I.

Name of the Company

Columbia Wire & Cable Corporation

II. Date of Tour

October 23, 2019

III. Overview and Company Profile

Way back 1964, Columbia Wire and Cable Corporation (CWCC) was
formerly known as a Silicon Manufacturing Corporation in San Francisco Del
Monte until it was relocated in 1972 to its current location at 75 Howmart Rd., Bo.
Kangkong, Quezon City that mainly focus in the manufacturing of electric wire and
cable products. In order to be recognized nationally the company registered at
Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 30, 1973 as Columbia Wire
and Cable Corp.

IV. Raw Materials and Products of the Company

The raw materials being used by the company for the production was
copper as the main component and polyvinyl chloride plastic (PVC) used as
insulation for the twisted line of wires or cables. But due to the demands of their
clients they have their color coding for the wires so that they can easily identified
and known its specifications and purpose.
In addition, the company has categorized its products into three types
namely; building wires, special wires and power cables. Under building wires, the
following products included, THHN/THWN 90 C 660V, Fire rated Cable, and TW
60 C 600V while for the special wires it includes Loomex- NM Flat cables, Control
cable and Welding cable. Lastly for the power cables it contains the succeeding
products, Hypex power cable and Steel Armored power cables.

V. Processes Involved to Produce their Products

For the process involve in making the products and to come up with the
desired standards the following procedures were done: (1) wire drawn (2)
stranding and testing (3) cabling and jacketing and last step was to test the cables
before it will transfer to the client. For the testing process they do it manually or
electrically and according to our factory tour guide sometimes the client wants to
 witness the actual and final testing of the products for the assurance of its finest
quality.

VI. Equipment Used in each Process

Since the management of the company attained its new quality

management system which complies to ISO 9001:2000 some equipment’s
were used to make sure that all of the products are 100% quality guaranteed.
The equipment’s used includes the following: Flexibility Tester, Heat
Deformation Oven, High Voltage Test Set, Instron Universal Testing Machine,
Microscope, Nokia Computerized Testing for Telephone Cables, Pin Gauge,
Pinhole Test Set, Profile Projector for Insulation Thickness Measurement, PH
Meter, Scrape Resistant Tester, Tensile Machines (for metal and insulation),
Viscometer, Accelerated Aging Oven, Fire Rated Cable Tester Category C, W,
Z, AC Corona & Dielectric Test Set, CT Rated Cable Tester, Cable Fault
Detector and Locator, Capacitance Bridge, Conductivity Meter, Dielectric
Tester for Magnet Wires, Digital Capacitance Meter (DCM), Digital Micrometer,
Double Bridge Resistant Tester, Flame Test Apparatus, and last was Film
Continuity Tester.

VII. Safety Management

In terms of safety inside the factory, the management requires the workers to
wear proper protective equipment since some of the process involve very
dangerous equipment. The equipment’s used was said to undergoes preventive
maintenance monthly so that there is an assurance that it is in good quality before
the operation starts again.
In addition, the company implements three shifts a day for the benefit of the
worker to take a rest and focused on their work which may also lessen the
occurrence of accidents.
But as a safety management practices, they do not consider the proper
markings on the floor that will serve as the limitations of the visitor as they walk
through the factory.

VIII. Environmental Impact

According to the factory tour guide, the waste that they have during their
production will not harm the environment since they have their own collector. In
terms of the defective or wrong specification they will wait for another client to order
 that specs and if no one will order it then they will make it as a scarp so that it will
not be used for the future or to sell it to the market.

IX. Best Practices of the Company

Based from what I found out on this factory their best practices are to be
competitive enough on cable and wire industry in terms of quality products that
they produce and the number of clients they will have which will eventually lead to
a higher customer satisfaction.
Another thing is that they are very receptive on feedbacks from the
customer especially when issues arises, they tend to solve the problem critically
by finding appropriate solutions so that the reputations of the company will be
obtain.

