IMPQI260 – Carry out value stream mapping (VSM) in food operations
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to carry out a value stream mapping (VSM) programme to support your organisation's drive to improve food operations. This is important in increasing productivity and success of manufacture, processing and supply within the food supply chain. Understanding current operational practice is central to the implementation of change, improvement, new practice, targets and a performance driven culture.
You will need to show and understand how you agree objectives for the value stream mapping programme with relevant people across the organisation. It includes how to use the appropriate improvement tools and techniques to create current and future state maps for the parts or materials. You will need to implement and understand the value stream mapping programme and present your findings to management colleagues. You will need 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 your role requires you to carry out a value stream mapping programme 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:
Agree objectives for the value stream mapping programme
select parts or materials on which to carry out the activity in accordance with the improvement plan
agree improvement objectives with the relevant personnel
present your plans for implementing improvement to the relevant personnel
agree a programme plan with the relevant personnel
Implement a value stream mapping programme
initiate the value stream mapping programme in accordance with the programme plan
co-ordinate the activities which are necessary to implement the programme plan
maintain communication with those affected by the improvement programme
create an accurate state map for selected parts or materials
identify where improvement opportunities can be made in accordance with the programme plan
evaluate and select improvement opportunities in accordance with the programme plan
specify improvements within a revised state map
agree and present improvements to the relevant personnel
provide sufficient information to enable any agreed improvement to be incorporated within Standard Operating Procedures
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand
the organisation's improvement vision, strategy, objectives and the reasons for implementation of improvement programmes
the health and safety requirements of the area in which you are carrying out the value stream mapping activity
why value stream mapping is necessary and what the benefits are to your organisation
the process used to select parts or materials for a value stream mapping activity
the people and resources required for the value stream mapping activity
how to structure and run a value stream mapping event
the value stream mapping process
the process used to set improvement objectives
how to plan a value stream mapping activity
what constitutes value adding and non-value adding activities
what a state map is and how it can be used to identify improvements
how improvements to the process can be achieved
how to evaluate improvement ideas and select improvement opportunities
how to revise state maps to communicate improvements
how to incorporate improvements into Standard Operating Procedures
how to visually communicate improvement opportunities and results
how to identify problems and opportunities for solving them
how root cause analysis can support problem solving
how to construct system lead time and actual lead time
how to calculate Takt time
how process capacity can be increased using value stream mapping
what constitutes value adding and non-value adding activities
the extent of your own authority, and to whom you should report in the event of problems that you cannot resolve
IMPQI260 – Carry out value stream mapping (VSM) in food operations
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to carry out a value stream mapping (VSM) programme to support your organisation's drive to improve food operations. This is important in increasing productivity and success of manufacture, processing and supply within the food supply chain. Understanding current operational practice is central to the implementation of change, improvement, new practice, targets and a performance driven culture.
You will need to show and understand how you agree objectives for the value stream mapping programme with relevant people across the organisation. It includes how to use the appropriate improvement tools and techniques to create current and future state maps for the parts or materials. You will need to implement and understand the value stream mapping programme and present your findings to management colleagues. You will need 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 your role requires you to carry out a value stream mapping programme 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:
Agree objectives for the value stream mapping programme
Implement a value stream mapping programme
Knowledge and understanding
You need to know and understand
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