AAOM Handbook

SC.16 Can Operations be Changed to Reduce the Risk Context The draft schedule must deliver the completion of every Work Order prior to its Required Date, regardless of any apparent constraint from workplace or resource availability. While every effort has been made to optimise the draft schedule, and to remove constraints on its completion, there may still be critical issues that will prevent the schedule being completed unless they are managed. There are three basic types of critical issues;  A resource (material, service or specialised tool/equipment) that is necessary for the completion of the schedule cannot be made available at the Scheduled Date.  The schedule cannot be completed without changes being made to the Routine Operating Schedule (ROS).  The schedule cannot be completed without changes being made to the labour available for executing it. This Task Assignment applies when the draft schedule identified one or more of the above critical issues and it has been decided by the accountable manager that;  a resource cannot be available at the Scheduled Date,  that the ROS will compromise the scheduling of some work before its Required Date,  Work Group capacity availability will compromise the scheduling of some work before its Required Date. One possibility in this situation is to change the operation of the business in order to reduce or remove this risks that may arise if some work cannot be completed by its Required Date. Purpose To decide whether the method/parameters for operating the business area can be modified in order to reduce/remove the risks arising from delayed completion of some work. Quantity One decision whether operations can be modified to reduce the risk. Quality The decision criteria to be used are:  The options for operation (including approving partial completion of the work where practical, reduced loading, reduced operating rate, alternate output routing etc) that will reduce/remove the risk.

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