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Welcome to the court of Emperor

Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar

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Noble
Noblemen!
men!There
There
isisaavery
very
important
importantmatter
matter
before
beforethe
thecourt
court
today.
today.

The
Theraw
rawmaterial
material
price
priceisisshooting
shootingup.
up.
The
material
cost
The material costof
of
aasword
swordhas
hasgone
goneup
up
by
byRs.10
Rs.10..And
And.
.
We
Weare
areadding
adding
50,000
50,000soldiers
soldiersto
to
our
army
this
year.
our army this year.

I Iwant
wantto
tohandle
handle
this
thissituation
situation
without
without
increasing
increasingthe
the
taxes.
Please
taxes. Please
give
giveyour
your
valuable
valuable
suggestions
suggestionsas
as
to
tohow
howwe
we
should
face
should facethis
this
situation.
situation.

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Why
Whyeveryones
everyones
quiet?
quiet?
Birbal!
Birbal!I Iam
am
surprised
that
surprised thatyou
you
too
toohave
havebecome
become
silent!!
silent!!

!!
!?

??

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Your
YourMajesty,
Majesty,I I
have
havesix
sixideas
ideas
which
whichcan
canreduce
reduce
the
thecost
costof
ofaa
sword
swordby
byatleast
atleast
Rs.20
Rs.20without
without
compromising
compromisingthe
the
functional
functional
requirements.
requirements.

!?

!!

??

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!!
!?

??

Brilliant!.
Brilliant!.
Tell
Tellus
usthose
those
ideas.
ideas.

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Part Count
Reduction

Presently,
Presently,
the
thehilt
hilthas
has
77parts.
parts.
The
The
proposed
proposed
design
designwill
will
have
have44..

Existing Design

New Idea

7 parts

4 parts

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Part
Commonisatio
n
For
Forthe
thenew
newhilt,
hilt,
instead
insteadof
ofdesigning
designing
exclusive
exclusiverivets,
rivets,we
we
can
use
the
rivets
can use the rivetsof
of
daggers.
daggers.

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Benchmarking
When
Whenthe
theShah
Shahof
of
Persia
Persiawas
wasour
ourGuest
Guest
last
lastmonth
month,,
I Iobserved
observedthat
thatthe
the
hilt
hiltininhis
hissword
sworddoes
does
not
have
a
curved
not have a curved
portion.
portion.We
Wecan
can
design
designsimilar
similarhilts
hilts
for
forour
ourexperienced
experienced
soldiers.
soldiers.

Existing Design

Curved portion

New Idea

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The
Thesheath
sheath
which
whichhouses
houses
the
theblade
bladeisis
made
madeof
ofcopper
copper
now.
now.
We
Wecan
canswitch
switch
over
overto
toAlloy
Alloy
steel
steelwhich
whichisis
cheaper.
cheaper.

Alternate
Material

Copper

Steel

Sheath
Blade

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Weight
Reduction

Since
Sincealloy
alloysteel
steelisis
stronger
strongerthan
than
copper,
copper,we
wecan
can
reduce
reducethe
the
thickness
thicknessby
by0.5
0.5
mm
mmwhich
whichwill
willsave
save
material
material

1.5 mm

2 mm

Sheath
Blade

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Yield
Improvement

The
Thecurved
curved
blade
bladedesign
designisis
yielding
yieldingonly
only22
pieces
piecesper
perdie.
die.IfIf
aastraight
straightblade
blade
isisdesigned,
designed,we
we
can
canextract
extract33
pieces
piecesper
perdie.
die.

2 Blades

3 Blades

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Your
Yourmajesty.
majesty.The
The
present
presentdesign
designisis
being
beingused
usedsince
sincethe
the
time
timeof
ofBabur
Babur
without
any
without anyfailure.
failure.
We
Weshould
shouldnot
notrisk
riskany
any
design
designchange.
change.

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Saheb,
Saheb,there
thereisisno
no
doubt
doubtthat
thatthe
the
present
presentsword
sword
designed
designedby
byyou
youfor
for
my
myGrandfathers
Grandfathers
army
armyisissuperior.
superior.
However,
However,let
letus
ustest
test
this
thisnew
newdesign
designinin
our
ourbarracks.If
barracks.Ifthey
they
pass
passthe
thetests,
tests,we
we
will
willdeploy
deploythem
theminin
the
thebattle
battlefield.
field.

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IfIfthe
theideas
ideaspass
pass
the
thetest,
test,we
wecan
can
save
saveatleast
atleastRs.
Rs.
Ten
TenLakhs
Lakhsthis
this
year,
year,thus
thusserving
serving
the
thepurpose
purposeof
of
cost
costreduction.
reduction.

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There
Thereisisan
an
advantage
advantagealso.
also.
I Ido
donot
nothave
haveto
to
increase
increasethe
thetax.
tax.

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Birbal!
Birbal!I Iwonder
wonder
how
you
how you
developed
developedthese
these
ideas!
ideas!IsIsthere
thereaa
systematic
systematicway
way
by
bywhich
whichothers
others
can
also
can alsobe
be
trained
trainedto
to
generate
generatesuch
such
ideas.
ideas.

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Yes,
Yes,your
yourMajesty.
Majesty.
With
Withthe
thehelp
helpof
ofFunctional
Functional
Analysis
AnalysisSystem
System
Technique(FAST)
Technique(FAST)any
anybody
bodycan
can
generate
generatesuch
suchideas.
ideas.FAST
FASTisisaa
powerful
powerfultool
toolused
usedin
inValue
Value
Engineering
Engineering(VE)
(VE)which
whichisisan
an
extremely
extremelyeffective
effectivesystem
systemto
to
improve
improveproducts
productsand
andservices
services
for
forcost
costand
andproductivity
productivity
improvement.
improvement.

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IfIfsix
sixideas
ideasfor
forthe
the
sword
sworditself
itselfcan
can
save
saveRs.
Rs.Ten
Tenlakhs
lakhs,,
imagine
imaginehow
howmuch
much
money
moneywe
wecan
cansave
save
on
onother
otherweapons
weapons
like
likespears,
spears,arrows
arrows
and
andcannons
cannonsetc.
etc.

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Birbal!
Birbal!There
Thereare
arefour
fourdivisions
divisionsin
inmy
my
army
armyInfantry,
Infantry,Cavalry,Artillery
Cavalry,Artilleryand
and
Elephant
Elephantbrigade.
brigade.I Iwant
wantyou
youto
toteach
teach
the
theengineers
engineersinineach
eachof
ofthese
these
divisions
divisionsthe
theapplication
applicationof
of Value
Value
Engineering
Engineering(VE),
(VE), especially
especiallythe
the
Functional
FunctionalAnalysis
AnalysisSystem
System
Technique(FAST).
Technique(FAST).Each
Eachdivision
divisionshould
should
release
releaseArmoury
ArmouryChange
ChangeRequests
Requests
(ACRs)
(ACRs)for
forthe
theworth
worthof
ofRs.25
Rs.25lakh.
lakh.

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Yes,
Yes,your
your
Majesty.
Majesty.