X. Observation and Recommendation

Upon entering the vicinity of the company I observed that it was to small
and the pathways are narrow to accommodate students who have plant tour. When
we enter to the factory I noticed that all of the materials were not organized. The
factory was too dark so that we can’t visualize more the process of operation
inside. While the workers do not wear their proper PPE attire including ear plugs
because it is too noisy inside due to the high frequency sound of the machine.
Moreover, there are also obstructions on the pathways where the students
walk which may lead to an accident for the future.
On the other hand, after the whole tour inside the production plant, I highly
recommend that if they will cater students for plant tour they need to make sure
that the students will gain knowledge especially during the tour itself, because of
loud noise the students feel irritated and no interest to learn and also for the
company tour guide I recommend to use a portable microphone so that the
students can hear what they were saying.
It would also be better if there was a small lecture before the factory tour so
that the students can have an overall idea about the processes involved, and to
know how to behave inside the factory to prevent accidents.
XI. Documentation

Photo of the products and equipment’s of the company

Photo taken at Columbia Wire & Cable Corporation together with the students, faculty
and company personnel
I. Name of Company

Honda Philippine Inc.

II. Date of Tour

October 23, 2019

III. Overview of the Company

Honda Philippines, Inc. (HPI), is considered to be the one of the leading

manufacturer and distributor of motorcycles located at Tanauan, Batangas. It has
a total land area of 20-hectare where manufactured parts of the Honda motorcycle
are delivered for final assembly and quality testing. The manufactures of the raw
materials and spare parts are done in different branches of Honda and also some
of the parts were imported abroad in its plant. The plant only focuses on the
assembly of parts until to its final output the motorcycles.

IV. Raw Materials and Products of the Company

The raw materials that was being used on this company was not
enumerated to us by the factory tour guide since some of it was confidential and
others were imported abroad.
Tanauan factory only specialized assembly of the parts and they are not
concerned on the production of raw materials. They do all these manually,
automatically and robotically. This also explains why their products surely have no
problems before it will be released. Despite of having more human labor than
machinery, Honda Philippines was able to produce a high-quality motorcycle in
just one minute.

V. Processes Involved to Produce their Products

For the process what we only saw was during the assembly of the different
parts of the motor, each worker occupies a single, specific space and performs his
job on the motorcycle as it moves via a conveyor. The process of the motorcycle
assembly starts with the frame of the vehicle. The frame serves as the skeleton of
the motorcycle assembly. After assembling various parts of the frame, the fuel tank
and engine is placed. Then next was checking the lighting and then finally was to
check the speed of the motor if it is consistent at a certain period of time.
VI. Equipment Used in each Process

During our tour inside the factory, the conveyor plays a vital role in the assembly
line as the parts was slowly move to different stations for the assembly. Other
equipment used such as hanging pneumatic drills are used in the assembly line for
fast turning of attachments. Remote-controlled devices such as cranes and robotic
arms for lifting and carrying objects are present as well.

VII. Safety Management

The company was strict in terms of safety because all employees wear proper
personal protective equipment. Almost all machines are robotic. They wear a gas
mask to prevent from inhaling the gas used in fuel injection and a spray paint used in
painting the motorcycles. They wear a welding mask to ensure that the welder is safe
from metal sparks and ray of welding.
It is also observable that they wear earplugs since some of the equipment’s
used create a loud noise that may affect their hearing conditions. Also there are
installed emergency alarms per station so that if any incident might happen it was
easily identified.

VIII. Environmental Impact

The company aims to prevent the generation of waste inside the factory or
convert it to zero waste because if there are some defectives outputs the quality
control will take action for the purpose of resolving the issues.
But in terms of emissions of the vehicle during testing they’ll have an assurance
that it is clean since the company passed Euro 3 which means they comply with the
clean air act and environmental act.

IX. Best Practices of the Company

The best practices of the company are to maintained their good product quality
standard so that their customer’s satisfaction will be high combined with life building
technology. Their employees are also competitive and well equipped to conquer this
industry. The company make sure that they comply with the standards set on the
country or even internationally.
X. Observation and Recommendation

Upon entering the vicinity of the company I observed that it was so clean and
has a welcoming atmosphere and as we enter the conference a free cap was provided
to every students and serve as a souvenirs. They present the company profile, its
vision and mission and their product.
Every detail in the process is well elaborated. And the most important thing I
remembered at this company was that use of camera or cellphone is not allowed
during the tour since their equipment’s and processed are really confidential. The
members of HPI staff were very accommodating during the tour.
For this company I don’t have any recommendations since it reach our
expectations and we gained a lot of knowledge inside the factory.

