Simulated workplaceCAQA Apex Manufacturing is a fictional business created by CAQA for training and assessment. It is not a real company and no person, client or record here is real.About this simulation
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Simulated workplace
Department

Planning, Stores and Dispatch

Builds and adjusts the weekly production schedule, receives and stores raw materials and packaging, manages finished goods stock, books and loads outbound trucks and keeps the stock records accurate so customers get the right product on the right day.

Planning and Logistics Manager22 staff
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Responsibilities

What the team is accountable for

  • Develop and adjust the weekly production schedule
  • Receive, inspect and store raw materials and packaging
  • Count and reconcile stock and investigate variances
  • Schedule and load outbound deliveries safely
  • Coordinate forklift and truck movements in the yard
Performance measures

How we know it is working

92 percent
Schedule adherence
98.4 percent
Stock accuracy
95.6 percent
On time in full deliveries
People

Who works here

LA

Lucy Anand

Planning and Logistics Manager

Lucy builds the weekly schedule, manages stores and dispatch and has been with Apex for five years.

JC

Jarrah Coulthard

Storeperson and Forklift Operator

Jarrah receives raw materials, loads trucks and keeps the stock records accurate, and has been on the Yatala yard for three years.

Systems

Where the work is recorded

Batch and Production Log

Records every blending batch and precast pour with recipe, quantities, times, operator and release status.

Maintenance Work Orders

Plans and tracks preventive and breakdown maintenance on fixed plant, mobile plant and lifting equipment.

Scenarios

Assessment tasks in this department

Entry

Receive and store the sand and polymer deliveries

You are a storeperson in Planning, Stores and Dispatch at Yatala.

Advanced

Rebuild next week's production schedule after the mill outage

You are the production planner in Planning, Stores and Dispatch.

Documents

Documents the scenarios use