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Business operations
and management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................2
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
Overview of the company......................................................................................................3
Aim.........................................................................................................................................3
Vision.....................................................................................................................................4
Mission...................................................................................................................................4
Main functions of business operations..................................................................................4
HRM Strategies of Unilever...................................................................................................5
Supply Chain Management ...................................................................................................6
Production...............................................................................................................................7
Manufacturing........................................................................................................................7
Quality Control Process..........................................................................................................7
Location Strategy....................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Business operation can be defined to the activities that businesses engage in on a daily
basis tasks to keep running and making money (Luo and Choi, 2021). There are six functional
area of business management which includes marketing, finance, technology, human resources,
strategy, operations and equipment. Every business operators should understand these areas and
focus on researching because they related to business operations. The three different types of
business operations invovles manufacturing, service and merchandising (Santoro, et.al., 2018).
The company is being chosen in this report is Unilever. It is a multinationtionl consumer goods
company and its headquarter is in London. The company was established in 1929.Unilever is
uified into three main categories such as personal care, home care and foods and refreshments.
This report will cover the general introduction of business operations and its main fubctions. In
addition to that it will decscribe the brief of the cosen company, At last, it will cover the
company's management decisions on production, supply chain, HR and quality control etc.
TASK
Company's overview
Unilever is a multinational corporation which provides goods to consumer. It was
founded in 1929 and its headquarter is in London (Murphy and Murphy, 2018). It is also known
as the largest producer of soap in the world. Its products are available in around 190 countries.
The products available such as ice creams, beauty products, personal care products, beverages,
foods, condiments, ice cream and cleaning agents. It has broad and deep portfolio of brands and
a diversified product range, which makes Unilever unique. Unilever also take care of the needs
and preferences of the consumers and bring innovation into products around the world. It has 52
billion turnover in 2021 and 3.4 billion people uses their products every day. The company also
has more than 400 brands that are household names. The company mainly focuses on the
development of a consistent HR strategy, that serves the entire operations of the company. The