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SJSU Mechanical Engineering Student17Oct13Engineering 10Engineering @ E&J Gallo

Mr. Branden Andersen

Why do an internship?Provides you with real world experienceEmployers prefer applicants that have work experienceHelps you decide what you do and DO NOT want to do-ex. Enjoy chem E classes but find the environment too dangerous for your liking-or find field impacted, act more like a secretary2A production engineer improves the efficiency of manufacturing processesUse statistical analysis to determine optimum process settingsExcel and minitab are the major tools of the tradeUses human intuition and actually experiences the problemA production engineer is an engineering investigator

E&J Gallo WineryLocated in ModestoFamily owned and operated since 1932Worlds largest winery by volume and revenueMakes their own glassProduces the brands: Barefoot, Gallo, Carlo Rossi, Bartles&James, New Amsterdam (Vodka), E&J Brandy, Andre, Boone Farms

What I didPaperwork for the senior engineerMet with line operators to help discover problemsDid an A3 on the champagne lineAn A3 is a critical thinking processA way to organize thoughts on paper using the Define Measure Improve And Control (DMAIC) processHelps you get to the true root of the problemHelps convey your solution to other engineers Major discovery

Internship largely successfulHelped resolve issues with the champagne lineHelped the company produce an extra 81,000 cases annually