Criteria:

Tour Highlight: ____ /15

Ateneo de Zamboanga University Operations Info.:____/20
NAME: Alam,Siti Azrina I. Local Tour: ZamboEcoZone Challenges: ____ /10
School of Management and Accountancy
Management Department Lesson Learned:___ /15
ID Number: 230154 Section: BUSMAN 106-B Manila Tour: Insights : ____ /20
TOTAL: ____ /80 pts.
BUSMAN 106 B Aa -Insight Paper Output
Direction: Choose at least 2 companies you visited during the tour. Provide a concise summary of your experience during the company production tour. Reflect on the key
aspects that stood out to you and impacted your understanding of the company's operations.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Brief overview of the company production tour
experience, What were your expectations from
this company?
1. I expected the company to be messy or will smell
like plastic.
2. I expected to learn about how they make their
styrofoam products.
In terms of their operations, what are their products/service? How was their distribution process? Who are their
market in this operations? What are the equipments they used?
Penguin makes styrofoam as a product,The production starts by collecting polystyrene (expandable)and
chopping it into small pieces before it gets sanitized and melts into a styrofoam. this melted styrofoam passes
the put on a mold of either the body or the cover. They made a fuss but no one showed up at his eyesight.

3. I expected the place would be hot considering they'll

be dealing with heat to make the styrofoam.
What are the significant challenges of the company and how they overcome these challenges?
They had a problem with a boiler because it broke before. The purpose of the boiler is to make the raw
Brief history of the company visited: materials moldable before it is transferred to the molds designated for the styrofoam. Usually,the water
pump is the one that gets broken so they change it to a new one.
The brand name "Penguin"came from the
molding of their product. They just started
their company a few years ago and have
What are the other operations/process you discovered from this company?
recently started using plastic as their
packaging. I discovered that they used coal to fuel their machines and that they need not just the heat from the machines but
Key Points observed during the production process: also water.
1. the body and cover is made separately
in different machines.
Insights Gained:
2. the machines they used for making the I learned that when trying to build a company,you should be open to the possibility that something will eventually breakdown and how
much it will cost to fixit. It was fascinating how they were so optimistic about their problems and how they solved them. Their company
colored styrofoam is only one while the shows that every problem will always have a solution as long as all of you worktogether.
white one is two.