Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify potential for new product or process development
- Analyse internal and external environments including legislative frameworks, industry directions, enterprise goals and consumer trends to identify emerging opportunities
- Describe enterprise goals for the development of new product or process
- Identify and evaluate potential products or processes consistent with the goals and directions of the enterprise
- Obtain enterprise estimates and forecasts of required production levels, costs, sales and required rate of return
- Identify regulatory requirements for the development and sale of new product or process
- Develop and test product or process
- Prepare schedules and plans for the development and trial of new product
- Identify sources of technical expertise and information
- Research and refine product or process concept
- Develop prototype and evaluate it for impact on meat quality and food safety
- Refine and confirm specifications for new product or process
- Evaluate feasibility of product or process for the enterprise
- Prepare samples of new products
- Coordinate, monitor and evaluate trials and tests of product or processes for commercial operation
- Gather and analyse customer and consumer feedback
- Assess enterprise capacity to support new product or process and identify system strengths and weaknesses
- Prepare resource analyses and proposals for the introduction of new product or process
- Cost new product for commercial implementation and evaluate it against enterprise forecasts of production, costs, sales and rate of return
- Conduct risk assessment
- Prepare and present recommendations including risk management strategies
- Scale up operations for commercial implementation
- Obtain and schedule resources for commercial operation
- Prepare action plans for the scale up to commercial operations in consultation with enterprise personnel
- Prepare and implement communication and consultation strategies to inform stakeholders of progress and gain their commitment to the process
- Identify food safety requirements of new product or process and include them in food safety system and plans
- Develop and implement monitoring and control systems
- Prepare contingency plans
- Train personnel in new product or processes, systems and procedures
- Commission product or process with minimum disruption to other operations
- Evaluate market impact of new product
- Prepare product information and samples for marketing and promotion
- Determine targets for new product or process in consultation with relevant personnel, in accordance with enterprise goals and operations
- Measure product or process performance against targets
- Analyse causes for not achieving targets and prepare recommendations for improvement
- Gather and analyse customer or consumer feedback and include results in recommendations for improvement
- Identify potential for new product or process development
- Analyse internal and external environments including legislative frameworks, industry directions, enterprise goals and consumer trends to identify emerging opportunities
- Describe enterprise goals for the development of new product or process
- Identify and evaluate potential products or processes consistent with the goals and directions of the enterprise
- Obtain enterprise estimates and forecasts of required production levels, costs, sales and required rate of return
- Identify regulatory requirements for the development and sale of new product or process
- Develop and test product or process
- Prepare schedules and plans for the development and trial of new product
- Identify sources of technical expertise and information
- Research and refine product or process concept
- Develop prototype and evaluate it for impact on meat quality and food safety
- Refine and confirm specifications for new product or process
- Evaluate feasibility of product or process for the enterprise
- Prepare samples of new products
- Coordinate, monitor and evaluate trials and tests of product or processes for commercial operation
- Gather and analyse customer and consumer feedback
- Assess enterprise capacity to support new product or process and identify system strengths and weaknesses
- Prepare resource analyses and proposals for the introduction of new product or process
- Cost new product for commercial implementation and evaluate it against enterprise forecasts of production, costs, sales and rate of return
- Conduct risk assessment
- Prepare and present recommendations including risk management strategies
- Scale up operations for commercial implementation
- Obtain and schedule resources for commercial operation
- Prepare action plans for the scale up to commercial operations in consultation with enterprise personnel
- Prepare and implement communication and consultation strategies to inform stakeholders of progress and gain their commitment to the process
- Identify food safety requirements of new product or process and include them in food safety system and plans
- Develop and implement monitoring and control systems
- Prepare contingency plans
- Train personnel in new product or processes, systems and procedures
- Commission product or process with minimum disruption to other operations
- Evaluate market impact of new product
- Prepare product information and samples for marketing and promotion
- Determine targets for new product or process in consultation with relevant personnel, in accordance with enterprise goals and operations
- Measure product or process performance against targets
- Analyse causes for not achieving targets and prepare recommendations for improvement
- Gather and analyse customer or consumer feedback and include results in recommendations for improvement