Wednesday in Review

Wednesday was jam packed -- to say the least! We had the opportunity to visit three companies. The first was a local holding company. Most significantly, they were a bottler and distributor for Coca Cola. They have one of the largest industrial refrigerators at their site. Management was proud that other companies come to observe their operations. In addition, their assembly lines are quite impressive. They can wash and refill up to 1000 bottles per minute. This company was committed to the preservation of the rainforest and its surroundings. There have been numerous distinctions among how companies value the rainforest. While some keep the jungle at the core of their operations, others suggest that they aren´t able to operate cost efficiently and that customers do not care.

We spent a good amount of time looking at the plant and then participating in a q & a. Afterwards, we hit up studio 5 (a mall very close to the hotel) for lunch. There is a restaurant behind it called Felicce (Demond is spelling for me right now) and some people went there.

After lunch, we hit up Sony. This was definitely the coolest visit of the day. They operate under 6 Sigma (I bet you can guess who was excited!). Interestingly, only certain models are produced in Brazil. We saw everything being manufactured, from the mother board (?) to the actual finished product. Prettttty interesting. Afterwards, they had quite a nice little snack set up for us.

After Sony, we visited Honda. At this point, the day had been long, but everyone seemed pleasantly surprised to actually see the motorcylces being test driven. They had an off roading course and one that was paved. (We didn´t see that part, just on the power point presentation).

Oh yeah, we got hats there and little bags at Sony. You can have mine, no problem at all.

Oh wait, the day was not over yet. We came back to the hotel and hit up a local Manaus soccer game. It literally poured. Hopefully someone will have pictures of that (MQ?) because the rain was so heavy and the players never stopped playing.

Well, that pretty much sums up Wednesday. Bon Dia if you get this in the morning!