As an engineer i have traversed quite a number of factories, learned the processes they undertake in there and also the general outlook of the company owning the factory. I’ve come to learn how raw materials end up becoming consumable products. This post will try capture the 10 industries i visited during a 4 month period in my second year.
There comes a problem though in the end of all these fun-filled trips- report writing. Well, a 120 page detailed report of the various factories visited was due a month after the last trip. That is a very long time for a normal person to research. engineers are not normal people, I am no exception. I started working on my reports approximately 10 days to the deadline. I was sure I'd get all the info I needed online so I never thought otherwise. Then there are previous groups of engineers who had already visited the factories thus must have left a copy of the reports behind. Add this to a little bit of research online and I'd be good to go.
Let's cut this short- a few of the companies had informative websites. One of them, Rai Plywoods had no website at all. The power generation plants are under Kengen and the info about them is quite static. Some dating back to the ages when the plants were being constructed. Props to Mumias Sugar Company Limited, Agro Chemicals and Food Company, KETEPA Limited and Sony Sugar Company. Finlays Kericho has no website. The info I obtained was from the parent Finlays site but was not satisfactory. The last company, Kenya Seed Company didn't give me what I needed. The processes they undertake? Nothing.. Yes, some of these companies none of the previous groups had ever visited them.
I guess those who are going to benefit from these posts are those behind us who might visit the same factories as we did. So, to the lazy ones...sigh of relief.. Post numero uno coming up...
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