3rd impulse scientific Workshop Procter & Gamble, Brussels

3rd IMPULSE Scientific Workshop

• Procter & Gamble, Brussels

• October 2008

Patrizio Ricci

• Italian

• 13 yrs with P&G in Brussels & Cincinnati & many extended stay across EMEA

• Engineering Associate Director WE Fabric Care & Global Process Breakthrough

• Dry Laundry ( Ariel / Daz / Bolt )
• Laundry Liquids (Ariel, Bold, Dash, Dreft)
• Fabric Enhancers (Lenor, Downy)
• Laundry Unit Dose ( Ariel tabs )
• Bleach (Ace)
• Hand Dish (Fairy, Dreft)

• 8 Fluids Plants around the world

Topics

• P&G

• Engineering

• Process Breakthrough

• A changing environment

• Sustainability

• Connect and Develop

Some more facts

• 138,000 employees

• Operating in over 80 countries worldwide

• Active in every market in Western Europe

• Our European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

• Several European Technical Centers

• In Brussel Innovation Center : >800 R&D, > 100 Engineers, > 30 nationalities.

4 core competencies

THE 1992 EFFECT

Mr Proper Bathroom Production Sites 1992

Key changes in 1992

• Elimination of intra EU Custom

• Cabotage: Full truck loads in both directions

• Decrease of intra EU Road Transport cost

Mr Proper Bathroom Production Sites 2008

Advantages of central Sourcing

• Economies of scale on Capital Expenditure & Operating Cost

• Easier Product & Technology Standardization (one plant -> one technology platform -> one product for the whole of Europe)

• Concentrate R&D – Engineering – Supply Chain Management effort

• Faster Continental Roll-outs

The World is Changing Fast! How Far on $500 Worth of Diesel?

What else is changing ?

• More product customization

• Faster response to local market demands

• Globalization of the market

• Higher cost pressure

• Focus on Sustainability

• …

Changing world

• “We need to anticipate the game, be ready with our engineers to solve the challenges that are not defined yet, using technologies that haven’t yet been invented in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”

Pace of Innovation

Sustainability

Sustainability on Leadership Agenda

• “We are committed to helping solve the world’s sustainability challenges. We do this through product innovations, reducing the environmental footprint of our operations and through our contributions to help children live, learn and thrive. Companies like P&G can be a force for good in the world. This is a responsibility and an opportunity that we embrace.”

Sustainability

Built Into P&G’s Purpose and Values

• P&G Purpose:

• We provide branded products and services of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the world’s consumers, now and for generations to come.

• Principles:

• We incorporate sustainability into our products, packaging and operations.

P&G Sustainability Matrix

P&G’s Sustainability 2012 Goals

• Develop and market at least $20 billion dollars of “sustainable innovation” products.

• Complete a decade-long program of reducing the greenhouse gas emissions, disposed waste, and energy and water consumption of our own operations by at least 10% each.

• Improve the lives of hundreds of millions of children in need around the world through our global Cause program - Live, Learn and Thrive.

So how do we face all these challenges ?

Open Innovation or C&D