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  1. How to Give a Successful Plant Tour

    Alert the plant manager and staff of an upcoming tour. Perform a top-to-bottom cleaning and safety inspection. Dress for success with company attire in neutral business colors and with branded logos, if possible. Have enough safety supplies, protective gear, and product samples on hand. Provide refreshments and snacks before or after the tour.

  2. What is the purpose of a plant visit?

    However, by offering a plant tour you will be able to avoid many of these issues. In short, the purpose of a factory tour is to: Observe how products are made and the processes involved in their production; To educate potential and current clients, suppliers, partners, investors and other stakeholders; Give executives a 360º vision of their ...

  3. Factory Tour Checklist: Free Template Download

    Factory Tour Checklist: Free Template Download | Plant Tours. April 16, 2021. Rick Farrell. In many industries, factory or plant tours are commonplace events. In fact, in some industries, a tour utilizing tour guide equipment occurs on a regular and sometimes daily basis. Think back to when you were a kid and touring the Hershey chocolate ...

  4. Why (and How) to Take a Plant Tour

    Why (and How) to Take a Plant Tour. by. David M. Upton. and. Stephen E. Macadam. From the Magazine (May-June 1997) In recent years, managers have recognized how manufacturing capabilities ...

  5. Factory Tours USA

    Factory Tours USA. Home. Factory Tours USA - 543 tours and counting! This site celebrates American imagination and industry. What better way to appreciate those qualities than to visit and tour America at work. The information on this site is maintained by many people throughout the United States who enjoy visiting American industry.

  6. Robert Plant

    Colorado Springs, CO. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Co-Headline Tour with JD McPherson. Tickets. Sep 1, 2024. Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. Vail, CO. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Co-Headline Tour with JD McPherson. Tickets. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss return with Can't Let Go, the first track from their forthcoming album, Raise The Roof, out ...

  7. How to Give a Successful Plant Tour

    Lapses in communication mean lapses in safety. To solve this problem, you need a comprehensive wireless communications system. Sonetics' variety of products can level up your plant tour by allowing your guests to hear clearly as they move about your facility and learn about your manufacturing site. This will improve your tour group's ...

  8. 12 Tips to Improve Your Plant Tours

    Lend them safety glasses, headsets, gloves, and anything else that might be necessary for a safe experience in your plant. In this situation, the phrase "better safe than sorry" truly applies. 5. Use the right spokesperson. Finding the right person to give your plant tour is key to providing your visitors with a quality experience.

  9. Make Your Plant Tour a Success!

    Make Your Plant Tour a Success! September 22, 2013 by Christoph Roser. There are thousands of things to see during a plant tour. However, if you really want to know how good the plant is, there are a couple of tricks on what to watch during the tour. This post will give you a few quick but reliable metrics to estimate the performance of the plant.

  10. Plant Tour Guide

    Brief tour guide (s). Inform your tour guide (s) of what the plant tour will entail (what machinery, if any, will be shown on the tour, who the guest will meet with and where, the length of the tour, etc.) Craft tour script. Write an outline of what you hope to cover during the plant tour. Hire/designate photographer.

  11. Garden Tours & Travel

    Plus get inspiration for garden travel. Photos. ... Explore three of the best gardens in the area, where you'll not only find plant collections, but education and beauty. Minnesota, USA. Local garden expert Ryan McEnaney has planned the perfect day out for garden lovers, with 3 lavish Minnesota gardens all within the greater St. Paul area. ...

  12. Four tips to help organize a fantastic factory tour

    Consider these four tips for making a memorable tour. 1. Try to understand factory tour visitors' goals. In order to organize a successful tour, start by understanding the visitors. If a company knows what they want to see and hear, they'll have an easier time satisfying the visitors, and they'll leave feeling their time was well spent.

  13. Why (and How) to Take a Plant Tour

    First, unclear objectives often turn touring into tourism. Second, many people lack an organizing framework with which to structure observations and accelerate learning. Upton and Macadam show visitors how to set clear objectives and apply an organizing framework in order to make sense of what they see and hear on a plant tour. In this way ...

  14. Maximizing the Benefits of Plant Tours

    Team 1 Plastics reviewed the list and, ultimately, Clothier coordinated the visits with the two companies. "Both Viking and PCI saw the benefit of having a customizable plant tour," and the tour dates were set up. Team 1 visited PCI in December 2017, and Viking Plastics in March 2018. Viking's visit to Team 1 also occurred in March 2018.

