{"id":96,"date":"2014-06-05T22:46:33","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T03:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/costarica2014\/?p=96"},"modified":"2014-06-05T22:46:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T03:46:48","slug":"got-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/costarica2014\/2014\/06\/05\/got-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"Got Pride?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The people of Costa Rica are marvelous, very friendly, good spirited, and always aiming to please.\u00a0 The staff at our hotel continues to reach out to us, and make us use what Spanish we know, for any request.\u00a0 One phrase I have gotten down at breakfast is Mas Caf\u00e9 con leche, por favor? \u00a0You can\u2019t just have one or two or three or even four cups, it really is just that good.<\/p>\n

Today, was a long day, but one filled with much learning and experiences. We first traveled to the East side of town to visit Vitec Videocom Limitada, this company makes television shows, movies and sporting events happen, they produce the worlds best quality cameras, camera accessories and services.\u00a0 We were able to sit in their board room and ask the tough questions to one of the senior managers of the plant.\u00a0 Afterwards, we took a tour of one of the most technology advance manufacturing plants in all of Costa Rica.\u00a0 This plant has also won an award for being one of the best places to work in all of Latin America, and when asked how they did it, Don John informed us that their greatest assets were their people.\u00a0 They had pride in doing their work and being the best of the best of the best which really showed in their products, and throughout their facility.<\/p>\n

After a quick stop at a local mall, which seemed very similar to one you would find in the states, it was off to Dos Pinos, a dairy producing plant. \u00a0Upon arrival, we were given a tour of the facility, which was a sprawling complex on a few hectors of land.\u00a0 The facility consisted of several operations outside of dairy, but related.\u00a0 Dos Pinos, supported the farmers which had the dairy cows, and had food, along with a farming supply store, additionally, they had a recycling plant where they collected the used packaging of their products to make chairs, desk and roofs.\u00a0 We then entered their dairy processing plant, where the first thing you saw was a board, tracking their resource use; electricity, gas, water, waste, etc.\u00a0 Costa Rica is very concerned with preserving nature, and this board was a reminder for all who worked there the goal of the company to be carbon neutral.\u00a0 \u00a0The small company had grown into one of the largest dairy producers, now doing business in 16 counties, including China and the United States.\u00a0 The tour guide again informed us that their success was base on their people and their pride.<\/p>\n

\"ViTec\"<\/a>\"ViTec<\/a>What a powerful force, peoples pride; it can act as a multiplier to create a good business into a great business.\u00a0 I have always know about American pride, and now \u00a0I have been given the chance to see another countries pride, and how it plays a role in their daily life, along with their working life, from highly technical manufacturing to producing milk, it\u2019s the people of the company and country that make it great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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