Japan's Paper Culture

Re:Japan's Paper Culture by sheppard on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:33AM (#29711401)

For a peek behind the scenes at JetPens (with a slightly algorithmic bent): https://youtu.be/1Bi2Xys-ces

Disclaimer: I work there.

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Re:Japan's Paper Culture by wrp on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @07:10AM (#29712979)

I have followed JetPens since they started in someone's dorm room. Just how many people work there now?

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Re:Japan's Paper Culture by sheppard on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @10:59AM (#29714917)

We have about 50 people.

An interesting tidbit is that some of the picking processes described in the video I linked to above were implemented only recently as COVID-19 simultaneously applied upward pressure on order volume (people shopping online more) and downward pressure on fulfillment capacity (warehouse worker density restrictions). We literally had to stop taking orders for a short while to keep the backlog of orders reasonable.

It was gratifying to apply things we learned from computer science and industrial engineering together to help us keep up with demand.

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Re:Japan's Paper Culture by bitxbitxbitcoin on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @09:47AM (#29714244)

Also curious!

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