Gallo Winery
CSU Stanislaus
E&J Gallo Winery Plant Tour paper
Stephan Jimenez
Professor Kidd
OM 3010
2013 October, 14
E&J Gallo Winery Plant Tour paper
The Gallo Winery plant tour was an awesome experience for me. I have always been curious about how a product was made from start to finish, and after the Gallo tour I have many questions answered. In this paper you will learn many different things about how a production plant runs and what they continually do to make improvements in all aspects of their business. Some focal points of this paper will be on the Gallo Winery operational strategy, what type of processes are utilized in the plant, and whether this company uses a lean production process or not. So how big of a company do you think E & J Gallo Winery is in the wine business? Well let me give you some background information about Gallo Winery before we get into the core of their operations. E & J Gallo Winery is a name that originated from the east coast. The company started in 1933, as a small winery on 11th st in Modesto, California. Now in 2013, the company is the largest winery company in the world. With a wide variety of products such as Boones Farms, tequila imported from Mexico, rum, brandy, sangria, and chardonnay. There biggest selling product in the world is currently Barefoot. They distribute to ninety countries world –wide, mostly shipping out of the Oakland port but do also work out of the New Jersey Port. Gallo has a company goal to launch three to five new products a month, and to double their business every ten years. The company employs 5000 people, which 3600 of them are located at the Modesto Gallo Winery plant. Of these Gallo employees sixteen percent work in bottling and cellar which is one of the most important departments in the company. Some important things that bottling and cellar employees do are they execute the plans to produce the products safely and efficiently by receiving,
E&J Gallo Winery Plant Tour paper
Stephan Jimenez
Professor Kidd
OM 3010
2013 October, 14
E&J Gallo Winery Plant Tour paper
The Gallo Winery plant tour was an awesome experience for me. I have always been curious about how a product was made from start to finish, and after the Gallo tour I have many questions answered. In this paper you will learn many different things about how a production plant runs and what they continually do to make improvements in all aspects of their business. Some focal points of this paper will be on the Gallo Winery operational strategy, what type of processes are utilized in the plant, and whether this company uses a lean production process or not. So how big of a company do you think E & J Gallo Winery is in the wine business? Well let me give you some background information about Gallo Winery before we get into the core of their operations. E & J Gallo Winery is a name that originated from the east coast. The company started in 1933, as a small winery on 11th st in Modesto, California. Now in 2013, the company is the largest winery company in the world. With a wide variety of products such as Boones Farms, tequila imported from Mexico, rum, brandy, sangria, and chardonnay. There biggest selling product in the world is currently Barefoot. They distribute to ninety countries world –wide, mostly shipping out of the Oakland port but do also work out of the New Jersey Port. Gallo has a company goal to launch three to five new products a month, and to double their business every ten years. The company employs 5000 people, which 3600 of them are located at the Modesto Gallo Winery plant. Of these Gallo employees sixteen percent work in bottling and cellar which is one of the most important departments in the company. Some important things that bottling and cellar employees do are they execute the plans to produce the products safely and efficiently by receiving,