Field Trip

Journal

Submitted by: Rezie D. Dellava, BSECE V

Submitted to:

Engr. Myra B. Borreros

Instructor
DAY 1 | Jan 23, 2017

Company 1: LRTA

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Description: The photo taken when we visit the LRTA Company Last January 23, 2017. The
Light Rail Transit Authority is recognized as the premiere rail transit in the country providing
reliable, efficient, dependable, and environment-friendly mass rail services to all residents of
Metro Manila. LRTA is a wholly owned government corporation created on July 12, 1980 under
Executive Order (EO) No. 603, as amended by EO No. 830 dated September 1982, and EO No.
210 dated July 7, 1987. The LRTA is primarily responsible for the construction, operation,
maintenance and/or lease of light rail transit systems in the Philippines.

Insights: The LRTA are very important to our community from the very beginning until now
because it can make our lives more easy and fast to travel. LRTA gives us knowledge on how
they control and used their equipments and to monitor whats happening to their unit if there is
a problem, defect or something.
Company 2: GMA 7

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Description: This photo taken at GMA Studio and outside the GMA 7 network. Day 1 of our
Educational Tour and Industry Exposure.

GMA Network was founded by Robert La Rue Stewart in 1950 as Republic Broadcasting
System (RBS) with flagship AM radio station DZBB. RBS ventured into television in 1961 and
began broadcasting on Channel 7 in the Greater Manila Area.

In 1974, the triumvirate of Felipe L. Gozon, Menardo R. Jimenez and Gilberto M. Duavit
took over the management of RBS. In 1996, RBS was renamed GMA Network, Inc. Today, GMA
Network, Inc. is the leading broadcasting company in the Philippines which produces the most
innovative, most trusted, and top rating TV programs. It operates a network of 47 VHF and 41
UHF TV stations, as well as 24 radio stations throughout the country.

Apart from its television and radio businesses, GMA also owns a wide array of media-
related entities engaged in program syndication, film production, music publishing and
distribution, set design and implementation, audio-visual production, and new media.

GMA Network, Inc. was officially listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange in 2007. GMA is set to
launch its Digital TV Transmission (DTT) project in 2017.

Insights: The tour was very interesting, they have their equipments and monitoring team to
maintain and monitor their equipments in the room. They secure their equipments, and they
didnt allow us to take some photos of equipments and how they monitor it. And this facilities
and equipments of them was very interesting and we gained knowledge on how they broadcast
their TV shows.

Day 2 | Jan 24, 2017

Company 3: PLDT INNOLAB

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Description: The fisrt company that we visit in day 2, the PLDT Innolab.

Leading telecoms company PLDT has completed its newest Innovation Laboratory
(Innolab) in Baguio City and is now on dry-run, providing customers in Baguio and Region 1 with
a showcase of the latest information and communication technology or ICT-based business
solutions, including multimedia products and services.

PLDT Innolabs provide the perfect setting for the development of innovative products
and future business solutions through open partnerships with the telecommunications industry,
the academe, government institutions, and end-users.

The Innolab contains a showroom thats divided into different industries to serve the
unique requirements of various businesses. It is the site for live demonstrations of PLDT
enterprise products, such as the state-of-art PLDT Cloud offering, enabling clients to experience
the services and test their compatibility with that of their respective companys systems and
network. PLDT also conducts technology-related events, trainings, seminars, and student tours
in this facility.
Insights: It was very interesting topic in this company. We learned a lot about PLDT how they
manage the company how the provide internet services, on how they handle some problem
cases on internet access and of course the application that they are using.

Company 3: DOST PHILVOCS

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Description: Day 2 and the second company that we visit in Bagiuo.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) is a Philippine

national institution dedicated to provide information on the activities of volcanoes, earthquakes,
and tsunamis, as well as other specialized information and services primarily for the protection
of life and property and in support of economic, productivity, and sustainable development. It is
one of the service agencies of the Department of Science and Technology.

Insights: DOST PHIVOLCS was very important. It can help us in predicting the volcanic
eruption and others and also in predicting some movement of the tectonic plates and
earthquake in different places here in the Philippines. Their equipments are very useful. In case
of emergency or there is incoming earthquake and volcanic eruption this kind of government
agencies can inform us early as possible before this natural disaster happen

Day 3 | Jan 24, 2017

Company 4: IBB

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Description: Day 3 of our Field Trip. We visited the former Voice of America and presently
known as IBB or International Broadcasting Bureau.

