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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Determine appropriate analytical techniques
  2. Develop competitive systems and practices strategies
  3. Implement strategy
  4. Monitor implementation of 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

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.

Competitive systems and practices techniques and tools include one or more of:

value stream mapping

5S

JIT

mistake proofing

process mapping

establishing customer pull

kaizen and kaizen blitz

setting of KPIs/metrics

identification and elimination of waste (muda)

standardisation.

Customer requirement stages where value stream actions may occur include one or more of:

sales outlet/representative

information gathering, data analysis and research

product design

raw material sourcing

intermediate processing

final assembler/collation/preparation

support services (e.g. accounting, finance and legal)

storage and delivery to customer

after market support.