Logistics

It's been a while that I've last posted something about England. So brace yourself! Here it comes.

Last week, I've been working at Packing. So this is the process where frozen products come out of the storage facilities, is being checked and packed, who are then weighed to be in a certain weight range. Afterward they are boxed , weighed again, printed (with some info on the boxes), palatalized and eventually stored again. This process is mostly automated. The only hand-work is inspection, which is done by some nice Lithuanian girls.

The other work is mostly checking, if everything is working correct, fixing problems where necessary and modifying parameters to process other lines. I've done most of it, except for the inspection, since I'm not a Lithuanian girl!

This week I'm working in logistics. So this is more the storage part and transportation part of the job. The job involves a lot of calling, drinking coffee, and trying not to freak-out. It can get really hectic at some times, but then again it's fun! What I've also done is labeling and processing incoming products, which have to be stored (to be processed in packing later on). It's really diverse and I must say it's quite cool being there:) On the right here, you can see Nicki. She's one of the blonds at logistics. She was pretty hard to get on a picture, since she moved around a lot (I'm not saying she actually got mad, because the fax machine wasn't working, and couldn't get it to work, which made her even more mad and even harder to get on the picture^^ This was my best try).


At the left side, you can see one of the bays. This is just one half of it, and as you can see, it pretty goes as far as sight will let you. It's not that hard to imagine that you can get lost on this site ^^ Which I did of course. This is where trucks are loaded and unloaded and afterward stored in the cold-stores (who also stretch all the way to the back).
At the right you can see just 1 lane of the cold-stores, there really are more then you can actually count! And! After 2 mins your nose freezes off..

Also, I went out on Friday in Lynn center. We went to a pub called the Globe, which normally is a pretty busy place, but we weren't in luck and it was a bit dull to be honest. They do have a nice collection of worldly beers, including Belgium ones, so they'll be seeing more of me in the next couple of weeks!

I've added more pictures on the bottom, or on my flickr place. Shows off a bit more of the Kings Lynn factory, but not all of it. I'll go to the packing hall and production areas tomorrow or the day after, since you have to dress up like a clown before you're actually allowed inside. I'm going to Technical/Quality next week. And as of now, I have nooo clue whatsoever what those guys do.