PROJECT REPORT ON

HINDUSTAN
UNILIVER LIMITED
INTRODUCTION

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
Lifebuoy Dove
Liril Pears
Hamam Rexona

2) Laundry 3) Skin Care
Surf Excel Fair and lovely
Rin Ponds
Wheel Aviance

4) Hair care 5) Oral care
Sunsilk naturals Pepsodent
Clinic Close up

6) Deodorants 7) Colour Cosmetics
Axe Lakme
Rexona

8) Ayurvedic Personal and health care: Ayush
B) 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 factory
Unilever mainly has five departments. They are

1. Production department
2. Engineering department
3. Quality control department
4. Accounts department
5. Human Resource department

Details of production process
This 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 Process
In production unit, three types of machines
are available, namely:

1. GAN filling machine [tube machine having
speed 90 110, Indian machine]
2. 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 Defects
In a product, three types of defects can be noticed in laboratory which are named
as:




1. Type A defect
2. Type B defect
3. Type 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 defect Type B defect Type C defect
Critical Mismatch coding Dirty tube
Without batch
number
Normal outcenter Pattern change
leakage -
Colour variation
Quality Standards
The 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 Management
In 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.

Breakdown
There are basically two types of breakdown:
Basic breakdown
Major breakdown
Basic 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 Maintenance
The 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.
Location
Unilever 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.

Suppliers
Head 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 Party
When 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.

Exports
Unilever 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.