XI. Documentation
I. Name of Company

Gardenia Factory

II. Date of Tour

October 23, 2019

III. Overview and Company Profile

Gardenia's roots go back to Singapore where, in 1978, it began as a humble

in-store bakery. Increasing demand led to the opening of Gardenia's first-commercial
bakery at Pandan Loop in March 1983. Gardenia has since been the market leader in
Singapore and has expanded its operation in Asia to such countries as Malaysia and
Thailand with the latest in the Gardenia chain of bakeries here in the Philippines.
Established in 1997, Gardenia Bakeries Philippines, Inc. started its full operations in
1998 using the largest, most advanced, large-scale bread manufacturing facility that
is fully automated and computer controlled. Over the years, Gardenia has gained wide
acceptance and is now considered as the most widely distributed loaf brand, reaching
many parts of the country.

IV. Raw Materials and Products of the Company

In order to produce a delicious delicacy of gardenia certain materials were used

such as flour that serves as the main ingredient on making the bread. Gardenia
Bakeries Philippines, Inc. produces different bakery goods including breads, loaves,
flavored loaves, toasts, buns, muffins and etc.

V. Processes Involved to Produce their Products

In order to produce a very delicious soft textured loaf classic bread there are
certain procedures that Gardenia follow but they anchored to the traditional bread-
making method which is the American Sponge and Dough. The steps are the
following: (1) Automatic Blending, (2) Production of Sponge Mix (3) Fermentation (4)
Production of Dough Mix (5) Dividing (6) Rounding (7) Check weighing (8) Moulding
(9) Automatic Lidder (10) Final proofing (11) Tunnel Oven (12) Automatic delidder and
depanning (14) Bread cooling (15) Automatic slicing and bagging and last process is
delivering wherein it will transfer to different parts of the Philippines.
VI. Equipment Used in each Process

The equipment used are conveyor, dough mixer, divider, rounder, intermediate
proofing, molder, spiral cooler, slicer, bagging and packing. This equipment is very
acquainted on mechanical engineers since it was all mechanically and automatically
designed.

VII. Safety Management

The company maintain the safety environment inside the factory they make
sure that they comply with the standard safety procedure on conduct of operation. The
equipment’s were maintained weekly so that the quality of the product was still
present. All of the workers are wearing their proper attire inside the factory so that
there were no contaminants that will mix with the products.
Furthermore, the plant was ISO 9001: 2008 certified & HCAPP (Hazard
Analysis and Critical Control Point) certified showing that the company strictly adheres
to the highest standards of safety.

VIII. Environmental Impact

As the company complies with environmental act locally and internationally the
company is achieving the zero waste. According to them once the produced bread
was not sell on the market on the specified date they will collect it again and will be
used as feeds for the fish. In addition, there are also water treatment facilities present
on the factory for the purpose and proper disposing of waste water.

IX. Best Practices of the Company

The company employs a very high and strict practices since they are in food
industry which is sensitive that’s why they aim to provide a clean and qualitative
breads for the consumers.
In addition, they make sure that they’re products was fresh everyday as they
implement the different colors of the tag on the packaging that serves as a day on
which it is produce.
The “G-Locks” help customers know when did the bread was baked and
packed and it is color coded: Tan – Monday, Orange – Tuesday, Yellow – Wednesday,
Blue – Thursday, Green – Friday, Red – Saturday and White – Sunday.
X. Observations and Recommendation

Upon entering the vicinity of the factory I noticed how organized it is considering
the pleasant smell of the bread. There are designated paths to be followed by the
students who conducts their plant visit. The process was clearly shown through the
glass windows along the pathway.
During the whole tour inside the factory I can say that Gardenia can be a
globally recognized bread making factory in the world due its distinctive premises and
very accommodating personnel.

XI. Documentation