IMPQI253 – Apply basic statistical analysis to support improvement in food operations
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed to apply the basic statistical analysis as part of your organisation's drive to increase the effectiveness and productivity of food operations. This is important in the achievement of excellence and the success of manufacture, processing and supply across the food supply chain.
You will need to apply and understand basic statistics, and provide an informed approach to the analytical techniques and procedures used within your organisation. You will need to show and know how to present findings of analysis to relevant people within the organisation, including management colleagues. You will need to know how to comply with your company policy for improvement, take responsibility for your actions, and refer any issues outside of the limit of your authority to others.
This standard is for you if you work in food or drink operations including, manufacturing, processing, packing or supply chain activities. You may have responsibilities for aspects of organisational improvement in a team leadership or management role.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Prepare for analysis
confirm and agree the defined scope of analysis with the relevant personnel
check and confirm that basic statistical analysis is most appropriate to support the analysis required with the relevant personnel
obtain information, documentation and resources necessary to support the analysis in accordance with procedures
communicate the purpose of the analysis to the relevant personnel
Carry out analysis to support improvement activity
use approved methodology to apply the analysis and collect performance data on work activities in accordance with the improvement plan
analyse and evaluate performance data in accordance with the improvement plan
Report improvement opportunities
present the findings of the basic statistical analysis to the relevant personnel
make recommendations about improvement opportunities and targets resulting from the analysis findings to the relevant personnel
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand
the organisation's improvement vision, strategy, objectives and the reasons for implementation of improvement programmes
how the health, safety and hygiene requirements of a work area can influence the process of analysis
the food or drink operational activity that is being analysed
how to use basic statistical techniques
the meaning of `variation', and how this can be detected with statistics
how variation can affect a process
why data points are important to statistics
why we need to use basic statistics
the meaning of the terms `population' and `sample' when applied to basic statistics
distribution curves and the properties of a normal curve
the creation and use of charts and diagrams
how to calculate mean, median, mode, standard deviation, range and variance
the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics
levels of authority linked to problem resolution
the use of statistical measurement and meanings, abbreviations and symbols in the collection of performance data
how to use graphical data representation in data analysis
how to interpret and evaluate data
how to present analysis findings
how to make recommendations about improvement opportunities and targets
IMPQI253 – Apply basic statistical analysis to support improvement in food operations
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed to apply the basic statistical analysis as part of your organisation's drive to increase the effectiveness and productivity of food operations. This is important in the achievement of excellence and the success of manufacture, processing and supply across the food supply chain.
You will need to apply and understand basic statistics, and provide an informed approach to the analytical techniques and procedures used within your organisation. You will need to show and know how to present findings of analysis to relevant people within the organisation, including management colleagues. You will need to know how to comply with your company policy for improvement, take responsibility for your actions, and refer any issues outside of the limit of your authority to others.
This standard is for you if you work in food or drink operations including, manufacturing, processing, packing or supply chain activities. You may have responsibilities for aspects of organisational improvement in a team leadership or management role.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
Prepare for analysis
Carry out analysis to support improvement activity
Report improvement opportunities
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand
Keywords: Food operations; Manufacturing; Excellence; Improvement; Organisational development; Change; Management; Statistical analysis