Unilever Plc · LSE:ULVR
Unilever — Investor Day (June 2004)
25 slides from Unilever's investor day presentation, Jun 29, 2004
Slide 1: Unilever R&D and Vitality - General Introduction
Personalised for Unilever R&D and Vitality - General Introduction - Investor Relations Event 29-30 June 2004 Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, The Netherlands Certain of the comments and materials in this presentation may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litiga
Slide 2: General Overview Unilever R&D
Personalised for General Overview Unilever R&D Unilever & Research Unilever Corporate Research Safety & Environment Assurance Centre (SEAC) Divisional R&D: Foods & HPC 6 central R&D laboratories • 3 in Europe • 1 in US • 2 in Asia (India/China supported by global technology centres & regional and lo
Slide 3: Organisational Framework - Value Chain and Operating Model
Personalised for Organisational Framework - Value Chain seamless connection between fundamental science to product innovation 5-10 yr 4-8 yr 2-5 yr 0.5-3 yr Applied Technology Roll out of Technology Local Adaptation, Fundamental Applied Basic Renovation, Science Science Technology no ng n Innovation
Slide 4: Funnel Approach for Global Innovation Projects
Personalised for Funnel Approach for Global Innovation Projects Ideas already early on linked to business cases Each project is scored in terms of consumer impact & novelty of science/technology Consumer Technology Matrix Consumer Impact Entirely New Clear Variant/Minor No Improvement Product (or Im
Slide 5: Unilever R&D: Simplify and Organise for Growth
Personalised for Unilever R&D FROM TO Heavily centralised R&D More decentralised R&D Local devt Regional/local devt GTC Central GTC research Core science areas & GTC category R&D GTC Simplify and Organise for Growth Unilever R&D From To Budget driven Value Creation driven Knowledge Delivery in the m
Slide 6: Setting up of External Advisory Councils
Personalised for Setting up of External Advisory Councils e.g. Foods Research Advisory Council Home and Personal Care 29 June 2004 Home & Personal Care R&D - Locations Port Sunlight Edgewater Research GTC Bangalore Title goes here 6
Slide 7: Home & Personal Care R&D
Personalised for Home & Personal Care R&D - Customers LAUNDRY HHC ORAL SKIN DEO HAIR Home & Personal Care R&D - Skills CORE SKILLS • Product • Process • Packaging • Safety/Health/Environment • Evaluation UNDERPINNING SCIENCE • Physical Science • Bioscience • Process Science • Consumer Science R&D Th
Slide 8: Sources of R&D - The Philosophy and Practice
Personalised for Sources of R&D - The Philosophy Practical solutions for the consumer’s problems: • Personal care • Hygiene As simple as possible As leading edge as it needs to be Sources of R&D - The Practice Academia Suppliers HPC R&D Corporate, Foods Start-ups AXE Deodorant The Challenge: • Helpi
Slide 9: AXE Deodorant: Technical Approach and Proving the Benefits
Personalised for Technical Approach • Underarm odour is produced by bacteria degrading sweat • Iron is essential for bacterial growth and is a waste product in human sweat • By binding the iron, bacteria cannot grow Iron bound by new Deo-active Proving the Benefits Benefits proven at 5 and 24 hours
Slide 10: Dove Shampoo and Conditioner
Personalised for Dove Shampoo and Conditioner The Challenge: Softer, smoother hair •You want to touch it •You want it to be touched •Stronger and resists damage better Technical Approach We understand hair fibres and their multi-scale structure We did thousands of computer ‘experiments’ We used high
Slide 11: Dove Firming Lotion
Personalised for How we communicate Play Movie Dove Firming Lotion The Challenge: • Firmer, moisturised skin, to help every woman to make the most of what she is • A lotion that is absorbed quickly, and didn’t feel sticky • A lotion that delivered the most advanced benefit agents to the skin Technic
Slide 12: Proving the Benefits; The Creative Scientific Edge
Personalised for Proving the Benefits Laboratory tests proved that 0.5 glycerol penetrates deep into the skin after 5 hours from 0.4 Amount of glycerol application (Confocal Raman Spectroscopy) 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0 5 10 15 20 Depth into skin (µm) Consumer tests proved noticeably firmer, smoother skin in
Slide 13: Unilever R&D and Vitality - Foods R&D
Personalised for Unilever R&D and Vitality - Foods R&D - Investor Relations Event 29-30 June 2004 Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, The Netherlands Contents • Framework R&D within Unilever Foods • Foods Research Centre & Unilever Health Institute • Strategic Science Areas • Nutrition & Health / • Consumer P
Slide 14: Foods Research Centre & Unilever Health Institute
Personalised for Foods Research Centre & Unilever Health Institute z Delivers new technologies for breakthrough innovations z Leads the world in strategic areas of food and nutrition science & technology Strategic Science Areas Nutrition & Health Consumer Sensation, Perception & Behaviour Flavour &
Slide 15: Why did we choose these areas?
