Thursday, April 22
Happy Earth Day!
7:30 AM
The students were joined by Mr. Joseph Sullivan, President of CalEnergy for breakfast, who shared with them a bit about the company’s background, contribution to the Philippines, and CSR projects.
9:00 AM
Today’s company visits were located in the South, and first stop was at Sunpower in Binan, Laguna, after several wrong turns. Once again, Mr. Rey Mella, Site Director, and Mr. Jong Jimenez found themselves welcoming the newest batch of participants for the third straight year as BOP sponsors.Founded in 1985, Sunpower is the world leader in the solar industry, delivering the world’s highest efficient solar products globally. Production began in the Philippines in 2004, with
diversified channels in residential, commercial, power plant and utility sectors abroad. Sunpower manufactures in the U.S., Philippines, Malaysia, China and Mexico.
During the informative presentation, the students got the chance to ask questions on solar panels for automotives, discussions with the DOE regarding the grid policy, alternative sources of energy during the rainy season, and criteria in choosing locations for installation of solar panels.
Afterwards, the participants were given a line tour, led by senior process engineers.
1:00 PM
Running a bit behind schedule, the bus headed straight for Ford Philippines in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, where Ms. Annika Salceda, VP for Communications, and her team briefed the students about Ford’s formidable background, aided by an impressive video of the company’s different vehicle models around the world, product launches and CSR initiatives in different countries, various accolades and visibility in the media.
The Ford team fielded questions about local availability of certain foreign vehicle models and coping with the U.S. automotive industry crisis, then gave the students a safety briefing about the plant tour, wherein the students had the chance to see the assembly line, painting and quality assurance areas.
diversified channels in residential, commercial, power plant and utility sectors abroad. Sunpower manufactures in the U.S., Philippines, Malaysia, China and Mexico.During the informative presentation, the students got the chance to ask questions on solar panels for automotives, discussions with the DOE regarding the grid policy, alternative sources of energy during the rainy season, and criteria in choosing locations for installation of solar panels.
Afterwards, the participants were given a line tour, led by senior process engineers.
1:00 PM
Running a bit behind schedule, the bus headed straight for Ford Philippines in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, where Ms. Annika Salceda, VP for Communications, and her team briefed the students about Ford’s formidable background, aided by an impressive video of the company’s different vehicle models around the world, product launches and CSR initiatives in different countries, various accolades and visibility in the media.
The Ford team fielded questions about local availability of certain foreign vehicle models and coping with the U.S. automotive industry crisis, then gave the students a safety briefing about the plant tour, wherein the students had the chance to see the assembly line, painting and quality assurance areas.3:45 PM
Back on the road in search of a Mc
Donald’s (in-kind BOP sponsor) for a very late lunch, the sandwiches provided back at Ford not cutting it. Most of the tired students took the opportunity to catch a nap. Made a rest
Donald’s (in-kind BOP sponsor) for a very late lunch, the sandwiches provided back at Ford not cutting it. Most of the tired students took the opportunity to catch a nap. Made a rest stop at a McDonald’s at a Shell station along SLEX before rushing off to Alabang for the last company visit of the day.
5:15 PM
A welcoming committee from Integra was situated at the front steps of the Paragon building as the BOP bus pulled up, almost an hour late. In the stylish conference room, the Integra team encouraged the students to introduce themselves and mention an admirable trait about the person sitting next to them. By this time, after spending a week together, the adaptable and outgoing students were already comfortable with
each other, thoroughly enjoying the icebreaker.
The team then engaged the students in an
A welcoming committee from Integra was situated at the front steps of the Paragon building as the BOP bus pulled up, almost an hour late. In the stylish conference room, the Integra team encouraged the students to introduce themselves and mention an admirable trait about the person sitting next to them. By this time, after spending a week together, the adaptable and outgoing students were already comfortable with
each other, thoroughly enjoying the icebreaker.The team then engaged the students in an
interactive presentation about the company, giving them an overview of the BPO industry and teaching them self-awareness tools such as the Johari Window and the DISC Dimensions of Behavior.
After dinner, the students visited the two offices of Integra for a mid-shift tour of the call centers.
7:45 PM
While it was another fulfilling field trip, the day wasn’t done for the st
After dinner, the students visited the two offices of Integra for a mid-shift tour of the call centers.
7:45 PM
While it was another fulfilling field trip, the day wasn’t done for the st
udents as the bus brought them back to Makati, another long night of working on the case study stretching ahead of them.
