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Internship 01 Report: Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering International University-VNU HCM
Internship 01 Report: Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering International University-VNU HCM
Engineering
International University-VNU HCM
INTERNSHIP 01 REPORT
Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................3
CHAPTER 2. GENERAL .....................................................................................................3
CHAPTER 3. COMPANIES .................................................................................................4
A. HEINIKEN VIETNAM ....................................................................................................4
B. SAIGON NEWPORT CORPORATION ...........................................................................9
C. ACECOOK VIETNAM .................................................................................................. 13
D. AJINOMOTO VIETNAM .............................................................................................. 18
E. YAKULT VIETNAM ..................................................................................................... 22
CHAPTER 4. CONCLUSION............................................................................................. 27
CHAPTER 5. REFERENCES ............................................................................................. 27
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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
to put all the knowledge they gained from the courses of Logistics and Supply Chain
To complete this course, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering has organized some
field trips for students to visit five companies and factories. In addition, students should observe
carefully how the production processes work. In each company, there is a guide man who would
introduce about his company and answer all the students’ questions. After the field trips, students
will have to write a report to show what they have comprehended through the visiting.
CHAPTER 2. GENERAL
international brewers.
2. Saigon Newport Corporation: The most modern, professional and biggest container
terminal operator in Vietnam with the sea-port operation services like: cargo
strong position in the market while providing instant processed products with high
4. Ajinomoto Vietnam: With amino acids at the core, Ajinomoto Group is conducting
business in three fields utilizing their high technology and innovation: Food, Bio-fine
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by producing various products to satisfy the demand of consumers all over the world.
5. Yakult Vietnam: A pioneer in the field of Probiotics, providing dairy products that
currently.
- Production processes and storage (input, output, production, storage): reporting the
manufacturing process, the IE process, storage, storage of raw materials and finished
products
- Working policy: metioning about the workers and working environment of the
companies/factories.
CHAPTER 3. COMPANIES
A. HEINIKEN VIETNAM
1. General overview
150 years, brews and distributes over 250 beer & cider brands in
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now the second largest brewer in Vietnam with more than 3,000 employees. HEINEKEN
BIVINA, Desperados, Affligem and Strongbow cider. HEINEKEN has six breweries
across Vietnam, in Hanoi, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Ho Chi Minh City – District 12, Vung
Vietnam by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) based on the
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2. Characteristics
- Become The Green Brewery Factory, which reduces the energy comsumption is long-
term target of all factories directly under in the HEINIKEN Vietnam Brewery Limited
Company. Over the past three years, HEINIKEN Vietnam has reduced its energy
consumption by 12% and will continue to grow by 15% (compared to 2010) in 2015.
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HEINIKEN Vietnam is also planning to reduce the water consumption producing beer,
from 3.6 liters of water producing 1 liter of beer into 2.5 liters of water producing 1 liter
the highest capacity of 6 million liters of waterwaste per day, the system ensures that all
the waterwaste of the factories will be processed in a closed loop before discharging into
the environment.
- Waterwaste process will produce biogas which contains about 70 to 85% Methane. This
biogas is now being recycled and consumed in the reactors, contributing to the reduction
of fuel and air pollution and also helping HEINIKEN Vietnam to save up an amount of 5
- In addition, to become The Green Brewery Factory, HEINIKEN Vietnam has recycled
used materials, supervised the process of waste products as well as measured and reduced
the carbon footprint in the supply chain management. All of the forklifts in the factory are
operated by the non-contaminated, which also reduces the noise pollution in the
production area.
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3. Production process
Milling: The brewing process starts with grinding malt. Malt from the silo is
Mashing: Ground malt and water are heated in a mash ton allowing starch to be
Wort Filtration: The mixture of malt and water which is called mash is filtered
Boiling with hops: Hops are added to boiling wort to enhance the taste and aroma
Wort clarification and cooling: The mixture of hops and wort is whirl to remove
hop sentiments. The wort is then cooled at 9 degrees Celsius and the air is added
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Filtration: The mature beer is there a filter to remove the remaining traces of
HEINEKEN provides its employees with a safe and hygienic working environment and
safety and health aspects within its facilities, including the provision of personal
protective equipment when and where necessary. Working conditions should allow for
safe working practices and support the occupational health and well-being of employees.
They have been maintaining a policy aimed at continuous improvement of our health and
safety performance.
