Journal Entries Week 1: #1

Journal Entry # 1
January 2, 2012

Part A: Reading Test procedures for corrugate packing, learning about the company mission statement, vision and objectives.

Part B: The first day of work was full of anxiety and uncertainty because I really had no idea of how the work atmosphere was going to be. First I had to the human resource office and finish some paper work and then a car picked me up with my supervisor. He gave me a brief tour around the whole company and then we went to the packing factory. I was absolutely amazed with all of the machinery and the efficiency of their performance. It was incredible how the packing and sack machines never stop producing.

Surprisingly this company has almost no storage costs. Although they produce thousands of packages and sacks  for cement, almost all of the production is shipped as soon as it is produced. Te load of work at the machinery section es absolutely amazing

Then we went to the laboratory which is right beside this production center. here is the best place to work. The temperature is perfect, since they need to have the perfect atmospheric conditions to tests the corrugate packages. This conditions are 50% humidity and 70'F. As soon as I entered this place everyone greeted me and showed me the whole place.

After my introduction my supervisor showed me my cubicle and explained all of my duties during this month. After that he gave me several manuals which included all of the procedures of the tests performed at the lab and also the company manual. All of these together was a massive amount of reading which kept me busy during the whole day.