Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish production requirements
- Raw material supply contracts and receival data, sales and market trend information, and corporate marketing plan and strategy are reviewed to quantify production requirements.
- Conditions that may affect production requirements are identified in consultation with executive management and designated sales and marketing personnel.
- Production requirements across product portfolio to meet customer requirements and site and equipment capacity are estimated in consultation with executive management and designated sales and marketing personnel.
- Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) impacts are monitored for compliance with enterprise plan and licence conditions.
- Production plan is documented and submitted for executive management approval.
- Facilities, personnel, machinery and equipment required for compost production are confirmed as being available.
- Contingency plan to address potential oversupply or undersupply of raw material or product is developed and documented.
- Schedule production to meet requirement
- Batch types and volumes of compost-based products to be produced are calculated.
- Laboratory and field test data of compost materials during and post-production is obtained.
- Production schedule is monitored and adjusted according to field and laboratory test results.
- Product is made available to customer in required quantities, to required quality and at required time.