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For you who live in big cities, especially the port city, the trucks or trains that carry containers of things that are already commonplace. As if by the container has become not of the usual special nan.

In simplicity, the container is actually a great innovation that often escape the attention from us. The container is of course a low-technology innovation. In fact the history of the world, especially the history of trade, has been changed because the container.

In fact many efforts to facilitate delivery of goods has been started since the beginning of 20th century. Since 1920s, the effort kontainerisasi already started. But the scorpion, the size of the container is relatively small for the size at this time. Improvement for the improvement happening until Malcolm McLean, a U.S. transport, creating a large container that can be transferred from trains, trucks, and ship with ease. During the process of transfer from one means of transportation to other transportation equipment, containers need not be opened at all. The effect: cheaper transportation costs and risk of loss of goods decreased by far. Thanks to the innovation, the delivery of goods to be cheaper, effective, and efficient.

Innovation also works to save the container ship industry trade between the oceans. This industry was convicted akan mati. Function predicted ocean freighter will be replaced by aircraft. Shipping through the sea is considered quite expensive, long, and are at risk. The only types of goods efficient enough to be sent through the sea is a large number of commodities.

Reason kelamnya the future of this industry is the assumption that the error is used to overcome this problem. In order to increase the efficiency of the ship, the players in this industry compete-race increase the speed so that the goods are expected to ship more quickly to the goal. Sialnya, ship goods to the investment is large, and as well as goods of other capital, the largest cost in the cost of depreciation and interest costs. Baiya impact will be felt when the goods are not used. That’s what happens when the ship must move closer to the dock and waiting for loading and unloading activities.

Innovation successfully deliver the container industry to reverse this assumption as before. Not a ship that is faster, but the idle time of vessels should be reduced. With containers, the problem was successfully solved and the industry is almost dead now the industry is very important in world trade activity.

With all the benefits, this innovation was not accepted as such. Regulation of local or international adoption kontainerisasi limit in the year 1960s. Then in the 1980s, all barriers are removed successfully. The development of so truly unexpected by anyone. Container which was successfully pressing charges successfully spur rapid export import between countries. In short, at this time the container has become an important part in the history of mankind. Although we realize sometimes rare, almost all imported goods that we never try to buy it is how many days in the container. Estimated at this time there are around 18 million containers that thatch every day in the ocean highway, and about 25% came from China.

However, the popularity of container was also accompanied by other problems. The number of containers that meet the pension is the disposal and cause environmental hazards. Terrorism is also a problem because leaving the container also makes it easier to allow the terrorist intercontinental.

Acts container innovation gives us many lessons. First, innovation is not born from the need to high-technology world. Major innovation generally appears to meet the needs of the people that were not. Innovations such as container or electricity also often escape from our observation. Thus the importance of innovation, they slowly penetrate successfully in our lives without us realize. Second, the innovation of the container can be born through the observation of the existence of a wrong assumption held general. Assumption that the ship (and other means of transport) must be able to move quickly to achieve the efficiency that one. Required is a higher utilization. With the assumption that a match with reality, an innovation can be born. Third, all types of innovation must pass in the beginning of the major obstacles introduction because the status quo is the center of gravity that must be consistently in a long time. Innovations such as a container discontinue must go through a canyon can be adopted before the massacre. Fourth, the evolution of innovation is not easy to guess the directions. In the 1950s, who ever thought that the container will become a motor of globalization? Therefore, to attract the maximum benefit from an innovation, always open. Do not force the direction of development of the innovation is. Let the market decide. Fifth, innovation is always great cause side effects that can not be predicted in advance. Here, we are asked to respond to side effects, which often bear other innovations. Efforts to overcome pornography on the Internet, for example, innovations such as the birth of the software can identify pornographic sites and blocked.

After reading this article, when you see the container again, hopefully you can remember that container is not only loaded with the cargo trade, but also laden with lessons about innovation. And let these lessons into your brain, which is the most valuable container.