Implement mistake/error proofing (Poka yoke) in food and drink operations
Overview
This standard is about the skills and knowledge needed for you to implement mistake/error proofing (Poka yoke) to support your organisation's drive to improve food and drink operations. This is important in increasing productivity and success of manufacture, processing and supply within the food and drink supply chain.
You will need to agree objectives and implement mistake/error proofing (Poka yoke) in food and drink operations. You will need to show and understand how you agree objectives for a mistake/error proofing programme and present your plans to relevant people within the organisation, including management colleagues. You will need to implement the programme and co-ordinate activities to effectively maintain the mistake/error proofing programme. 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 implement mistake/error proofing (Poka yoke) in food and 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:
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, safety and hygiene requirements of the area in which you are carrying out the mistake/error proofing activity
- why mistake/error proofing activities are used
- the food and drink processing activity under review
- the people and resources that are required for the mistake/error proofing activity
- the importance of planning mistake/error proofing activities
- the difference between mistake/error proofing and prevention and detection
- the operational activity on which the mistake/error proofing activity is being applied
- the impact of mistake/error proofing on defects
- how mistake/error proofing can lead to zero defects
- how defects originate in products or processes
- how the role of source inspection contributes to the reduction of defects
- the relationship between errors and defects
- the different types and range of mistakes
- how to apply mistake/error proofing (Poka yoke) tools
- how to use mistake/error proofing documentation
- how to apply analysis and charting methodology for mistake/error proofing
- how mistake/error proofing relates to other continuous improvement processes
- how to implement trials to measure the effectiveness of mistake/error proofing projects
- the role of Standard Operating Procedures and specifications in food and drink operations
- how to apply mistake proofing devices
- the extent of your own authority within the activity, and to whom you should report in the event of problems that you cannot resolve