5/13/13

Another Monday, another early start. We headed out today at 8:30 to catch the city bus to the University. There, we listened to the lectures that each of the groups had prepared for the five companies. It was very interesting as well as informative. Although everyone else had already seen the presentations, it was my first time seeing all of them because I had been gone on the day that we presented them back in Pittsburgh. The five companies were Lan, Indomita, Centauros, Bosques, and Hela. Lan is a regionally airline company, that is expanding to more international business.  Indomita, which was the company my group was assigned, is a winery that does mostly domestic wines, but has some exporting business as well. Centauros is a canning company focused mostly on tomato-based products, but expanding into other things such as peaches and onions. Bosques is one of the two mushroom farms located in all of Chile. Hela is a tool making plant that focuses a lot on brushes. Because our group had already been to the first two, but not the last three, it was interesting to learn about what the companies had in store. After our presentations, along with a good discussion about the differences between Chilean and American culture, we took the bus back to the hotel. We all got changed for the soccer match we were to have with the Chilean students and then departed to the mall for a quick lunch.  I also got ice cream at the mall, which I would come to find out after about an hour of soccer, was not very smart. Anyway, we split up into four teams and rotated teams based on whoever won. Our team did pretty well, but it was easy to tell that everyone lost his or her motivation by the end of everything. After that, we went back to the mall for dinner and finally made it back to the hotel for the night. Tomorrow we are going to have an early morning and visit the final three companies. So, until tomorrow…