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Credit Suisse Trip
Ben Doster What is Our Mission? The mission statement of Credit Suisse is “The Credit Suisse commitment to the visual arts in Switzerland takes two forms: while Cultural Sponsorship supports the exhibition activities of leading art institutions in the country, the Art Unit is building up a collection of works by contemporary Swiss and Switzerland-based artists”. Our tour guide … Continue Reading
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VF Visit
Ben Doster What is Our Missison? The mission statement of VF is “Ours is a perpetually driven culture, focused on constant innovation. Using deep research and insights, we combine the art and science of apparel to create products that excite consumers and brands that inspire loyalty. We responsibly manage the industry’s most efficient and complex supply chain, which … Continue Reading
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Sandvik Visit
Ben Doster What is Our Mission? The mission statement of Sandvik is “Sandvik Coromant is the world’s leading supplier of tools, tooling solutions, and know-how to the metalworking industry. With extensive investments in research and development, we create unique innovations and set new productivity standards together with our customers. These include the world’s major automotive, aerospace, and energy … Continue Reading
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Elon University
Ben Doster What is our Mission? The mission statement of Elon University is “Elon University embraces its founders’ vision of an academic community that transforms mind, body, and spirit and encourages freedom of thought and liberty of conscience”. Our speaker was quick to explain how Elon is living up to the mission statement by continuing to expand and admit … Continue Reading
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Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing Inc.
Ben Doster What is Our Mission? The mission statement of Honda is “Maintaining a global viewpoint, we are dedicated to supplying products of the highest quality, yet at a reasonable price for worldwide customer satisfaction”. This was evident when we took a tour of the facility today. Our tour guide kept stressing to us how important it was that … Continue Reading
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SAS Review
Ben Doster What is our Mission? It is the mission of SAS to turn data collected in by a company into insightful information that can be used by a company to profit and grow. They have the capability to discover why a company’s current data system is not working and fix the problem with it. The main purpose … Continue Reading
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Proximity Hotel Visit
Ben Doster From the start, it was clear that the mission of the Proximity Hotel was to create a hotel that was Leed Platinum certified. It was very important to the owners that they create not only a “green” hotel but also one that was still considered to be four star luxury. This meant that the hotel management could not … Continue Reading
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Glen Raven Visit
Ben Doster Peter F. Drucker’s five most important questions you will ever ask about your organization are as follows: what is our mission? Who is our customer? What does the customer value? And most importantly, What is our plan? These five questions were answered today on our Glen Raven visit. It was clear that the mission of Glen Raven was … Continue Reading
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LabCorp Visit
Growing up just thirty minutes from this business, I found it strange that I had no clue how large LabCorp truly is. I went into this tour knowing that the company specializes in scientific activities, however, I did not know exactly which field they were in. As it turns out, LabCorp is a worldwide company with a lab in just … Continue Reading
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