INTRODUCTION

PROJECT REPORT ONHINDUSTAN UNILIVER LIMITED1INTRODUCTION

Hindustan Unilever Limited (abbreviated to HUL), formerly Hindustan Lever Limited, is INDIAs largest consumer products company and was formed in 1933 as Lever Brothers India Limited. It is currently headquartered in Mumba. HUL is the market leader in Indian products such as tea, soaps, detergents, as its products have become daily household name in India. The Anglo-Dutch company Unilever owns a majority stake in Hindustan Unilever Limited.

The company was renamed in late June 2007 as "Hindustan Unilever Limited". Some of its brands include Kwality Wall's ice cream, Lifebuoy, Lux, Breeze, Liril, Rexona, Hamam, Moti soaps, Pureit Water Purifier, Lipton tea, Brooke Bond tea, Bru Coffee, Pepsodent and Close Up toothpaste and brushes, and Surf, Rin and Wheel laundry detergents, Kissan squashes and jams, Annapurna salt and atta, Pond's talcs and creams, Vaseline lotions, Fair & Lovely cream.

Today, HUL is one of Indias largest exporters of branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods. It has been recognized by the Government of India as a Golden Super Star Trading House.

HULS Exports geography comprises, at present, countries in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Australia, and North America etc.

PRODUCT LINE

A) HOME AND PERSONAL CARE:1) Personal wash Lux Breeze LifebuoyDove LirilPears Hamam Rexona2) Laundry 3) Skin Care Surf Excel Fair and lovely Rin Ponds Wheel Aviance4) Hair care 5) Oral care Sunsilk naturals Pepsodent Clinic Close up6) Deodorants7) Colour Cosmetics Axe Lakme Rexona8) Ayurvedic Personal and health care: AyushB) FOODS 1) Tea 2) Coffee 3) Foods 4) Ice cream Brooke Bond Brooke Bond Kissan Kwality walls Lipton Bru Knor Annapurna

C) WATER PURIFIER Pureit

Design of the factoryUnilever mainly has five departments. They are

Production departmentEngineering departmentQuality control departmentAccounts departmentHuman Resource department

Details of production processThis process starts from manufacturing where material is brought in factory according to the week plan. The mixture of material is used in two different types. That is, one mixture comes in two tons of container and other n five tons of container. In this container, how much quantity of material should be put is called batch sheet. Batch sheet is first an important process where the batch process starts according to batch sheet schedule ( here time is decided according to batch sheet which can be of two hours, five hours, ten hours ). In batch sheet, every information is written that is which chemical should be used, what quantity and which chemical are to mixed in it. And according to it, production is done. When process is completed and the material is ready, its sample is taken for testing in the laboratory. In the lab, gravity is checked of the material (thickness) to see whether it is in range or not in the container. After getting checked, the sample is given the mark of okay and if it fails in the lab, then it has to be taken for reprocessing. When the material is finally ready for production, it is checked by the shift officer and then he passes that with his signature. After that, the material is sent for production in the holding tank.

Production ProcessIn production unit, three types of machines are available, namely:

GAN filling machine [tube machine having speed 90 110, Indian machine]Nordan filling machine [single nozzle machine having speed 50-60, Imported machine]

3. Aranonmatic machine [having speed 90 -120]

Through these machines, filling process according to speed is done from the holding tank. After filling the tube of Fair and Lovely, tagerring is done on its base by sealing. After that capping process is done and at last they are packed after bundling into cartons. The cartons are made of seven layers. Which is of 5 6 feet and then post pack checking is done where the cream is checked and gives result whether it is ready to be exported or not.

Types of DefectsIn a product, three types of defects can be noticed in laboratory which are named as:

Type A defectType B defectType C defect

The products having defect A are directly rejected by the customer. In case of products of category B, the customer let go for the first time with the hope that it will not happen the next time.The defects in products of type C are neglected by the customer and so that is not a critical defect.

Type A defectType B defectType C defectCritical Mismatch coding Dirty tubeWithout batch number Normal outcenterPattern change leakage -Colour variation Quality StandardsThe quality of product is checked by batch process, raw material and packaging material. Most importantly the laboratory insures the procedure of the product.

Quality Control

The quality of the product is controlled and maintained through online checking, PPT and also the product is checked in laboratory every two hours.

Total Quality ManagementIn this , the quality of product is checked by taking out its sample, container, its batch number and design. Thus every part is kept one by one on machine for checking. After getting checked and signed by the control manager, the production starts.

BreakdownThere are basically two types of breakdown:Basic breakdownMajor breakdownBasic breakdown is in which machine stops or chain stops working.Major breakdown is in which bearing of the machine fails, repairing of which takes two days.

Preventive MaintenanceThe maintenance of machines can be done according to weekly or monthly plan. Thus according to planning, machines should be maintained so that they may not create any problem while the production process and the work goes on smoothly.LocationUnilever is located at Zone so it has benefits of exporting and importing and also the concession rates are less with less duties being charged. The benefit of factory situated at zone is that rents charged are lesser as compared to other places.

SuppliersHead office of the unilever decides that from where to order the raw material and in what quantity. company has agreement with the supplier between 2-5 year also the company and supplier has the link between so that they can be in contact with each other design is fixed by suppliers but quantity is ordered by company of the product.

Third PartyWhen the goods are imported they are first stored at third parties godown with whom the company has 5 year to ten year contract rent. Before bringing in company they are first checked and according to that green label is given to them so that there will be no defects while production process.

ExportsUnilever does 80% of export in foreign countries and 20% -30% in domestic are which is according to government act . the products which are sold within country are considered as low category with less prices and also density differs with exported products.