Kurnai College’s Year 12 Business Management class visited the Yakult Factory in Dandenong this week, as part of their studies for “Operations”. The Japanese-owned company sells Yakult (a fermented milk drink) across forty countries, with the factory in Dandenong making all the Yakult for the Australian and New Zealand market.
Students were able to see the entire production process, beginning with the large vats that conduct several processes to turn water, skim milk powder, sugar, flavoring and bacteria into Yakult. From there, students observed the bottles being manufactured on site, labelled, packaged into five and ten packs, and finally secured onto crates ready for delivery to supermarkets. Students also learned about the quality control conducted on site and were able to get a peek into the laboratory where samples of Yakult are randomly tested.