The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) is the technical support outlet within the
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which is a U.S. independent agency. The IBB supports
the day-to-day operations of Voice of America (VOA) and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting
(Radio y Televisin Mart). It also provides transmission and technical support for all of the
independent non-military broadcasting services funded by the (BBG). The IBB is located in
Washington, D.C.

The Voice of America, the oldest and best-known organization within the BBG, was the
first broadcast news organization to offer continuously updated programming on the Internet.

On April 30, 1994, President Clinton signed the International Broadcasting Act (Public
Law 103-236). The legislation established the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) within
the United States Information Agency (USIA), and created a Broadcasting Board of Governors
(BBG) with oversight authority over all non-military U.S. government international broadcasting.

Insights: IBB was very important in the world of entertainment, news or in the world of
broadcasting. We need this in order for us to know what is going on and what is happening in
whole world especially in America. This Broadcasting Bureau was very helpful and useful in
viewing international show.

Company 5: ONE SUBIC

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Description: 3rd day of Field Trip and 1st day on Subic.

One Subic Power Generation Corporation operates a 116-megawatt diesel power plant
in Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The company is based in Subic, the Philippines. As of May 12,
2014, One Subic Power Generation Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Trans-Asia Power
Generation Corporation.

Insight: This Company was very interesting and very important to our economy. It was really
amazing how they manage their machines which produces a thousand liters of the diesels every
hour and every day.

Company 6: PAGASA SUBIC

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Description:
This photo is taken 3rd day of our fieldtrip and the last company we visit that day. The PAGASA
SUBIC.
 The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration the
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) agency of the Republic of the
Philippines mandated to provide protection against natural calamities and to insure the safety,
well-being and economic security of all the people, and for the promotion of national progress by
undertaking scientific and technological services in meteorology, hydrology, climatology,
astronomy and other geophysical sciences. Created on December 8, 1972 by reorganizing the
Weather Bureau, PAGASA now serves as one of the Scientific and Technological Services
Institutes of the Department of Science and Technology.

Insights: The PAGASA was a big help to predict and to know if the weather condition is bad or
good.

Day 4 | Jan 24, 2017

Company 7: CAAP SUBIC

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Description: The 6th company we visited in the 4th days of our fieldtrip. The CAAP Subic.

The CAAP is responsible for implementing policies on civil aviation in order to ensure safe,
economical, and efficient air travel. As an independent regulatory body with quasi-judicial and
quasi-legislative powers, the CAAP is mandated to set comprehensive, clear and impartial rules
and regulations for the Philippine aviation industry.

Insights: The CAAP Subic was the in charge of all the data gathering and all information of the
lading systems and the radar that connected to them. And they discuss all equipments that they
are using.
Company 8: SUBIC BAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

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Description: This phots was taken 4th day of our field trip. Company 8 the Subic Bay
International Airport.

Subic Bay International Airport serves as a secondary airport and a main diversion
airport of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. It is also the airport serving the immediate area
of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone and the general area of Olongapo in the Philippines. This airport
used to be the Naval Air Station Cubi Point of the United States Navy. Its airport terminal has 2
gates.

In January 2010, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Administrator and CEO Armand C.
Arreza expressed interest in closing Subic Bay International Airport in favor of converting the
area to a logistics hub. This was due to the closure of FedEx's delivery hub, which is located
within the airport complex, and the planned expansion of the nearby Clark International Airport.

In December 2010, Guam-based Aviation Concepts has set up fixed-based operations

as a full-service business jet center at Subic Bay International Airport, which has made it Asias
largest private aviation firm in terms of hangar space (100,000 square feet).

Insights: The Subic International Airport need to have GBAS to operate the said airport. This
Ground Base Augmentation System was a big help to their Airport and to lessen the cost of the
equipment. Maybe the airport will big help economically to the country. And to prevent delayed
flights in the NAIA.

Day 5 | Jan 24, 2017

Company 9: GARDENIA PHILIPPINES

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Description: The 9th Company we visited. The Gardenia Philippines.

