Today, we had a day for Operations Management study tour - two venues, one a manufacturing plant and other a service operations management site.
Sounds pretty boring right?
Now, how about I give you the names of these venues?
Mahou, one of the highest selling beer in Spain, with the largest plant in Europe and Barajas Airport Terminal T4, a new state-of-art facility with modernized control systems.
Does it sound interesting yet?
What if I tell you that we had not just a learning exercise, but also a guided tour, with videos and exhibits to help, and the assembly lines - filling 90,000 bottles per hour - imagine seeing this from just a few feet away !!
And also that we saw one of the four luggage carrying high-tech system, with rails laid all over the place amounting to 250 kms in total length, ensuring that bags being automatically passed to designated flights as soon as they are checked in !!
Still not exciting enough?
How about I tell you about the fun we had, as soon as the bottling lines ended, when we did a free raid on the freshest beer there can be, chilled not because it was in freezer, but it because it had just come out cold-brewed, that too in a bar created with some really ambient setting?
And what if I tell you, that we were in the airport control room, where large screens monitored every face, every food plate served, every elevator and escalator operating, every flight arriving and departing and every piece of luggage that was moving around, on large screens erected all across a big hall that looked nothing less than some movie set of Pentagon or some secret service organization?
Now, we are talking, isn't it?
The day was awesome !! Although towards the end of it I along with many others felt really hungry, but had to drag ourselves until we reached back to school.
I have taken some videos of the tour - of course not in airport, for obvious security constraints, but outside Mahou plant and in the bus. Hopefully, will be able to make a short clip out of it soon :-)
For now, the night is young as there is final presentation for Investment Analysis tomorrow and for Entrepreneurial management on Tuesday :-)
Sounds pretty boring right?
Now, how about I give you the names of these venues?
Mahou, one of the highest selling beer in Spain, with the largest plant in Europe and Barajas Airport Terminal T4, a new state-of-art facility with modernized control systems.
Does it sound interesting yet?
What if I tell you that we had not just a learning exercise, but also a guided tour, with videos and exhibits to help, and the assembly lines - filling 90,000 bottles per hour - imagine seeing this from just a few feet away !!
And also that we saw one of the four luggage carrying high-tech system, with rails laid all over the place amounting to 250 kms in total length, ensuring that bags being automatically passed to designated flights as soon as they are checked in !!
Still not exciting enough?
How about I tell you about the fun we had, as soon as the bottling lines ended, when we did a free raid on the freshest beer there can be, chilled not because it was in freezer, but it because it had just come out cold-brewed, that too in a bar created with some really ambient setting?
And what if I tell you, that we were in the airport control room, where large screens monitored every face, every food plate served, every elevator and escalator operating, every flight arriving and departing and every piece of luggage that was moving around, on large screens erected all across a big hall that looked nothing less than some movie set of Pentagon or some secret service organization?
Now, we are talking, isn't it?
The day was awesome !! Although towards the end of it I along with many others felt really hungry, but had to drag ourselves until we reached back to school.
I have taken some videos of the tour - of course not in airport, for obvious security constraints, but outside Mahou plant and in the bus. Hopefully, will be able to make a short clip out of it soon :-)
For now, the night is young as there is final presentation for Investment Analysis tomorrow and for Entrepreneurial management on Tuesday :-)
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