCM in Europe, presented each of the team with the classic Swiss gift....a Swatch watch (cheese doesn't travel well). Here is a pic of Les (bit of a Terry Nixon look a like!) and the team:

We finished with a nice dinner lakeside (Lac Leman) in Lausanne with a great view of.....fog and clouds, although we thought we saw a mountain once.

Finally have to share a picture of the lobby in the hotel that Team Eaton stayed....we need a couch like this in the new MBA lounge in Farmer Hall!

Off for Barcelona in search of the sun.

Brad