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Facilitate the development of a new product

Facilitate the development of a new product

Unit of competency
National Code
MSS405076
State Code
OER11
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
16/12/2022
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
03/05/2023
Field of Education
080315 - Project Management
Original Release Date
03/05/2023
Nominal Hours
70
Description
This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to interpret a new product design and determine how the product will be manufactured, balancing the business and technical sides of the new product design. This unit applies to technical experts, managers or similar roles who have been given the responsibility to consult with customer, management and other stakeholders, determine the materials, components and production processes to be used for the new product; determine process capability; oversee production trials; and facilitate procedures for ongoing production of the product.This unit applies to any organisation that is implementing a new product design in a competitive systems and practices environment.No licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication. Relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must be applied.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Confirm design brief for new product
  • 1.1 Review product design with customer and other key stakeholders to determine technical specifications, timelines, aesthetic, cost, sustainability and customer perceived value
  • 1.2 Determine, with input from key stakeholders, supply chain and production choices with potential benefits for sustainability and/or customer perceived value and implications for design brief
  • 1.3 Determine any regulatory, industry code or intellectual property (IP) requirements for product
  • 1.4 Identify any required tooling, process or equipment needs
  • 1.5 Confirm design brief, including relevant drawings
  • 1.6 Determine design brief conforms to organisation objectives and capability
  • 1.7 Obtain approval on total design brief from all relevant personnel
2. Determine material requirements for product
  • 2.1 Select appropriate materials and components in liaison with key stakeholders
  • 2.2 Determine material and component testing and evaluation regime required to meet product end use requirements and regulatory and/or industry code requirements
  • 2.3 Arrange for testing and evaluation of trial materials and components
  • 2.4 Guide material trial process and interpret material trial results
  • 2.5 Determine final materials and components specifications and details of value chain
3. Determine process requirements for product
  • 3.1 Select process to make product in liaison with key stakeholders and based on relevant factors
  • 3.2 Determine any special process and/or equipment requirements for this product
  • 3.3 Communicate with production personnel to determine any concerns and/or training or other needs
  • 3.4 Adjust design, as required, to satisfy customer and production needs
4. Ensure process needs for new product have been met
  • 4.1 Liaise with equipment design and procurement personnel to ensure they align with requirements
  • 4.2 Interpret hardware specifications and ensure they are appropriate for job
  • 4.3 Liaise with process personnel to ensure draft procedures for new product have been developed
  • 4.4 Validate product cost and design meets organisation requirements and capability
5. Trial new product through the process
  • 5.1 Design trialling procedures to evaluate key aspects of product and process
  • 5.2 Liaise with relevant stakeholders to facilitate engagement with trials
  • 5.3 Ensure trialling procedures incorporate health, safety and environment (HSE) requirements
  • 5.4 Coordinate trialling of new product
  • 5.5 Interpret product trial results and guide product trial process
  • 5.6 Tune process to optimise production of new product
6. Determine process capability
  • 6.1 Plot appropriate statistical process control charts
  • 6.2 Determine confidence limits
  • 6.3 Compare confidence limits with product specification
7. Coordinate product trials
  • 7.1 Determine product testing and evaluation regime required to meet end use requirements and regulatory and/or industry code requirements
  • 7.2 Arrange for testing and evaluation of trial product or prototype
  • 7.3 Interpret product trial results and guide product trial process
  • 7.4 Determine final product specification in liaison with key stakeholders
  • 7.5 Make changes to materials, process and equipment as needed to meet final product specifications
8. Implement standard procedures for new product
  • 8.1 Monitor initial production and, in liaison with relevant team members, adjust process, conditions and materials to ensure product and process outcomes conform to customer, regulatory and organisation requirements
  • 8.2 Update process specifications to reflect optimised operations
  • 8.3 Make, or initiate action for, updates to standard operating procedures (SOPs) to reflect new product
  • 8.4 Make, or initiate action for, updates to update equipment and other hardware records to reflect additions/changes
  • 8.5 Oversee completion and submission of project records and reports
  • 8.6 Archive records according to company procedure
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State Code National Code Title Type
BAJ76 MSS405075 Facilitate the development of a new product Unit of competency