Value Management Academy – VE / VM Related Articles

Reduce Manufacturing Costs - The Value Engineering Way

Need to get your margins back?
Value Engineering (VE) can do it!

SAIIE Presentation 2009

An innovative Industrial Engineer – duh!!!

Abstract – presented to the SAIIE Conference 2009

Value Engineering – the only problem is the name!

This article aims to remove the misnomers surrounding the highly relevant decision-thinking methodology known generically as Value Engineering.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) on Value Management, Value Engineering and Value Analysis

Value Engineering & the Automotive Industry

The term ‘value’ supersedes, and encompasses, both cost and quality. Unless a company’s product, service or internal process is worth its cost (at the absolute minimum), it does not represent good value and cannot maintain its position in a competitive marketplace. Given this truth and the huge pressures confronting the Automotive Industry, it provides an excellent arena in which to examine the implications of Value Engineering from a cost cutting perspective.

Team Building Revisited with Value Management

Many companies rely on conventional Team Building Methods to overcome their problems, wasting the money and time of an already stretched workforce. This article explains that by using Value Management Principles in an organisation, building a successful Team will be an end result of good decision making and successful implementation of agreed on improvements and strategies.

VIP - Value Improvement Practices

One of the requirements for good Project Governance is to apply VIP’s (Value Improvement Practices) during selected project phases. (Key Deliverables in Project Scope).
This article (and PDF Document) will provide an overview how to integrate VIPs into the Project Management Process

Brief Introduction to the Value Management & Value Engineering Methdodology

Value Management/ Value Engineering is a Decision-Making Methodology.

A dynamic process focusing the collective wisdom of multi disciplinary groups, Value Management / Value Engineering systematically defines common objectives, functionally prioritises what needs to be done and then creatively identifies how best to achieve the targeted results.

The Johari Window

A brief insight to the dynamics of the Johari WIndow

Purchasing a motor vehicle

Purchasing a motor vehicle using "simple" Value Engineering

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