1. General overview
Newport Corporation has become the most modern, professional and biggest container
terminal operator in Vietnam with the sea -port operation services like: cargo handling,
Logistics, Maritime services, salvage, pilot, real estate, office building, civil and military
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construction and multi-modal transportation services. In the present time, the SNP holds
the leading market share among the terminal operators in Vietnam. The import-export
container throughput of SNP has accounted for more than 90 % of the market share in Ho
2. Characteristics
and production on 3 core businesses: Port Operation, Logistics Services, and Sea
- Tan Cang- Cat Lai Terminal is now the biggest and most modern international container
terminal in Vietnam in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City. Tan Cang- Cat Lai terminal is
located near the Industrial Parks and Processing zones in the North of Ho Chi Minh city
and those of Binh Duong & Dong Nai provinces. The total area of Tan Cang- Cat Lai
Terminal is nearly 800,000 sqm. Cat Lai terminals 7 berths with the total length of 1,189
meters which have been equipped with 17 Modern Panamax Quayside Gantry
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Cranes.The new terminal management and operation software system namely TOP-X
provided by the RBS (Australia) and the corresponding hardware of the terminal allow
the container management in the real time as well as optimize the terminal capability,
reduce the cargo receipt/delivery time and create the utilities for the customers. Tan
Cang- Cat Lai is the first choice of the consignees and shippers of the south thanks to its
3. System operation
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Terminal layout
When containers want to get in the terminal they will move to gate A and show the
necessary vouchers for the customs and securities. Then the port will help them pick up
Which ships they have to stop at the terminal A, B, C depends on their schedules and
their time.
- Workers are trained well in order to adapt to the quick moving environment.
- Officers are good at English so that they can communicate easily with foreign partners.
- Due to the military environment, rules and policies must be strictly followed, which
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C. ACECOOK VIETNAM
1. General overview
nutritional values.
2. Characteristics
- Bring satisfaction, happiness, and peace of mind to the consumers through convenient,
Vietnamese Taste”.
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environment with attractive welfares so that the employees can feel assured to work and
- Commit to comply with the laws, ensure food safety standards, and be environment
friendly.
- Actively operate to improve life quality, bring happiness and smiles to people and
3. Production process
Chemical – physical laboratory: Noodles are mainly made from wheat flour whilst
yellow color formed by turmeric extract. Ingredients of the seasoning sachets consist of
dried vegetables, spices, and refined oil. Instant cup noodles contain other dried
ingredients such as eggs, shrimp, chicken, pork, etc. Packets, cups, bowls, and trays are
made of materials which are safe for human health in accordance with Vietnamese and
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international regulations. 100% of ingredients are strictly inspected, tested and meet the
Mixing: Via an enclosed pipe system, wheat flour and mixture fluid are pumped into the
mixer from the stainless steel container and mixed evenly by automatic equipment
Rolling: After being mixed, the dough is transferred to the roller via the conveyor
system. The noodle belt is pressed gradually by pairs of rough and fined rollers until it
reaches the required elasticity and thickness according to the specification of each type of
product.
Cutting: The noodle belt is slitted into large, small, round, flat shapes with different sizes
Steaming: The noodles are gelatinized and cooked in a sealed steam chamber. The
source of heat is generated from a modern heating system combined with standard
Quantitative cutting and shaping: Passing through the conveyor to the cutter and
cutting board, the noodles are cut into certain length and drop down to the feeder and put
into the mold to form the shape for the noodles. Depending on the types of product,
noodles are formed in a square shape, round shape, or other shapes for cups, bowls, trays,
etc.
Drying: After being steamed, the noodles are conveyed through a modern drying system
to reduce the moisture of the noodles to the lowest level and to help preserving the
product for five or six months. There are two drying methods:
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(Vietnamese standards) and Codex to ensure that the oil is always fresh.
Cooling: With the automatic cooling system utilizing fresh air from the natural
environment which is filtered with modern devices, the temperature of noodles after
Spice sachets adding: After cooling, seasoning packets of different flavors will be added
Film packaging and expiry date printing: After adding sufficiently seasoning packets
for each product, the noodle block is packed in films to make a finished noodle packet.
The expiry date is printed on the package during the packing process.
Quality checking: After packing, finished noodle packs shall go in turn through the
detectors and weighing instrument to check for metal and abnormal object and standard
Carton packaging and storaging: Finished products are packed in cases in accordance
with the requirements of each product. The case will be printed with manufacture date,
stored, and inspected by Quality Assurance Department one more time before being
* Different products will have a different formula and processes, other powder mixing
time, timer cooking varies, and this requires many parallel lines, many plants with only a
few types of manufactured products. This can cause enormous pressure on planning team.
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* With manufacturing plants throughout the country, each just a few special products. An
underlying problem is logistics problem, how to ship products from a plant across the
* Production time using 6 months from date of manufacture, the storage period of the
- Workers must wear protective gear and ensure personal hygiene before working. They
work in professional environment with modern production lines. Therefore, labors only
imported from Japan. The factory is always kept clean and safe.
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D. AJINOMOTO VIETNAM
1. General overview
significant advances in Food and Health and by working for Life”. We have contributed
- With amino acids at the core, Ajinomoto Group is conducting business in three fields
utilizing our high technology and innovation: Food, Bio-fine and Pharmaceuticals and
Health. Ajinomoto Group now has 119 plants and many representative offices in 27
countries and regions and more than 33,000 employees worldwide. The Ajinomoto
Group our various products are distributed to more than 130 countries and regions,
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2. Characteristics
- Ajinomoto Vietnam was established in 1991 with 100% foreign investment from
Ajinomoto group (around 8 million VND). Up to now, Ajinomoto has always been
keeping the momentum of development and extending the productivity of the products.
