Our mission is to facilitate the development of 20 non-competing high potential manufacturing enterprises toward World-Class performance. Working in collaboration members will achieve tangible business benefits whilst developing a sustainable World Class capability in their business and people.

Our vision of the HPC network is a challenging environment that dramatically accelerates each member's progress in achieving and sustaining World-Class business performance and growth. We value achieving results through customer satisfaction, teamwork, integrity, innovation, creativity, open communication, mutual respect and support.

The key elements of the program are:

Each potential member will undergo a formal Diagnostic as part of the selection process. This diagnostic will provide an objective assessment of the company's World-Class status and identify areas for improvement. The diagnostic and development plan will be revised annually. Summarized information will be presented to the consortium members on progress in Key Performance Indicators providing a further opportunity for benchmarking and performance review.

The meetings provide a forum to learn from your peers the practices and experiences of fellow members in specific areas where they have achieved excellence. Participants must be willing to share their expertise as well as learn from their peers. Specialist speakers will be brought in as needed to expose participants to the latest thinking and practices.

Specialised practical training will be held to advance the skill level of people in the areas identified by the member companies. To meet the needs of the member companies training will be sourced if available or custom designed if nothing appropriate exists.

SNAP's are comprised of member company representatives that are focused on a specific opportunity or learning area. They will often be in the form of a 'Kaizen Blitz' focused on implementation. The power of SNAPs is in the input that peers from other member companies provide, as well as the opportunity for them to reapply learning at their own site.

Members will have access to information on best practices in other parts of the world at the Consortium meetings, on the web site and via the weekly members email newsletter. The web-site will include links to key sites, literature review and a discussion area for members to 'post' any issues for discussion with the group.

Consortium members will learn from each other, and while some 'Best Practices' will exist in the member companies there will be a need to search the rest of Australia and the world for the latest 'Best Practices'. The facilitators will use and expand their network to find the best in Victoria, Australia and the world to share with consortium members.

An essential role of the Consortium Facilitators is to support companies' progress toward world class. At least one day per quarter of consulting support will be available for each member to review progress against plan and assist with removing any barriers to improvement. Each consultant will be matched with the needs of the member.