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SME (Subject Matter Expert)

Subject Matter Expert

Person with deep practical or technical expertise in a specific process, technology or domain.

Examples

  1. 01The plant's SME for injection moulding helps teams solve short-shot and sink-mark problems and trains every new machine setter.
  2. 02The SME reviews problem-solving reports in their area before closure and checks that onboarding material still matches current machines.
  3. 03Knowledge from the SME on drying times is written into one point lessons and shared with the two sister plants that run the same resins.

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