- Ajinomoto Vietnam has 2 head offices in Ho Chi Minh City and in Hanoi and 2 factories
including Ajinomoto Bien Hoa from 1991 and Ajinomoto Long Thanh from 2008. On the
other hand, there are 5 big distribution centers at Hai Duong, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Dong
Nai and Can Tho with 57 agencies and 235 sale-team nationwide.
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3. Production process
Upstream Process
MSG follows a generic bioprocess flow. A generic bioprocess flow is the Fermentation
process. The fermentation process starts with realising sugar of it's acids. The sugar is
then added little by little to avoid disadvantaging effects of high amounts of sugar.
Scaling Up.
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At the start of the process Glutamate is kept in separate shake flasks. They are set at high
volumes.
Fermentation.
Oleic acid is added to the mixture. The temperature is set to 33 Celsius degrees.
Throughout the process the tempreture is raised and lowered until Monosodium
Glutamate is created.
Downstream Process
Extraction
The fermentation is the used to get red of unwanted material.
Crystallization
The product is then stored for 2 days at 20 Celsius degrees for it to crystalize.
Polishing
The product is then put in water and dissolves and is converted to monosodium salt. They
then turned into crystals and is left out to dry and ready for use.
- There are more than 2,350 employees working at Ajinomoto Vietnam Company. The
employees of Ajinomoto Vietnam at all positions are the most valuable assets that the
Company possesses. It is the employee who is the critical workforce to foster the growth
of Ajinomoto Vietnam to become one of the leading food companies in Vietnam in more
than 20 years. Eventually, Ajinomoto Vietnam makes every endeavor to build up and
transparent HR System.
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- Ajinomoto Vietnam has an ambition to retain the employees for their long service in
which the employees feel confident to decide to develop their career in the Company.
The Company, consequently, is bearing the utmost responsibility for supporting the
employees with competitive benefits such as: salary, allowance, bonus, gift, 24-hour
personal accident, on-job training and off-job training, vacation and Ajinomoto Family
E. YAKULT VIETNAM
1. General overview
- Yakult began with the passion of Dr. Minoru Shirota, who pursued preventive medicine.
With the passionate desire of the founder passed down into each businesses, Yakult will
to survive in the gastric juice of the stomach and the gall, then
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- In 1955, Yakult Honsha Company was established and The Research Center was in
Kyoto.
- In 2007, Yakult Company started their business in Vietnam and in 2008, the factory of
2. Characteristics
Second channel: Yakult Lady system – the home delivery system is now present
in Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Bien Hoa, Ha Noi, Hai Phong and Da Nang.
- Each plant has acquired the certification or introduced the system listed below, and is
friendly manner.
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on the environment. It stipulates that each organization should adopt the PDCA
(Plan, Do, Check, and Act) cycle for continuous improvement and set their own
3. Production process
Dissolving tank: The mixture of skimmilk powder, glucose and refined sugar is
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Fermenting tank: Yakult bacteria is grown in the pasteurized milk tank and kept
fermenting for a few days. After the fermentation, there is billion of living bateria
in the fermenting tank and at this moment, the milk in the tank is dense. Then the
mixture is assimilated.
assimilated is pumped into storage tank and stirred with sugar solution to become
end-product.
Mixing equipment: The fermentative dense milk solution is mixed with sterilized
water to dilute in order to become the end-product. The objective of this process
is to neutralize the acidity of the product afer the fermentation while sugar will
become the supply of nutrition which matains LcaseiShirota bacteria alive before
Bottle making machine: Polystyrene plastic bottles are produced right at the
factory by the bottle making machine. Polystyrene plastic grains are heated and
shaped into Yakult bottle. After that, those bottles are shifted to a big sterilizing
5-bottle packaging machine: The product is packaged 5 bottles per batch with
polyprolylene plastic.
plastic.
Cold storage: The end-product is carried to the cold storage at the temperature of
lower than 10 Celsius degrees for 1-2 days in order to verify the quality before
distributing to consumers.
fair employment. Yakult also respects the individuality of all employees and
foster human resources who are independent and creative in order to build a free-
- Yakult is making efforts to create pleasant and motivating workplaces for all
employees:
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CHAPTER 4. CONCLUSION
Special thank to the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering for giving me a chance to
visit numerous of factories and companies. Thereby, I can broaden my horizon and practically
apply the knowledge gained from the courses of Logistics and Supply Chain Management. On
the whole, this Internship 1 helps me have an overview about my major and guide me how to use
CHAPTER 5. REFERENCES
http://heineken-vietnam.com.vn/en/
https://www.scribd.com/document/349812074/Bao-cao-kiến-tập-nha-may-Heineken-
Acecook-Ajinomoto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=fhUqcTP3bbc
https://saigonnewport.com.vn/en/about/Pages/overview.aspx
https://acecookvietnam.vn/en/noodles/production-process/
http://www.ajinomoto.com.vn/about
http://www.yakult.co.jp/english/company/profile.html
https://yakult.vn/gioi-thieu.html
http://www.yakult.co.jp/english/pdf/csr2016_en.pdf
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