creatingminds.org

Practical Tools and Wise Quotes on All Matters Creative

| Menu | Share | Search | Settings |

Value Analysis/Value Engineering

 

Creative tools > Value Analysis/Value Engineering

When to use it | How to use it | Example | How it works | See also

 

When to use it

Use Value Analysis to analyze and understand the detail of specific situations.

Use it to find a focus on key areas for innovation.

Use it in reverse (called Value Engineering) to identify specific solutions to detail problems.

It is particularly suited to physical and mechanical problems, but can also be used in other areas.

 

Quick

      X    Long

 

Logical

X          Psychological

 

Individual

X          Group

 

How to use it

Identify and prioritize functions

Identify the item to be analysed and the customers for whom it is produced.

List the basic functions (the things for which the customer is paying). Note that there are usually very few basic functions.

Identify the secondary functions by asking ‘How is this achieved?’ or ‘What other functions support the basic functions?’.

Determine the relative importance of each function, preferably by asking a representative sample of customers (who will always surprise you with what they prefer).

Analyze contributing functions

Find the components of the item being analyzed that are used to provide the key functions. Again, the question ‘How’ can come in very useful here.

Measure the cost of each component as accurately as possible, including all material and production costs.

Seek improvements

Eliminate or reduce the cost of components that add little value, especially high-cost components.

Enhance the value added by components that contribute significantly to functions that are particularly important to customers.

Example

In analyzing a pen, the following table is used to connect components with the functions to which they contribute and hence identify areas of focus.

 

How it works

Value Analysis (and its design partner, Value Engineering) is used to increase the value of products or services to all concerned by considering the function of individual items and the benefit of this function and balancing this against the costs incurred in delivering it. The task then becomes to increase the value or decrease the cost.

 

See also

 

 

Site Menu

| Home | Top | Settings |

| Tools: | All | Definition | Ideation | Selection | Implementation |

| Full Book! | Articles | Quotes | Quoters | Links | Settings |

| Contact | About | Students | Feedback | Changes |

| Settings: | Computer layout | Mobile layout | Small font | Medium font | Large font | Translate |

 

And here's our book:

How to Invent (Almost) Anything
Now FREE Online

Order in the UK
Order in the USA
Order in Canada

 

Please help and share:

| Home | Top | Menu |

© Changing Minds 2002-2015
Massive Content -- Maximum Speed