Company Visits: Proctor & Gamble, Globant

The ProMBA class made two stops on Thursday visiting Proctor & Gamble in the Buenos Aires suburb of Pilar and IT software firm Globant. Each business briefing proved to be insightful and full of information about the challenges and opportunities doing business in Argentina.

Proctor and Gamble:

• P&G Pilar Plant also produces Iams dog food in Argentina.
• P&G Pilar Plant produces Magistral in Latin America, which is the same as name brand Dawn in the U.S.
• P&G Pilar Plant has had zero accidents since 2000.
• P&G Pilar Plant engages its employees in continuous improvement efforts.

Globant:

• Globant is an Argentine software development and maintenance company with offices in Latin American and the United States.
• They embraces open source technology both internally and externally to deliver their software solutions.
• Globant calls their employees 'globers'.
• They have grown to 1500 employees since being founded in 2003.
  

Watch for more upcoming posts on the students´ experience after a full week of being emersed in this fascinating country.