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ENGINEERING THE WORLD Mini Conference

April 18 2009

CNN Time Warner New York

Unilever AABN

AGENDA

INTRODUCTIONS

UNILEVER OVERVIEW

UNILEVER VIDEOENGINEERING THE WORLD OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS ndash FOOD AND PERSONAL CARE

-Project Nano (Promise Super shots)

-PUCK project (Body washes)

- Scannable Bar Code Project

ENGINEERING TOOL KIT

ENGINEERING CAREER OUTLOOK

FOOD FACTS ndash DID YOU KNOW

SKIPPY PEANUT BUTTER - DID YOU KNOW

Q amp A

Unilever Overview

Unileverrsquos mission is to add Vitality to life We meet everyday needs for hygiene nutrition and personal care with brands that help people feel good look good and get more out of liferdquo

Unilever Background Unilever is one of the worldrsquos largest consumer products company with sales of over $49 billion Unilever manufactures and markets over 1000 nationally and internationally known brands primarily in foods amp beverages and home amp personal care products Worldwide Unilever employs about 175000 people in over 90 countries In the US Unilever employs 13000 people at 90 facilities in 26 states and Puerto Rico

Foods Category Ben amp Jerryrsquos Good humor- Breyers - ice cream Skippy ndash peanut butter bars Slim Fast ndash shakes bars Lipton ndash teas soups Wish-Bone - salad dressings Promise Country Crock ndash margarine side dishes Ragu ndash sauces Hellmannrsquos - mayonnaise Bertolli ndash Frozen authentic Italian meals

Personal Care Category Dove Caress Suave Vaseline ndash bar soaps Body washes hair care deodorants skin care Axe ndash deodorants body washes Q-tips - cotton swabs

Sample Products - Courtesy of Unilever amp Paul Redwood

ENGINEERING THE WORLD

OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS- Project Nano- Puck project

- Bar code project

PROJECT NANO

bull Core Benefit Propositionbull Reduce cholesterolbull Reduce blood pressure

PROJECT NANO REQUIREMENTS

bull Material

bull Designbull Simulationbull One line layoutbull Final Line layout

bull Implementation planbull Commissioningbull Risk assessment

bull Equipment purchasedbull Entire new line (process ndash filler ndash palletizer)

PROJECT NANO SURPRISES

bull The Plane

bull Seismic zone

bull Low consumer complaints

bull Respusha

PUCK PROJECT

bull WHAT IS A TOTTLE

bull WHAT IS A PUCK

bull PACKAGING WORLD MAGAZINE

SCANNABLE BAR CODE PROJECT

bull - WAL MART REQUIREMENTSbull 100 SCANNABLE CODEbull High velocity warehousesbull Dry goodsbull RFID technicaleconomical hurdles

bull Markem Case Study

ENGINEERING TOOL KIT

ENGINEERING TOOL KIT

o ENGINEERING WEB SITE

oTROUBLE SHOOTING TECHNIQUESo Project Nano Problem Escalation chart

o ANALYTICAL SKILLSo KEPNER-TREGOE PSDMo The Case of the Disappearing Deodorant

o PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLSo INNOVATION FUNNELo GO-CART DRIVER

o RampD CENTRAL PROCESSING LAB

Last Resort ndash If tool kit Fails

ENGINEERING CAREER OUTLOOK

STEM CAREERS

BLACK INVENTORS

CAREER LADDERS AT UNILEVER

ENGINEERING ROLES AT UNILEVER

CAREER SELECTION PROCESS ndash IO

ENGINEERING JOB FORECAST

WHATS THE FORECAST FOR ENGINEERS There will be many engineering jobs in the

future ndash President Obamarsquos Stimulus Plan is a major boost for civilstructural mechanical electrical amp environmental disciplines

Currently there is 1 engineer for every 120

people in the US or 1 engineer for every 65 US workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that

nearly 21 million people will be employed in the US as engineers in 2020 compared to less than 15 million in 1991

Food Facts ndash Did U Know

Nutrition statementslabels How to interpret

Food intolerance ndash what is it Food allergens ndash what is it Margarine benefits

SKIPPY PEANUT BUTTERDID YOU KNOW

Did you Know

1)How many peanut butter sandwiches will the average American child eat by the time he or she graduates from high school

A 500 B 1000 C2000 D 1500

DYK More Skippy has been sold than any other peanut butter in the world

DYK Georgia is the 1 peanut producing state but did you know that Texas is 2

DYK Farmers (called growers) harvest the peanuts during September October and November thenselll them to companies known as peanut shellers

DYK The shellers use special machines to remove the peanut kernels from the shells clean and sortthem by sizeThe makers of Skippy peanut butter buy peanuts from the shellers The shellers then ship themto the peanut butter plant in railroad hopper cars

2) How many pounds of peanuts does each railroad car hold

A 100000 B150000 C 120000 D 190000Hint This is the weight of 16 elephants

3) How many peanuts does it take to make an 18 oz jar of peanut butter

A 700 B 600 C 500 D 850

Did you Know 1)How much peanut butter does it take to cover the floor of the Grand Canyon

A500 million lbs B 900 million C400 million D 600 million

DYK 3 jars of peanut butter are used every second

2) What are peanuts What category of foods do they belong to

A Beans BLegumes C Peas D Nuts

3) Who eats more peanut butter

A Kids B Grown-ups

4) Which pair of Presidents were peanut farmersA Carter amp Jefferson B Jefferson amp Grant C Jackson amp Carter D Lincoln amp Washington

QUESTIONS amp ANSWERS

Speakers backgroundPaul Redwood Category Engineering Manager Unilever Paul Redwood has over 20 years experience in the food household and personal care industry He joined Unilever in 1995 and has worked on a variety of business change programs including guiding manufacturing teams through the problem solving process using analytical tools from Kepner Tregoe He works out of Corporate Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs NJ and reports to the Director of Engineering He is currently responsible for executing new product launches as well as implementing best practices and standardization across plant sites

Prior to joining Unilever he served as an Engineering and Maintenance Manager for a division of

Eastman Kodak (L amp F Products) which produced Lysol brand products Paul also previously

worked with Kraft General Foods in the Operations Quality Assurance and Engineering areas

Mr Redwood has acquired substantial project management expertise with plastic extrusion

can manufacturing aerosols powders bulk solids and liquid filling operations

Mr Redwood holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Hofstra University and a Masters

in Engineering Management from New Jersey Institute of Techology He also holds a EIT

Professional Engineering Certificate and he is a Certified Program Leader amp Process Consultant

for Problem Solving and Decision Making with Kepner-Tregoe

He is a current alumni member of NSBE Mr Redwood also served on the Advisory Board of

the Math amp Sciences Program at Fayetteville State University Paul has collaborated to produce

several technical and problem solving articles for Packaging World magazine Packaging

Technology amp Engineering and Kepner-Tregoersquos Forum magazine

Paul has two daughters Racquel age 20 who is studying Bio-Medical Engineering and Roxanne age 14

who will be representing the State of New Jersey at the upcoming national gymnastics meet He will be celebrating his 23rd anniversary in 6 months with his dear wife Rosemary His interests include soccer baseball and he loves to find whatever excuse he can to enjoy a round of golf