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    Factory Automation A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition
    Factory Automation A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition
    Factory Automation A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition
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    Factory Automation A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition

    By Gerardus Blokdyk

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    Who is responsible for errors? Is there any additional factory automation definition of success? How will factory automation decisions be made and monitored? Are there any revenue recognition issues? What tests verify requirements?

    This premium Factory Automation self-assessment will make you the trusted Factory Automation domain standout by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Factory Automation challenge.

    How do I reduce the effort in the Factory Automation work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Factory Automation task and that every Factory Automation outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Factory Automation costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Factory Automation advice instantly with structured going-forward plans?

    There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Factory Automation essentials are covered, from every angle: the Factory Automation self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Factory Automation outcomes are achieved.

    Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Factory Automation practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Factory Automation are maximized with professional results.

    Your purchase includes access details to the Factory Automation self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria:

    - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF

    - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in...

    - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard

    - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation

    - In-depth and specific Factory Automation Checklists

    - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation

    INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES

    Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher5STARCooks
    Release dateOct 10, 2019
    ISBN9780655990239
    Factory Automation A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition

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      Factory Automation A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition - Gerardus Blokdyk

      Factory Automation

      Complete Self-Assessment Guide

      The guidance in this Self-Assessment is based on Factory Automation best practices and standards in business process architecture, design and quality management. The guidance is also based on the professional judgment of the individual collaborators listed in the Acknowledgments.

      Notice of rights

      You are licensed to use the Self-Assessment contents in your presentations and materials for internal use and customers without asking us - we are here to help.

      All rights reserved for the book itself: this book may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      The information in this book is distributed on an As Is basis without warranty. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of he book, neither the author nor the publisher shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the products described in it.

      Trademarks

      Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and the publisher was aware of a trademark claim, the designations appear as requested by the owner of the trademark. All other product names and services identified throughout this book are used in editorial fashion only and for the benefit of such companies with no intention of infringement of the trademark. No such use, or the use of any trade name, is intended to convey endorsement or other affiliation with this book.

      Copyright © by The Art of Service

      http://theartofservice.com

      [email protected]

      About The Art of Service

      The Art of Service, Business Process Architects since 2000, is dedicated to helping stakeholders achieve excellence.

      Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a stakeholders challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role… In EVERY group, company, organization and department.

      Unless you’re talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions.

      Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, ‘What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?’

      With The Art of Service’s Standard Requirements Self-Assessments, we empower people who can do just that — whether their title is marketer, entrepreneur, manager, salesperson, consultant, Business Process Manager, executive assistant, IT Manager, CIO etc... —they are the people who rule the future. They are people who watch the process as it happens, and ask the right questions to make the process work better.

      Contact us when you need any support with this Self-Assessment and any help with templates, blue-prints and examples of standard documents you might need:

      http://theartofservice.com

      [email protected]

      Included Resources - how to access

      Included with your purchase of the book is the Factory Automation Self-Assessment Spreadsheet Dashboard which contains all questions and Self-Assessment areas and auto-generates insights, graphs, and project RACI planning - all with examples to get you started right away.

      How? Simply send an email to

      [email protected]

      with this books’ title in the subject to get the Factory Automation Self Assessment Tool right away.

      You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria:

      •The latest quick edition of the book in PDF

      •The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in...

      •The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard, and...

      •Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation

      •In-depth specific Checklists covering the topic

      •Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation

      INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES

      Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.

      Get it now- you will be glad you did - do it now, before you forget.

      Send an email to [email protected] with this books’ title in the subject to get the Factory Automation Self Assessment Tool right away.

      Purpose of this Self-Assessment

      This Self-Assessment has been developed to improve understanding of the requirements and elements of Factory Automation, based on best practices and standards in business process architecture, design and quality management.

      It is designed to allow for a rapid Self-Assessment to determine how closely existing management practices and procedures correspond to the elements of the Self-Assessment.

      The criteria of requirements and elements of Factory Automation have been rephrased in the format of a Self-Assessment questionnaire, with a seven-criterion scoring system, as explained in this document.

