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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Analyse organisation’s current competitive systems and practices approach
  2. Analyse fit with value stream
  3. Review and modify the competitive systems and practices approach
  4. Implement modified strategy

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.

Organisation includes one or more of:

any part of an operations or service organisation

companies, government bodies or other body of people aiming to produce a product to service a customer.

Techniques for sustaining improvement include one or more of:

standard procedures and work instructions

standard practice

other relevant documents and practices.

Manager includes one or more of:

a person who has a formal, permanent position

a person who has an ad hoc role in facilitating the function of multiple teams in a workplace, departments or entire organisations.

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include the ability to develop the competitive systems and practices of an organisation on one (1) or more occasions and to:

analyse the current competitive systems and practices approach and its fit within the value stream

determine an improvement strategy and manage its implementation

monitor the implementation, check improvements have been achieved and are sustained by being standardised.