Industrial Visit to Yakult Danone India Pvt Ltd
As a part of its endeavour to help the students gain latest first hand information regarding functioning of the Industry and engaging them in active learning experiences outside the classroom, Corporate Resource Cell of Asian Business School organised an Industrial Visit for its PGDM – I Year students to Yakult Danone India (P) Ltd on 2 November 2017.
Yakult Danone India (P) Ltd is a 50:50 Joint Venture between Yakult Honsha, Japan and Groupe Danone, France, both of whom are global leaders in Probiotics. In India, Yakult is manufactured at an ISO 9001:2008, HACCP and OHSAS 18001:2007 certified manufacturing facility in Industrial township of Sonepat, Haryana.
The visit started with a presentation by the company personnel in form of a brief introduction about the origin of probiotics, brief about the Company, its distribution network in India and current position on the global platform.
Students were taken for a factory visit and every step in the process of manufacturing of the probiotic health drink, Yakult, starting with germination of the Lactobacillus Casei strain Shirota (LcS) bacteria, enlarging it to the desired production levels, role of Quality Control department, packing of the final product were explained to the students. All the queries of students were answered by the company guides.
Students participated with enough zeal to make the visit pretty much interactive, meanwhile gaining decent knowledge about Production, Quality Control, Marketing and Operations regarding functioning of the Company