  15. Guide to Conducting a Successful Plant Tour 1

    plant tour is an appropriate and useful way to educate legislators and help increase the 'comfort index' of grassroots participants. While a plant tour may be a familiar activity, the following tips will assist you in conducting a tour to meet your objectives: Begin the visit in your office. Provide the legislator with an overview of important ...

  16. Site Visit or Plant Tour: How to Maximize Its Effectiveness

    When you have the goals and team set, the next thing you do is to start preparing for the visit. And we suggest doing a joint preparation, i.e. a joint meeting between you and the potential supplier. In this way, you won't have to explain to your supplier what exactly are you looking for at the site and waste the precious visiting time.

  17. What are the Benefits of Plant Tours?

    It is also crucial to make sure that everyone keeps an open mind for innovative ideas that may be uncovered. This is one of the main benefits of plant tours. It is also of utmost importance to make sure communication during the tour is clear. Whether the tour is focused on learning, assessment or teaching - knowledge transfer is the key ...

  18. Relaxing Plant Tour

    An entire tour of my houseplant collection. This is a long video, so sit back and relax, or do some plant chores and listen to me talk about plants for an ho...

  19. Toyota Virtual Plant Tour

    The Toyota Production System. helps produce vehicles. in a timely manner. Let's explore. The wonders of Toyota's vehicle production come to life through a virtual plant tour. Go behind the scenes of the entire production process and experience the care, craftsmanship and innovation that go into every Toyota vehicle.

  20. Plant Tours

    Plant and Museum tours are included as a combo ticket and must be used on the same day. Please arrive 30 minutes prior to tour time. Plant tours begin at the assembly plant (600 Corvette Drive). Bring printed tickets with you; phones are not allowed in the plant. Plant Tours are not available on weekends and during specific blackout dates.

  21. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Launch 2024 Tour: Set List, Video

    On Sunday, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss opened their 2024 tour with a moving performance in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Over more than 15 years of collaboration, Plant and Krauss have enjoyed critical and ...

  22. Traveling From Another Country

    Traveling to Hawai'i for the Festival of the Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC) with a costume or cultural item made from plant or animal material? FestPAC attendees with agricultural imports should contact the APHIS Honolulu Plant Inspection Station at 1-808-834-3240 or email: [email protected] for details on how to import these ...

  23. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Interview: Summer Tour, Bob Dylan & More

    Robert Plant and Alison Krauss chat about their summer tour, which includes 10 dates on the Outlaw Music Tour with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and more.

  24. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss a playful pair as they prep new tour

    Robert Plant and Alison Krauss made for an odd coupling 17 years ago. But their shared musicianship and affection still shines as they prepare a tour. Summer movies 🍿 How she cooks Watch Party ...

  25. The 10 Best Factory Tours in the USA

    Choosing the best tour to go on, however, can be tricky. If you happen to be looking to make your own factory tour stand out from the rest, consider Plant Tours' tour guide systems and headsets for factory tours. They're sure to make any tour experience smooth, enjoyable, and — quite possibly — worthy of being called the best in the ...

  26. How to Use the Maps

    The Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM) is based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature, displayed as 10-degree F zones ranging from zone 1 (coldest) to zone 13 (warmest). Each zone is divided into half zones designated as 'a' and 'b'. For example, 7a and 7b are 5-degree F increments representing the colder and warmer ...

  27. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Kick Off 'Can't Let Go Tour' In The

    Can't Let Go Tour 2024 Dates:. 6/7 - Prior Lake, MN - Mystic Lake Amphitheater* 6/8 - Madison, WI - Breese Stevens Field* 6/11 - Des Moines, IA - Lauridsen Amphitheater at Waterworks ...

  28. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss reflect on their collaboration ...

    In 2021, they released "Raise The Roof." This weekend, they begin a tour across the country with nearly 40 stops. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss join us now from their rehearsal space ahead of the ...

  29. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Share New 'When the Levee Breaks'

    Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have shared their rendition of "When the Levee Breaks" to mark the recent launch of the duo's summer tour. On the recording, Plant and Krauss are joined by ...

  30. Factory Visit Checklist

    Taking a decibel reading of the factory visit checklist prior to purchasing (or renting) equipment will help you identify the best headsets for the situation. Whatever you decide to do, if you have questions or want help selecting hardware, all you need to do is head over to Plant-Tours.com and either use the live chat feature, send an email ...