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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify the products and processes used in the organisation
  2. Engineer the process
  3. Design the infrastructure
  4. Lay out the process

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Competitive systems and practices include one or more of:

lean operations

agile operations

preventative and predictive maintenance approaches

statistical process control systems, including six sigma and three sigma

Just in Time (JIT), kanban and other pull-related operations control systems

supply, value, and demand chain monitoring and analysis

5S

continuous improvement (kaizen)

breakthrough improvement (kaizen blitz)

cause/effect diagrams

overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)

takt time

process mapping

problem solving

run charts

standard procedures

current reality tree.

Profiles of products include consideration of all of:

components/materials needed to manufacture

equipment/technology/processes required to manufacture

volume of activity to manufacture forecast amount

required operations equipment/technology/processes.

Required resource times include consideration of all of:

set-up time

equipment time

person time

process time.

Lot size includes one or more of:

external lot size

internal lot size

transfer batch size

kanban size.

Viability includes consideration of all of:

appropriate calculated processing times

adequacy of equipment utilisation

acceptable maintenance implications

ability to meet WHS requirements

ability to meet environmental requirements

compliance with any legislative and regulatory requirements

acceptable to stakeholders.

Stakeholders include one or more of:

customers

employees

equipment suppliers and contractors (especially if new equipment required)

regulatory authorities

local community representatives

utilities (e.g. water and power).

Physical infrastructure includes one or more of:

containers/packaging

material handling equipment (e.g. pipes, tanks, conveyors and hoppers)

utilities supply (e.g. steam, air, gas, electricity and water).

Information and control infrastructure includes one or more of:

quality assurance

statistical process control (SPC)/six sigma

planning systems/software

data collection and control systems/software.

Work organisation includes all of:

number of personnel

skills/capability mix of workforce.