      In this format, even with limited background knowledge of Factory Automation, a manager can quickly review existing operations to determine how they measure up to the standards. This in turn can serve as the starting point of a ‘gap analysis’ to identify management tools or system elements that might usefully be implemented in the organization to help improve overall performance.

      How to use the Self-Assessment

      On the following pages are a series of questions to identify to what extent your Factory Automation initiative is complete in comparison to the requirements set in standards.

      To facilitate answering the questions, there is a space in front of each question to enter a score on a scale of ‘1’ to ‘5’.

      1 Strongly Disagree

      2 Disagree

      3 Neutral

      4 Agree

      5 Strongly Agree

      Read the question and rate it with the following in front of mind:

      ‘In my belief,

      the answer to this question is clearly defined’.

      There are two ways in which you can choose to interpret this statement;

      1.how aware are you that the answer to the question is clearly defined

      2.for more in-depth analysis you can choose to gather evidence and confirm the answer to the question. This obviously will take more time, most Self-Assessment users opt for the first way to interpret the question and dig deeper later on based on the outcome of the overall Self-Assessment.

      A score of ‘1’ would mean that the answer is not clear at all, where a ‘5’ would mean the answer is crystal clear and defined. Leave emtpy when the question is not applicable or you don’t want to answer it, you can skip it without affecting your score. Write your score in the space provided.

      After you have responded to all the appropriate statements in each section, compute your average score for that section, using the formula provided, and round to the nearest tenth. Then transfer to the corresponding spoke in the Factory Automation Scorecard on the second next page of the Self-Assessment.

      Your completed Factory Automation Scorecard will give you a clear presentation of which Factory Automation areas need attention.

      Factory Automation

      Scorecard Example

      Example of how the finalized Scorecard can look like:

      Factory Automation

      Scorecard

      Your Scores:

      BEGINNING OF THE

      SELF-ASSESSMENT:

      Table of Contents

      About The Art of Service7

      Included Resources - how to access7

      Purpose of this Self-Assessment9

      How to use the Self-Assessment10

      Factory Automation

      Scorecard Example12

      Factory Automation

      Scorecard13

      BEGINNING OF THE

      SELF-ASSESSMENT:14

      CRITERION #1: RECOGNIZE15

      CRITERION #2: DEFINE:27

      CRITERION #3: MEASURE:43

      CRITERION #4: ANALYZE:57

      CRITERION #5: IMPROVE:73

      CRITERION #6: CONTROL:89

      CRITERION #7: SUSTAIN:101

      Factory Automation and Managing Projects, Criteria for Project Managers:126

      1.0 Initiating Process Group: Factory Automation127

      1.1 Project Charter: Factory Automation129

      1.2 Stakeholder Register: Factory Automation131

      1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix: Factory Automation132

      2.0 Planning Process Group: Factory Automation134

      2.1 Project Management Plan: Factory Automation137

      2.2 Scope Management Plan: Factory Automation139

      2.3 Requirements Management Plan: Factory Automation141

      2.4 Requirements Documentation: Factory Automation143

      2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix: Factory Automation145

      2.6 Project Scope Statement: Factory Automation147

      2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log: Factory Automation149

      2.8 Work Breakdown Structure: Factory Automation151

      2.9 WBS Dictionary: Factory Automation153

      2.10 Schedule Management Plan: Factory Automation155

      2.11 Activity List: Factory Automation157

      2.12 Activity Attributes: Factory Automation159

      2.13 Milestone List: Factory Automation161

      2.14 Network Diagram: Factory Automation163

      2.15 Activity Resource Requirements: Factory Automation165

      2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure: Factory Automation167

      2.17 Activity Duration Estimates: Factory Automation169

      2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet: Factory Automation171

      2.19 Project Schedule: Factory Automation173

      2.20 Cost Management Plan: Factory Automation175

      2.21 Activity Cost Estimates: Factory Automation177

      2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet: Factory Automation179

      2.23 Cost Baseline: Factory Automation181

      2.24 Quality Management Plan: Factory Automation183

      2.25 Quality Metrics:

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