In 1978 Humble beginnings as an in-store bakery in Singapore. In 1983-1996 it came as

the first commercial bakery at Pandan Loop; Rose as the market leader in Singapore. Expanded
operations in Asian countries such Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. 1997 Gardenia
entered the Philippine bread market and established its factory in Laguna International Industrial
Park (LIIP), Binan, Laguna. 1998 Gardenia Philippines started operations with its first state-of-
the-art factory rated as one of the largest and most modern bread manufacturing facility in the
country. 1999 the healthy High Fiber Wheat Bread Loaf is launched. 2000 introduction of the
Flavored Loaf and Bun Lines. The first flavored loaves included the California Raisin and
Chocolate Chip Loaves. This year also marked the start of Gardenias Corporate Social
Responsibility programs. 2001 Gardenia launched its version of every Filipinos favorite, Pan De
Sal. 2002 Gardenia opened its doors for a free catwalk tour for guest to experience modern
bread making. 2003 Gardenia received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) certifications. 2004 Gardenia was accorded
Superbrands status by Superbrands Ltd., an independent authority and arbiter on branding.
2005 Inaugurated two new plants and its Distribution Center. 2006 Introduced the Muffin-tastic
line. 2007 Indulged the consumers through introduction of its Amazing Flavored Loaf Line and
the Cream Roll Line. 2008 Gardenia marked its 10th year in the Philippine bread industry. 2009
Gardenia inaugurated its first 6K plant capable of making 6,000 loaves of bread per hour. 2010
Gardenia once again developed an innovative health product to give a twist to its already
existing High Fiber Whole Wheat Bread. The flavorful, plump, and juicy High Fiber Wheat Raisin
Loaf was a combination of high fiber content from whole wheat flour and juicy California raisins.
2011 Gardenia invested a bread plant in Cebu. The company bagged three Program
Achievement awards from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). 2012 Gardenia
conducted the first ever Happy Bread Day in the country, its very own celebration of World
Bread Day. 2013 Gardenia initiated an inter-university sandwich making and business
generation competition called The Next Big Sandwich Hit (NBSH). 2015 Gardenia ventured into
community neighborhood bakery thru Big Smile Bread Station and into artisanal specialty
bakery business with of Bakers Maison. 2016 Gardenia expanded operations and invested
another sophisticated and world class 6K plant with a capacity of 6,000 loaves per hour.

The first part of the tour was headed by their assigned tour guide in the company. She
lead us and heading to the room which they played a video presentation of the company. Mainly
about the history of Gardenia like how did they started, how are they doing now, and how did
they manage to be on top in the baking industry. She also talks about how important to them the
nutrition of their consumers and how important is sanitation to this industry. She even pointed
out so many times that they have the most modern bread factory in the country that they're
proud to say that they are "baking breads untouched by human hands.

Our tour guide share some pointers on how they maintain or how we can prolong the freshness
of our breads:

Air dries out the bread. So, after we get our needed slice/s, it is recommended to re-seal again
the pack.

If possible, save the top slice of the loaf and use it as a cover of the remaining loaf.

Keep the bread out of hot areas because it may cause the bread to moisten which may lead to
premature molding. Store your bread in a cool and dry place.

She even recommends to put it inside the refrigerator. Then if you are planning to eat it, just
reheat in toaster the slices you needed.

Keep it away from items that emit odors because breads absorb odors.

Make sure that your hands are clean. Bacteria can also cause premature molding.

Insights: Gardenia Philippines was one of the amazing company that we visit. Gardenia pull out
their breads on their respective re-sellers every 2-days, replacing it with new ones. So there are
no waste of breads. Beside on the sales they also have their foundation to donate some of their
breads and also they sell pull out their breads.

Company 10: TSUKIDEN

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Description: The 10th company and the last company we visit during our field trip. The Tsukiden
Electronics Philippines, Inc..

Tsukiden Electronics Philippines, Inc. has been in the Electronic Manufacturing Service
for more than twenty (20) years. Incorporated in March 1992, as a wholly owned subsidiary of
Tsukiden Kogyo Co., Ltd. of Japan.

In August 1993, Tsukiden started the assembly of Floppy Disk Drive while Hard Disk
Drive assembly commenced in September 1995. Due to fast growing market demand of
electronic assemblies, we expanded our operation and added Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
assembly, Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) assembly and complete electronic device assembly in
our portfolio of business in March 2014.

To date, they serving different customers and applications worldwide from the field of
medical, industrial, telecommunications, automotive and consumer electronics. Equipped with a
mindset for high quality and reliable product/services, we continue to stay true to our vision of
Bridging Customers to their Needs.

