Class today was very difficult for me. I could not understand the instructor. The subject was supply-chain and logistics, which I am very familiar with so that made me feel a little better. The tour of the axel plant in the afternoon was very interesting. When we entered the grounds, it was like we were back in the U.S. It looked like an American plant. We received a tour and I thought the operations were very much like the Artic Cat plant in Thief River Falls and the Polaris Plant in Roseau. They ran several lines as well as three shifts.

I noticed several things that disturbed me, primarily because my husband's career is in safety. There were many workers without safety glasses, very few gas masks, and a man overhead without a tie-off. They did say they have two safety officers and have done tests to make sure the air is safe.

During a presentation we were told that 90% of their business is internal to India. Because of Freidman's Ten Flattners, I expected more of their business to be for foreign customers. I asked them about their technology department of which they have four people, and on the tour I asked if they would be using more technology on the floor in the future. The guide told me that was their plan. I did notice that they used one of Freidman's "Steroids", because the president was giving us an opportunity to ask questions and his mobile phone went off at least three times.

In the evening, the head of the institute's wife took us shopping. We went back to the main street that we have been shopping at and I bought two more outfits from the same place that made my first one. I'm hoping they turn out nice. It will be boring back home as I look at people's clothes. I've gotten use to seeing such beautiful fabrics with vibrant colors, that our normal clothes will seem drab.