MCMS401A     Ensure process improvements are sustained

Ideal for anyone in a team leader role this unit forms part of the Certificate IV in Competitive Manufacturing program. Participants must complete 10 units of competency and may be eligible for training subsidies.

Unit Descriptor

This unit covers the knowledge and skills needed to ensure that the
gains which have been made by using improved methods, processes
and equipment are sustained as the new base line/standard to the
team's area of work and so prevent regression to former practices, or
digression to less efficient practices.
 

Application of the Unit

This unit applies to an environment where continuous improvement in a manufacturing enterprise is being undertaken. The team leader or other responsible person then facilitates and implements methods of ensuring that these improvements are sustained.

Improvement initiatives can be made by any of any number of methods and by teams or individuals. The unit assumes that desired levels of performance or quality are known. The unit covers ensuring that team members implement the modified processes to ensure the improvements are sustained and opportunities taken to suggest further improvements.

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