Value Engineering

After more than 50 years as a manager and Value Engineering (VE) pioneer, Richard J. Park outlines Value Engineering: A Plan for Invention. Drawn from his extensive experience in major automotive, aircraft, and general manufacturing fields - then as an independent consultant and trainer - Park shows VE's applicability to not only the corporate environment, but other aspects of community and personal life as well. He covers: expanding VE to a full management discipline for planning and controlling operations, the broad range of knowledge required for successful application, and VE as an essential adjunct to Quality Engineering and TOC techniques.

Park, Richard

THE WORLD AROUND USBACKGROUND: Fire to FightMANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: Tools for the ToolboxTHE TOOLBOX: The Application Benefit MatrixTHE ECONOMICS OF PROFITCOST AND ITS ELEMENTS: The Driving ForceGoals and ObjectivesComponents of Cost and PriceCost Analysis-Methods and ApplicationsBenchmarking, Pareto and Comparative AnalysisCost as a Measurement Tool, Models and Criterial AnalysisCost Estimates and TimeCost Reduction-Risks and BenefitsFUNCTION, The Foundation of ClarityFunction is the KeyThe Link-Function and CreativityDefine the FunctionVALUE, A Matter of OpinionHistory and Meaning of ValueEconomic and Social ValueMeasuring Economic ValueDefining and Measuring Social ValueDetermining and Setting ValuesMotivation and ValueValue, an OpinionQUALITY, A Major Component of ValueDefinitionMeasuring QualityQuality and ProfitQuality and ValueTHE HUMAN ELEMENTCOMMUNICATIONS, a Two-Way StreetInformation CollectionListening-Restrictive Habits and How to Improve Body Language and Facial ExpressionsMeetings and ProductivityMOTIVATION, Different Things Move Different PeopleWhy We Act-Pleasure and PainAwareness to Our EnvironmentWants and Needs: Conflicts With Management GoalsMotivation-Action and ReactionMaslow, and GravesStress, Action and ReactionTEAMS AND TEAMWORK, A Synthesized Knowledge GroupWhy a Team?-The Specialist SocietyTeam Composition and Structure to Compensate for The Specialist SocietyTeam Building and DevelopmentOutlook and GoalsIdeas and ActionGroup Problem-Solving and its BenefitsCREATIVITY, The Innate Drive to ChangeMeaning and DefinitionThe Environment-Need, Potential, and ConflictThe IndividualThe Creative ProcessBlocks to CreativityCreativity BoostersBrainstormingCreative GamesTHE SUM OF THE PARTS-A PRACTICAL METHODVALUE ENGINEERI