After almost a week at JBS Corporate, I have learned so much about the beef industry already! I have had a few opportunities to share my experience with the guys from the US division regarding my tour of the JBS plant in Wagga. To explain it more in depth, I would like to break down the similarities and differences here.
First of all, the speed of harvest is much different between the two countries. Australia was very slow and methodical, while US plants are fast and what we would like to say, much more efficient of time and resources. Along with speed, their harvest count per day was much slower than ours is in the US. They only harvest around 900 head, while we are over 5,000! Moreover, their line on the "kill floor" was very methodical and specific, leaving more time for employees to complete their job correctly.
Did you know that JBS USA also runs the Australia plant?! Weird, right?! JBS employees, here and there, all abide by the same mission statement, however: "To be the best in we set out to do..." I believe that with time and some 'Americanization' (as we called it), the JBS plant will be operating as efficiently and quickly as our plants back here in the States. Granted, their cattle population is not nearly as large as ours so their demand to be quick is not that essential, but I think improving speed and efficiency definitely won't hurt the industry. I can't wait to learn more about similarities and differences this summer, especially with JBS Beef. I will definitely share all that I learn!
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