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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Analyse decisions to be made
   • Identify personnel to be included in the analysis process.
   • Determine the consequences of the decisions in liaison with relevant personnel.
   • Determine the variables which can be controlled.
   • Determine the variables which cannot be controlled.
   • Determine the consequences of a change in these variables in liaison with affected personnel.
2. Define factors which cause variables to change
   • Identify factors which are able to be controlled.
   • Identify factors which are not able to be controlled.
   • Identify means of measuring these factors, or indicators for the values of these factors.
   • Compile a list of measurements/indicators required.
   • Communicate with team members and involve them in development of factors and changes to ensure awareness and facilitate learning.
3. Develop data collection protocols
   • Determine methods of making measurements.
   • Determine methods of quantifying indicators.
   • Determine the benefit/cost of automated (or other) collection of data.
4. Develop systems to produce required information
   • Identify user of information and their needs and abilities.
   • Determine data processing needs to produce required information.
   • Determine information distribution channels.
   • Determine skill development need for recipients of information.
   • Implement systems to produce information.
   • Monitor implementation and make adjustments, as required.

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 Just in Time (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.
Variability includes one or more of:	any change which occurs in the job different times taken to do the same thing different effort taken to do the same thing different results from applying the same effort (i.e. variation in quality) amount of rework required.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include the ability, for one (1) or more specific plants or processes, to:

determine relevant data, including variables for decisions

determine factors and variables subject to control

develop strategies for data collection that deliver the greatest overall benefit

implement data collection systems.

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Knowledge Evidence

Must provide evidence that demonstrates sufficient knowledge to interact with relevant personnel and be able to determine what information is needed to support decision making, including knowledge of:

business needs of the organisation/section

information needs of individuals within the organisation

possible data available/potentially available to the organisation

methods of collecting available data

relationship between data available and information required

methods of converting data into useful information

methods of developing indicators for factors resistant to measurement.

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