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Credit Suisse
Today we visited Credit Suisse. The official mission of the organization we visited today is “to leverage geographic diversity and new sources of talent to create a cost effective global business support center that provides both operational and technological resiliency.” The specific function of the building we came to today tends to be more centered in developing talent and helping Credit … Continue Reading
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VF
Today we visited VF corporation. Walking in I did not realize just how massive of a corporation it is, I had no idea that Timberland, Northface, Wrangler and Lee’s were all subsidiaries of the same organization. VF’s mission is “to grow lifestyle brands that excite customers around the world.” The entire business revolves around its brands. Northface is meant for … Continue Reading
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Sandvick
Today we visited Sandvick, a manufacturing company that produces metal cutting objects. The specific plant we went to accounts for about 10% of the productivity in manufacturing throughout Sandvick. The company was started in Sweden over 150 years ago by a man who invented a machine that could mass produce metal objects. The interesting thing about the company we visited … Continue Reading
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Elon University
Today we learned about our own University and how it operates as a business. Elon University’s mission is to provide a life changing education for it’s students. 20 years ago Elon was a safety school, they would take whoever they could possibly get. In that though Elon was a place where many students could get an education that may not … Continue Reading
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Honda
Honda’s mission is to provide a quality product for there customers. Honda can at times be pricier than their competitors but they have the highest quality goods. The customers of Honda value their quality. One example that was given to us today was that the Honda lawnmowers can last upwards of 15 years. This is just one example of the … Continue Reading
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SAS
Today we went to SAS, an informational and big data analytics company. It is considered one of the best companies to work for in the entire world and has campuses everywhere from Greensboro to Singapore to France. Their main customers are made up of companies needing information analyzed and stored. They tend to take big data and find what parts … Continue Reading
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Center for Creative Leadership
Today we went to the Center for Creative Leadership. The Center was started when the creator of Vick’s Vapo Rub realized that although he had surrounded himself with intelligent people he had not surrounded himself within enough leaders. After having been a huge success he eventually created the Center for Creative Leadership so that research could be conducted and better … Continue Reading
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Glen Raven
Today we visited Glen Raven for our trip. Glen Raven is a massive international corporation that was started by the Gant family. Glen Raven itself is a textile company which tends to manufacture different fabrics for use on a variety of products around the world. The mission statement says, “Enhancing life for Global consumers with the world’s most innovatice fabric-based, … Continue Reading
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LabCorp
LabCorp today gave me and interesting insight into the world medicine beyond the doctors office. It was very interesting to see how a company like that operated. With a company such as LabCorp it is not surprising that they are publicly traded, what I found most interesting about LabCorp though was their takeover mentality. The company sets aside money just … Continue Reading
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