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I LOSS AREA1 I KNOWLEDGE BASE STANDARD I
Construction

Equipment Weadcondition

Procadprecision

Tempohate
/ capacity level
Accesdlmation
Operating
conditions
Optimum
conditions
support functions

Ease of control/
standardization

Quallty of work

Error-proofing

Training skill
Figure 9.9 Inputs to the knowledge base to aid standards setting

9.6 Checklists

The knowledge base should contain checklists such as those below to guide
progress through the TF’M (D) milestones.

Effe c five design/spe cifica fion

Can the item of equipment be ehated? (Is it vital to the process or as
a result of the design?)
Can the item or part be integrated with the adjacent part?
Can the item be simplified? (Can it be a standard part rather than a
special one?)
Can we standardize the item with another item?