SL 1 in Value Engineering

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

SL 1 in Value Engineering

Your
Yourmajesty.
majesty.The
The
present
presentdesign
designisisbeing
being
used
since
the
time
used since the timeof
of
Babur
Babur
without
withoutany
anyfailure.
failure.
We
Weshould
shouldnot
notrisk
riskany
any
design
designchange.
change.

SL 1 in Value Engineering

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
designin
in
our
ourbarracks.If
barracks.Ifthey
they
pass
passthe
thetests,
tests,we
we
will
willdeploy
deploythem
themin
in
the
thebattle
battlefield.
field.

SL 1 in Value Engineering

IfIfthe
theideas
ideaspass
pass
the
thetest,
test,we
wecan
can
save
saveatleast
atleastRs.
Rs.
Ten
TenLakhs
Lakhsthis
this
year,
year,thus
thusserving
serving
the
purpose
the purposeof
of
cost
costreduction.
reduction.
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SL 1 in Value Engineering

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

SL 1 in Value Engineering

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

SL 1 in Value Engineering

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
usedininValue
Value
Engineering
Engineering(VE)
(VE)which
whichisisan
an
extremely
extremelyeffective
effectivesystem
systemto
to
improve
products
and
services
improve products and services
for
forcost
costand
andproductivity
productivity
improvement.
improvement.

SL 1 in Value Engineering

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.

SL 1 in Value Engineering

Birbal!
Birbal!There
Thereare
arefour
fourdivisions
divisionsininmy
my
army
armyInfantry,
Infantry,Cavalry,Artillery
Cavalry,Artilleryand
and
Elephant
Elephantbrigade.
brigade.I Iwant
wantyou
youto
toteach
teach
the
theengineers
engineersin
ineach
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.

SL 1 in Value Engineering

Yes,
Yes,your
your
Majesty.
Majesty.

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