Insights: The company aims to be the No.1 EMS provider in the Philippines, they are working
under the slogan of Work Hard, Work Smart and be competitive to exceed customer
satisfaction which manifest their intense desire to be more innovative in every aspects to offer
affordable value with high quality products to our customer.

EXPERIENCED, LEARNED, REALIZATION

LRTA discussed the OCC or the operation control center it is the brain or the heart of the
LRTA system considering that is the center of communication. Its role is to ensure safe and
efficient train movements, management of electrical power and satisfaction of its stakeholder.
The LRTA showed us their control room which speaker discussed the uses and the purpose of
every equipment in the control room. They toured us in their company and we like them
because they are very approachable and friendly.

GMA Network showed us their equipments on how they operate live and on air, how
they manage their equipments. And they showed us their Radio Station area on the AM station
DZBB and the FM station the Barangay LS , the studio where they conduct taping of different
shows, the studio of the Unang Hirit from studio 1 to studio 5.

We visited the PLDT INNOLAB on Baguio and the speaker discussed one by one the
help and the use of every set up equipment they had in that room. One of these was the
Contact Center Solution. And he also discussed why INNOLAB and more application that PLDT
used in monitoring and other purposes.

The PHIVOLCS monitors volcano, earthquake, and tsunami activity, and issues
warnings as necessary. The Speaker discussed the different equipment that can detect the
magnitude and intensity of the earthquake. It is mandated to mitigate disasters that may arise
from such volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other related geotectonic
phenomena. It is very useful for us, so that we can predict whats going to happen and to warn
us and on the disaster that will come.

The IBB showed us their control room, and other high powered, high voltage rooms and
equipments. They have their own laboratory room where they can fixed, innovate and test the
parts of their equipments such us the equipments made up of copper. And their team has a
pleasant personality in short they were very approachable and friendly.

One Subic Power Plant Generation Corporation showed us their equipment that can
produced and stored 16,000 litter of diesel and they have 8 of these machine. They also have a
control room where they can detect and monitor the machine or the equipment if it is
malfunctioning and other possible defects.

PAGASA Subic records and deliver reports of the weather and updates weather to help
on the landing operation of the aircraft. Through monitoring the installed radar of the PAGASA
like the water level monitoring sensor and the Rain Gauge System they can monitor the water
level and the rainfall through this equipment.

The CAAP is the responsible in all the equipment that used in communicating with the
aircraft. In this case we are not new to some of their equipment because we already done
discussing some types of their equipment in our class. They also installed radar in different
place which is hard to go up there so we did not go up there because it is dangerous for us to
go there. They also showed us their different equipment that monitoring data and feed to their
monitors for the information needed by them.

The management from Subic Bay International Airport discussed us the history of the
Airport. They also developing the said Airport and buy some equipments like the ILS which is
million cost. But instead to have this ILS they decided to buy equipment GBAS or Ground Base
Augmentation System. GBAS is a system that provides differential corrections and integrity
monitoring of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). GBAS provides navigation and
precision approach service in the vicinity of the host airport at approximately 23 nautical mile
radius. Broadcasting its differential correction message via a very high frequency (VHF) radio
data link from a ground-based transmitter. And less cost than 1 ILS and it is good enough to use
than the ILS.

In the Gardenia Philippines what caught attention more, on her talk was when she
discussed how they make sure that we, consumers, get the fresh bread possible and how
Gardenia reaching out to help our society. Gardenia breads freshness can last up to 14 days but
they only indicate on the G-lock (Gardenia's seal/loaf seal) 7 days for best before days. They
also pull out their breads on their respective re-sellers every 2-days, replacing it with new ones.
Yes, they did not wait until the bread reach its 7th day before they replace it. The pull out breads
(which we can still consider quality breads) are being sold to fishermen and to the charity of the
company. These are made into food for cultured fishes (like bangus, tilapia, etc).

Tsukiden showed us their working rooms where their hundred machines located. I
learned from them that they have a contribution in manufacturing some part of the device such
as projector of the Epson Company. I learned that not all of the part of the product of company
that produces electronics product are all made in their manufacturing company but some of the
parts like PCB are assembled by Tsukiden Philippines. It was amazing because they produce a
thousand PCB every hour and every day. And the company gives more opportunity to other and
they give good practice to their employees.