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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Establish trial parameters
   • Define new product specifications
   • Identify production resource requirements
   • Establish project budget and timeline
   • Ensure trial is of appropriate size to provide reliable process and production information, following workplace procedures
2. Prepare for new product trial
   • Scale new product recipe or formula to suit trial production
   • Identify and confirm raw materials and ingredients, packaging components and consumables, to meet trial requirements
   • Identify available and suitable production equipment and safe operating procedures
   • Ensure availability and competency of production personnel to successfully operate the trial process
   • Identify environmental, food safety, and work health and safety (WHS) hazards of the trial process and determine appropriate control methods
   • Achieve consensus on trial documentation format and procedures
   • Establish trial schedule and identify, monitor and address barriers and constraints to achieving schedule
3. Develop and communicate information on the trial process
   • Inform personnel in related work areas and functions about trial status and progress
   • Advise operators directly participating in the trial of parameters, roles and responsibilities
   • Communicate advice on product specifications and operating procedures to the project team
4. Monitor trial progress
   • Monitor trial process to identify actual and potential barriers to achieving schedule
   • Ensure trial product is produced within specifications
   • Identify or investigate out-of-specification or unacceptable outcomes
   • Identify unusual or atypical conditions that could affect achievement of the schedule
   • Report and make modifications according to trial arrangements
5. Evaluate trial outcome
   • Review trial objectives against trial outcomes
   • Assess resource allocations against plan
   • Assess trial product against specifications
   • Compare production parameters and operating conditions with scheduled performance
   • Identify and investigate significant variances
   • Identify and report improvement opportunities