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The Internship Begins
| Posted on May 27, 2009 at 12:30 PM |
Frito-Lay. The world leader in snack food with 70% of the market. Owned by Pepsico, the parent of Pepsi Bottling Group, Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, and... of course... Frito-Lay. I've been at work two weeks as an intern in the Potato Chip (PC) department. Orlando is home one of Frito-Lay North America's core plants, where the staple products of Lay's (and Lay's Wavy, Lay's BBQ and various other seasonings), Doritos, Tostitos, Cheetos, and Fritos are made. They are produced on the floor and then sent to the attached warehouse before being sent to the distribution centers across the state--which are handled by the SalesOps team. The Orlando plant provides for core products for the state of Florida.
And here I am. Essentially, I'm working on operator-friendly standard operating procedures for the manufacturing equipment and taking charge of a processing change in Orlando that affects all of FLNA. [Frito Lay North America... the abbreviation encompassing our plant and all North American operations]
I'm here until the beginning of August, where we head to an intern conference in Atlanta. After that, I plan on staying another week until school starts back up, as this job has been extremely "Good Fun!" thus far. The people are also great to work with.
I never knew there was so much to potato chips.
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First year engineering internship with Frito Lay North America, second year with General Electric
Five year background in Operations Management
Lean Manufacturing Methods, Kaizen, and Kanban Knowledge
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