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The Coca Cola Plant
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The Coca Cola Plant
I am sure at one point in everyones life, that they have seen a Coca Cola
distribution plant. But, unless you have been inside one, you probably do not know how
the whole process works. My father is the General Area Sales Manager for the
Chattanooga Coca Cola plant. He has done various jobs around the plant in his twenty-
seven years there. In Elementary School, he used to set up field trips for us to come see
the inside of the plant. When my brother turned eighteen, my dad encouraged him to
work there in the summer to make and save some money. He did for two summers and
then he wanted an easier summer job. As well as my brother, my father also encouraged
me to work there. I did and I have worked there for two summers and it is an awesome
summer job. Needless to say, I have been in the plant a time or two and basically know
how the whole production process works. We have so much coke memorabilia it is
ridiculous. At Christmas, we even have a separate coke tree with all coke ornaments.
The first part to explain about the plant is the production line because that is
where the product is assembled. If you have ever seen a production line before the
atmosphere is usually the same. Employees must where ear plugs in this area because it
is constantly loud. Also, they must where hairnets to ensure that no hair will get into the
product. Employees have designated spots where they watch for defects in the product.
All of them must stand to ensure that that stay awake and alert. The bottle or can,
whichever is being run, goes through each station of the production line until it is
complete. From the production line you can see the big syrup bowls for the soft drinks.
There are different bowls of syrup for the different flavors. There are employees that
regulate and watch these. There are also people who decide which drink should be run
and for how long. This might seem like a difficult task. However, by looking at previous
year sales and taking into consideration if it is on sale, they can estimate pretty good. The
Chattanooga plant does not produce every type of bottle or drink. The only ones that do
that is the huge ones like Birmingham and Atlanta. Chattanooga produces everything
except twenty ounces and two liters. Twenty ounces and two liters are some big sellers
and we buy them through the Birmingham Plant. However, this does not mean that ours
does not produce many things. We produce cans, powerades, energy drinks, juices, and
water. That is a lot of stuff considering all the options you can buy them in; six-pack,
twelve pack, twenty four pack, and many more for different drinks. There is no way I
could list all the products that they make at the plant because there is entirely too many.
Anyways, after they come off the line and into whatever type of package, they are
stored in the humongous stock room. The stock room is near the production line so the
fork lift drivers do not have to drive them too far. When they make a product, they make
it a pallet at a time. So when they drive it to the stockroom it can be placed where it
belongs and it is organized. The stockroom has a huge ceiling for storage of drinks. There