Credit Suisse is a leading financial services company who aims to help its clients from all over the world at any time they seek assistance. They operate as an integrated bank, and combine their two global divisions of private banking/wealth management and investment banking, in order to provide customers top-of-the-line high quality service and custom products. Their global divisions are … Continue Reading →

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Today’s visit to VF Corporation was thoroughly informative. When the initial presenter asked our class who had heard of VF or owned any of its clothing, I did not raise my hand because I assumed I was unfamiliar with the brand. However, after witnessing the presentation and looking through one of the pamphlets we were supplied with listing all of … Continue Reading →

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Today our class visited the Sandvik center in Mebane North Carolina. Being a Sweden-based company, the facility we visited today was just one of the dozens of manufacturing facilities under this corporation. The most interesting part of this tour was getting to learn about what the company does and how it impacts the rest of the world with its innovative … Continue Reading →

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Today we got to learn about a facility that everyone in class is familiar with: Elon University. Elon University started in 1889, and was initially thought of as a mediocre academic institution until about 1993. One man with a vision to beautify the campus and expand the student population instigated a journey that took the school from being mediocre to … Continue Reading →

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Today we had the opportunity to tour the Honda Power Equipment facility. This particular visit has been my favorite; the reason behind this is because I drive a Honda and am familiar with their products so the tour and information behind the company was extremely interesting. When hearing about Honda, one would ordinarily think about automobiles. However, Honda Power Equipment … Continue Reading →

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Today’s visit to SAS was thoroughly informative regarding the company’s philosophy and purpose. I found the introduction to the company to be extremely enticing as someone looking for possible career options in the near future. The way employees are treated and the degrees to which they receive benefits are phenomenal. For example, there are on-campus day cares, Starbucks, fitness and … Continue Reading →

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Today’s visit was to the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. This particular trip stood out because of its definite sense of audience interaction. Our tour leader was extremely engaging by the group activities we had to do through the use of team interaction and creative thinking. I was not expecting that we would have to make miniature … Continue Reading →

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Having been built in 2007, the Proximity Hotel is a relatively new addition to Greensboro. The way the designers and architects went about the building was by using a less-is-more approach. For example, in many areas of the hotel, there were cement columns running from the floor to the ceiling, as well as cement on the walls. Instead of covering … Continue Reading →

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Today’s visit to Glen Raven was very hands-on and explanatory in terms of showing us the inner workings of their business. I found the most insightful and interesting aspect of the field trip to be the tour of the factory where all of the fabric is made and assembled. Glen Raven is a textile manufacturer whose services are provided to … Continue Reading →

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LabCorp is a widely recognized medical resource found throughout the nation. Its services can be broken down into two segments: testing and analyzing. The particular location we visited today served as an analyzing facility. This corporation does not focus on any particular medical testing; it provides its customers the ability to check for cancer, genetic conditions, diseases, and several other … Continue Reading →

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