Business students visit Summit

On the afternoon of March 25, a group of BBA and MBA (Business Faculty) students and faculty visited Summit Laemchabang Auto Body Work Co. Ltd, an auto parts factory located in Laemchabang Industrial Estate.

In Thailand, Summit Corporation is the biggest supplier of outsourced body parts for Car Assemblers; most of car companies in Thailand are customers.

The purpose of visit was to allow the students to see a manufacturing facility first hand and to witness some of the concepts learnt in the classroom, such as production cost and production management, manufacturing process and inventory control system.

Summit was founded by their President Mr. Sunsurn Jurangkool. Mr. Adisak Sittichai, Production Planning and Logistics Manager, hosted the visit which the students found very informative.

The factory visited employs 1,700 people and produces automotive body parts and exhaust systems and the students were able to witness the stamping press and welding assembly.