Department of industrial management systems at University of Baghdad organized a visit to the General Company for Leather Industries to keep abreast with its factories and production lines of shoes, belts and bags made with high quality and reasonable prices. Company workers provided illustrative explanation on the production process from the initial stages to off to the consumer. Dr. Waqas Saad, head of the department of industrial management at the college stated the the aim of this visit was to inform students directly on life and experiencing the atmosphere of laboratories and factories as an opportunity for a change and to leave classrooms for a day and be in noisy factories. The students expressed their gratitude for this initiative in State companies. It is worth mentioning that this company was founded in (1976) as a result of integrating with Bata Company founded in 1932 as one of the industrial facilities of the ministry of industry and minerals.