The integrated plant survey was conducted at King James Processed Meat Products located at Pinalad Road in Pasig City.The off campus Integrated Plant Survey was conducted to expose a group of students assigned to the company, on the various managerial aspects of actual meat processing operations and enable them to apply the theories and principles of the four core managerial functions learned in the 20 weeks training program. With this in mind, the students realizes the value of an Integrated Plant Survey, specifically the opportunity to broaden ones knowledge on the various aspects of the meat processing through an exposure to a plant operations survey.
Purpose of the report
This report primarily aims to apply and link the knowledge, principles and theories learned in the UP ISSI Managers course in an actual business environment, Equipped with these learnings and member’s individual experiences, the group aims to present an evaluation and assessment of the existing conditions of King James Processed Meat Products. It involves the review of both strong points (strength) as well as the business deficiencies (weaknesses) in the four core managerial functions namely: marketing, Operations, Personnel and finance. In this report the group will attempt to identify where the company is weak and define the existing deficiencies and indicate the priority in finding the solutions. This report shall detect which shortcomings can be overcome through concerted effort of the company’s management and its personnel, either independently or through external assistance to properly address and solve the some of identified problem/s.
Methodologies
A. Interviews
An ocular inspection of the Processing plant was done twice , the 1st plant visit was done May 30 and the 2nd plant visit was conducted June 6. During these visits, the group collected information/data through interviews conducted with the key informants – the owner, the production