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Elements and Performance Criteria
Required Skills
Evidence Required
Range Statement
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Competitive systems and practices | Competitive systems and practices may include, but are not limited to:lean operationsagile operationspreventative and predictive maintenance approachesmonitoring and data gathering systems, such as Systems Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Materials Resource Planning (MRP) and proprietary systems statistical process control systems, including six sigma and three sigmaJust in Time (JIT), kanban and other pull-related operations control systemssupply, value, and demand chain monitoring and analysis5S continuous improvement (kaizen)breakthrough improvement (kaizen blitz)cause/effect diagramsoverall equipment effectiveness (OEE)takt timeprocess mappingproblem solving run chartsstandard procedurescurrent reality treeCompetitive systems and practices should be interpreted so as to take into account:the stage of implementation of competitive systems and practicesthe size of the enterprisethe work organisation, culture, regulatory environment and the industry sector |
Value stream | The value stream begins with the customer and includes all actions (both value-adding and non-value added) by both internal sections/departments and external organisations to meet a customer requirement. Depending on the operations and the customer requirement stages where value stream actions may occur include:sales outlet/representativeinformation gathering, data analysis and researchproduct designraw material sourcingintermediate processingfinal assembler/collation/preparationsupport services (e.g. accounting, finance and legal)storage and delivery to customerafter market support |
Value added | Value added is measured against its contribution to the customer benefits/features and may be in the form of:technical benefits/featureslocation benefits/featuresaesthetic benefits/featuresinformation benefits/features |
Value stream map | The map of the value stream may include:hard copy (e.g. paper or whiteboard) using appropriate softwareThe map should show all participants and stages of materials and information flow and the value creating and non-value adding steps and processes |
Waste | Waste (also known as muda in the Toyota Production System and its derivatives) is any activity which does not contribute to customer benefit/features in the product. Within operations, categories of waste include:excess production and early productiondelaysmovement and transportpoor process designinventoryinefficient performance of a processmaking defective itemsactivities which do not yield any benefit to the organisation or any benefit to the organisation’s customers |