HireRise TA Academy - US Business Acumen

How many plants are there across the US for Frito Lays and Quaker?

• 5

• 15

• 35

• 50

Do we make all of our products?

• Yes, of course

• No, we have co-manufactures and co-packers

Including the beverages side of the business, how many manufacturing facilities are in the US for PepsiCo?

• 35

• 50

• 110

• 500

Our plants are active 24/7 - True or False

• True

• False

What are the functions of a plant site

• 1 - Manufacturing

  2 - Full Mix Warehouse

  3 - Traffic

• 1 - Manufacturing

  2 - Logistics

• 1 - Cooking/Baking

  2 - Packing

  3 - Storing

  4 - Selling

• 1 - Warehouse Management

  2 - Storing

  3 - Selling

What does "Seed to Sell" mean?

• How we get the seed from the farmers and sell it to the manufacturers

• How we source our seeds and the channels we sell our products on

• How we get our raw material to how we get it to our consumer

• How we select our seed and how well our sales team performs

Do we own our supply chain?

• Yes, we get the raw material (potato) and sell the finished product (lays) to the consumer ourselves

• No, we outsource the work to multiple people, eg - Farmers, plant owners, retail store owners

What does GP stand for?

• General Potato

• Global Potato

• General Procurement

• Global Procurement

What are the four steps in the production line process?

• 1 - Receiving

  2 - Processing

  3 - Packaging

  4 - Warehouse

• 1 - Procurement

  2 - Cleaning

  3- Producing

  4 - Selling

True or False - PepsiCo has one of the largest private fleets in the US.

• True - We have a private fleet that is one of the biggest in the US

• False - It is a public fleet, not privately owned by us