After spending almost 2 months joining Food Processing Training, I decided to go to the Industries Tour which is held by Dharma Wanita Kabupaten Subang on December 18th.
I’ve got an announcement from BBM, asking for a stay at the meeting point before the departure at 04.30 AM. Actually, I can’t sleep at night, because… yeah… I always sleep after 00.00 AM. I woke up and took a bath immediately, then went to the meeting point as soon as possible with my mom, I worried I’d be late. But, the truth is we’re going at 06.00 AM. We need to wait for other people who came late, wait for the seat fighting because some of them didn’t like to sit with unknown people (best friend is better), and wait for the participant who still searching for a better seat even knew the committee already set it.
I sat on the back side with our food processing team, with nothing to do except sleep hehe
Because we’re late so much, we face jamming everywhere.
1. because we’re blocked by the manufacturing worker
2. because it’s a working day
3. because the road is repaired
4. because it’s the rainy season
So, we arrived at 10.30 AM and it was enough to make my bottom painful.
The factory is placed on Sukabumi and Bogor border under Salak Mountain, we need to cross over some of the regencies. Although there are so many manufacturers built up, the road condition is awful, very dangerous. I was amazed by our bus driver, he could bring us to the small and awful emergency bridge which was still in the repair process. Thank you.
After going through many obstacles hehe we finally arrived!!! It’s kind of Cikarang but for the food industry area, I saw some of the familiar food brands built by manufacturers there, such as Indofood, Indo Es Krim Meiji, etc (I forgot the rest). The profit of building manufacturers near the mountain is, that they could have fresh and clean mineral water. Good choice !!!
You C 1000
We were accepted by a young woman from the PR department who directed us into the hall (most of us went to the washroom first), after we sat she explained the rules, no bag, no photos, and no children. Then she handed us to a man who would lead us walking around the plant. I guess it’s a daily hard job for him, he needs to lead more than 40 people in 2 groups (some of them have not yet visited the factory before, sorry if we’re rude hehe) and must be ready to accept the questions and suggestions directly).
1st place is the warehouse, he showed us the sugar stock and the frozen essence storage which cooled at 22 degrees. Some of the materials are imported from other countries because Indonesian suppliers had difficulties with the high standards of the factory.
2nd place is the WWTP, it’s the place of waste processing, and the result could be used as fertilizer for farmers around the manufacture.
3rd place is the water filter.
4th place is the production line, we’ve seen the process from the beginning (compounding) until packaging (ready to deliver).
We came back to the hall to hear the company profile explanation. You C 1000 is a brand of healthy drink with a Japanese license owned by PT. Djoyonegoro. Still used imported material because the quality standard guarantee, only had 3 taste variants because this factory produced only not developing. Used around 400 workers for checked machine work which makes this manufacturer hygienic and has faster production. Also, it had a beautiful brand ambassador from Miss World, that makes sense right? hehe
During lunchtime the PR woman asked us to sing, of course, there was always a singer in a group, no need for a long time to make us sing hehe surprisingly she had every song that we asked, is it an old song or a new song, pop or dangdut, she had !!! So please raise your voice… What you need is asking.
Behind our seats, there is a big rack that displays the souvenirs from the visitors, which can be a certificate, posters, statues, plates, etc. As a visitor, I agree our souvenirs are displayed like that because we feel our arrival is appreciated seriously. Near the rack there are kind of workbench that functions as a counter, we could buy You C 1000 products at a cheaper price from retail. Rp. 20,000 / 6 bottle and Rp. 100,000 / 24 bottles. Also, they gave us a goodie bag (1 bottle of healthy water, 3 bottles of healthy drinks, and a pen) Thank you !!!
Yakult
The distance from You C 1000 to Yakult manufacture is not far away, just 5 minutes maybe. We were directed to the production line by the PR guy as soon as possible, he explained well because most of his explanations were displayed above the windows, besides that there was a monitor who showed us the process, which made us understand more quickly.
1st placed we saw the compounding process, then the mixing process, and then the packaging process until ready for delivery. Just for information, they produced the bottle by themself, so we can see how the bottle was molded. A woman beside me commented about the packaging process to her friend, and she said “Meni siga rinyuh…” / “It looks like termites” because the bottle moved dynamically on the conveyor.
After that went to the hall to hear the explanation from the PR guy. Yakult is a brand of healthy drink that uses bacteria for the fermentation process, the founder is Prof (sorry, I forgot) and he discovered the benefit of bacteria. Bla… Bla… Bla… (I skipped the rest because went to the washroom). Then, we had to recycle the waste into clean water as you can see in front of the office, ohh… I guessed it’s a kind of mini artificial pool, just for decoration hehe. They planned to build a new manufacturer in Sumatra and Sulawesi to fulfill market requests from the whole world.
In the lobby, they displayed Yakult products, for other countries had a bigger size than Indonesian (appropriate for Indonesian buying ability) and other product which is not selling in Indonesia. Yakult factory price is more expensive Rp. 500 (Rp. 7,500) than the retail price (Rp. 7,000). I don’t know why… maybe because of the increased fuel price (IDR). We’ve got a tiny tissue box as merchandise. Thank you too !!!
Note: The fact is, Rp. 7,500 is the newest Yakult price which is valid from January 1st, 2015 (I asked the Yakult lady)
I thought every big manufacturer in Indonesia must have programs like both of factory. Besides we’ll know how to make the product, it’s become a profitable soft promotion. They even set the visitors track, to ensure we could see the production line without bothering the process.
As a visitor, if we knew the place, the process, the production line, etc at least we would share with other people (like I did, now) about what we’ve got and we would explain the product benefit FREE, then continue, then continue and continue… We came as a visitor and came back as shadow sellers hehe
All of the factory visit programs of You C 1000 and Yakult are FREE charge, what we need is rent the transportation (bus) and money for buying factory price products. Seriously, You C 1000 give Hoka-Hoka Bento as a lunch and Yakult gives a surfeited snack. Everybody is happy, we’ve got the experience and the factory got the promotion. I can say it’s a kind of Symbiosis Mutualism.
We go back to Subang in the afternoon, the weather isn’t nice, and a small rain ends our tour. Nothing to do except sleep right?
The bus stopped at a small gift center beside the main way, I was not interested in buying anything, so I stayed on the bus hehe. And I did it for the second stop at the Purwakarta area. I just want to arrive safely at my home.
I arrived at 11.30 PM, and my mom picked up me on the town square. I slept directly and woke up lately huhuhu
