Unit of competency
Modification History
Release 1. Supersedes and is equivalent to MSS403034A Organise products into groups
Application
This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to organise products and processes into groups, or to re-examine the current organisation into groups, using techniques such as the Glenday Sieve, Pareto analysis or similar. This may be done to assist in moving to flow-based operations or to identify other strategies for improving customer benefits/features and the elimination of muda (waste).
This unit applies to individuals who, as part of their work role, need to analyse an organisation’s products or processes (physical or otherwise) so as to identify the most significant groups. There are several ways in which this may be done and this unit covers all of these ways. Typically the sorting into groups is not an end in itself but simply a way of identifying groups of products to which other competitive systems and practices may be applied.
The person will typically be a team leader, manager, senior operator or other person who has a role in implementing competitive systems and practices. They will work with others in the organising of products into groups either as part of a formal team or otherwise. They will liaise and communicate with these others as required.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Pre-requisite Unit
Nil
Competency Field
Competitive systems and practices
Unit Sector
Not applicable
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
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Determine the basis of product organisation |
1.1 |
Identify stock keeping units (SKUs) for analysis. |
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Determine relevant metric as the basis of organisation. |
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1.3 |
Determine time basis for analysis. |
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1.4 |
Collect selected metric over the time period for each SKU. |
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2 |
Apply analysis tool |
2.1 |
Select appropriate analysis tool. |
2.2 |
Apply the tool. |
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2.3 |
Test for sensitivity, as appropriate. |
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2.4 |
Confirm ranking of product groupings. |
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2.5 |
Tabulate and communicate the results. |
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3 |
Develop a strategic response to the results |
3.1 |
Analyse product groupings for opportunities for increased flow based on customer pull and elimination of waste. |
3.2 |
Select relevant competitive systems and practices tools. |
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3.3 |
Develop a strategy deployment plan. |
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3.4 |
Obtain required approvals. |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those required skills (language, literacy and numeracy) that are essential to performance.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Range of Conditions
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. |
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Competitive systems and practices include one or more of: |
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Stock keeping unit (SKU) is a unique identifier applying to one or more of: |
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Relevant metric includes one or more of: |
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Time basis includes one or more of: |
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Analysis tool for grouping the SKUs includes one or more of: |
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Sensitivity testing includes one or more of: |
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Strategic response incudes one or more of: |
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Unit Mapping Information
Release 1. Supersedes and is equivalent to MSS403034A Organise products into groups
Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5b04f318-804f-4dc0-9463-c3fb9a3fe998