Personalised for Why did we choose these areas? • Critical for understanding (science) and delivering (technology) nutritional value, flavour and texture. These are essential quality attributes of foods in context of vitality • Consumer perception & behaviour helps us to deeply understand consumer m
Slide 16: Nutrition has an impact on Vitality throughout life
Personalised for Nutrition has an impact on Vitality throughout life young kids adults elderly adults Key Areas: • Development and Growth • Resistance to Disease • Prevention of Chronic Degenerative Diseases (heart disease, etc.) • Wellbeing & Appearance • Performance • Body Weight & Shape Dramatic
Slide 17: Nutrition & Health; Unilever Health Institute
Personalised for Nutrition & Health Acknowledged by top experts and health organisations as leaders in nutrition and health.” Achieved through • First to identify and obtain health positive ‘actives’ • Setting the scientific agenda & pace in healthy foods • Build impeccable scientific credentials wi
Slide 18: Nutrition Breakthroughs; Consumer Sensation, Perception & Behaviour
Personalised for We manage our breakthroughs for these focus areas through a funnel approach from laboratory to clinical studies. Nutrition Breakthroughs: Kids & Family Nutrition (D&E) Evidence Active(s) Target Benefit “Proof of Principle” Laboratory Clinical Specific Immuno Gut Health Proteins Done
Slide 19: Flavour and active delivery systems
Personalised for ‘Flavour and active’ delivery systems “Design superior sensory and functional ingredient delivery systems to surprise and delight the consumer.” Achieved through • First to predict and control delivery of compounds in the mouth/nose and in the human digestive tract • First to develo
Slide 20: Unilever flavour capabilities; Food Structure
Personalised for Unilever flavour capabilities Modulation of salt perception Example: Salt perception is also under control of ingredients other than salt, e.g. citric acid Physics and Physical Chemistry of Food and Food Manufacturing “Build world class capabilities in physical science in order to d
Slide 21: Unilever Food Structuring and Processing Capabilities
Personalised for Unilever Food Structuring and Processing Capabilities • In depth understanding of structuring properties of food ingredients • State of the Art high measurement facilities: • electron microscopy (very high resolution 10-9m) Theory • Molecular modelling • Emulsion and Crystallisation
Slide 22: Unilever R&D and Vitality - Corporate Research
Personalised for Unilever R&D and Vitality - Corporate Research - Investor Relations Event 29-30 June 2004 Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, The Netherlands Organisational Framework R&D Corporate Foods & Global Regional & Research HPC Technology Local & SEAC Research Centres Centres Science scouting Convert
Slide 23: Corporate Research: The CR Funnel
Personalised for Corporate Research • 25% external spent • Through Unilever Technology Ventures evaluating start-up companies • Consolidated in our UK Colworth lab The CR Funnel Academia Unilever Corporate Research Programme Vitality Start-ups & Literature Brand Growth Seedcorn Scouting Projects Meg
Slide 24: Key Objective of Programme; Conclusions
Personalised for Key Objective of Programme Develop technology to deliver products with great salt taste but without associated health implications Corporate Research Example Step Change in Sensory Perception "Salty without Salt" Taste Receptor technology Conclusions • Our model ensures a unique con
Slide 25: Thank you
Personalised for Thank you Title goes here 25