Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine production process requirements
- Information regarding the characteristics of products being grown or refined/manufactured and their respective market requirements is accessed.
- Characteristics of the land under production and the quality and amount of existing infrastructure are confirmed from colleagues and other planning processes.
- Historical data, including recent data from organisational records is identified and accessed for input to production planning.
- Information regarding other organisational planning processes and potential for improvements or innovations is collected and used to inform production planning.
- Requirements of the organisation are taken into consideration during analysis.
- Production processes required to efficiently achieve the targeted production requirements in line with organisational policies are identified and compared with those that currently exist.
- Details regarding production planning are used as input to other organisational planning processes.
- Determine monitoring requirements and systems
- Production targets for each enterprise and each product, crop, herd, or flock are established from the range of organisational management and strategic plans.
- Scheduling for production processes is determined taking varying organisational factors into consideration.
- Environmental and waste management controls are established and specifically included in the production plan.
- Monitoring points and performance indicators for the production process are established using target, environmental management and scheduling information.
- Prepared risk management strategies are put into place and acted upon when necessary.
- A plan is prepared that documents the decisions taken, the assessments made, the targets established, and any specific issues that relate to environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) risks.
- Monitor/evaluate effectiveness of production processes
- Checks are made to ensure that the performance indicators, targets, and specifications are being met and amendments to the process are made where necessary.
- The effectiveness of the production processes is evaluated at key points and adjustments are made as necessary.
- Environmental impacts and OHS hazards relating to production processes are identified, monitored and assessed throughout the production cycle.
- Modifications are made to the production process when made necessary by shifting priorities and results.
- Data, observations and documentation from the production process are analysed against the plan according to organisation guidelines.
- Record and manage information
- Recommendations for future plans are prepared based on the analysis of the data.
- A report is prepared that documents the plans implementation according to the organisations requirements and guidelines.
- Records and documentation are created, maintained and kept as described in the production plan, the OHS requirements, and machinery and equipment management programs.
- The recordkeeping system that is used ensures that required information is available, accessible, meaningful and useful.