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SL 1 in Value Engineering
SL 1 in Value Engineering
Noble men! There is a very important matter before the court today.
The raw material price is shooting up. The material cost of a sword has gone up by Rs.10 . And . We are adding 50,000 soldiers to our army this year.
I want to handle this situation without increasing the taxes. Please give your valuable suggestions as to how we should face this situation.
SL 1 in Value Engineering
Your Majesty, I have six ideas which can reduce the cost of a sword by atleast Rs.20 without compromising the functional requirements.
Why everyones quiet? Birbal! I am surprised that you too have become silent!!
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SL 1 in Value Engineering
Presently, the hilt has 7 parts. The proposed design will have 4 .
Existing Design
New Idea
7 parts
4 parts
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SL 1 in Value Engineering
Part Commonisatio n For the new hilt, instead of designing exclusive rivets, we can use the rivets of daggers.
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SL 1 in Value Engineering
Benchmarking When the Shah of Persia was our Guest last month , I observed that the hilt in his sword does not have a curved portion. We can design similar hilts for our experienced soldiers.
Existing Design
New Idea
Curved portion
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SL 1 in Value Engineering
The sheath which houses the blade is made of copper now. We can switch over to Alloy steel which is cheaper.
Alternate Material
Copper
Steel
Sheath Blade
SL 1 in Value Engineering
Since alloy steel is stronger than copper, we can reduce the thickness by 0.5 mm which will save material
Weight Reduction
2 mm
1.5 mm
Sheath Blade
SL 1 in Value Engineering
The curved blade design is yielding only 2 pieces per die. If a straight blade is designed, we can extract 3 pieces per die.
Yield Improvement
2 Blades
3 Blades
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SL 1 in Value Engineering
Saheb, there is no doubt that the present sword designed by you for my Grandfathers army is superior. However, let us test this new design in our barracks.If they pass the tests, we will deploy them in the battle field.
SL 1 in Value Engineering
Birbal! I wonder Yes, your Majesty.how you With the help of Functional Analysis developed these System Technique(FAST) any body can a ideas! Is there generate such ideas. FAST is a way systematic powerful tool usedby which others in Value Engineering (VE) which is also be can an extremely effective system to to trained improve products and services for generate such cost and productivity improvement. ideas.
If six ideas for the sword itself can save Rs. Ten lakhs , imagine how much money we can save on other weapons like spears, arrows and cannons etc.
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SL 1 in Value Engineering
Birbal! There are four divisions in my army Infantry, Cavalry,Artillery and Elephant brigade. I want you to teach the engineers in each of these divisions the application of Value Engineering (VE), especially the Functional Analysis System Technique(FAST). Each division should release Armoury Change Requests (ACRs) for the worth of Rs.25 lakh.
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