The program of enterprise visit was organized and sponsored by CTCI Foundation. Thirty one graduate students from various nations had participated in 2017 industrial visits. The trip included to one governmental organization, InvesTaiwan Service Center, and five important corporations such as MiTAC Information Technology, CTCI Corporation, Advantech, Rhymebus, and HIWIN Technologies during August 23-25 of 2017. The main objectives behind the visit were to inform international graduate students to various activities related to investment, foreign employee regulation, and link to the industries in Taiwan. In this respect, it was a good chance to “touch” the state of the technology in application and foretell the trends of the industry for the next decades. The participants were well greeted by company representatives as soon as we arrived at each company. It was great to know these companies followed the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). For instance, CTCI Corporation was the first to be recognized for its “Contribution to the Society” by investing in many social activities in Taiwan. I gained a better understanding of daily operation of global companies after this visit. I also got a chance to transfer knowledge from theory to practice, such as company’s presentation explains how knowledge turns into practical implication. This helped to clarify my research field in the future. As for future career opportunity, I would be very proud to be employed by Rhymebus Corporation. The major goal of Rhymebus is to develop clean energy in the future. Believing in the concept of “Not Being the Best, But Always Better than Ever” and “Searching For Excellence, Progress, and Development”, Rhymebus keeps providing excellent quality products with fast service to customers so as to fulfill the commitment of creating a greener and better environment with its investors. The company is currently serving customers in my region of Egypt and Kenya of the African region. There were two suggestions for improvement. One was that companies could consider inviting R&D team during Q&A sessions. This was important to graduate students with engineering backgrounds, since sales managers or directors might not necessarily well explained about technical inquiries. As well, HR representative could also consider collecting participants’ resumes during the visit. In conclusion, I would like to extend my gratitude to CTCI Foundation for their financial support to make our visit a success and thank our accompanying staffs for their love and care. God bless you!
