Value Analysis and Engineering Reengineered : The Blueprint for Achieving Operational Excellence and Developing Problem Solvers and Innovators

Value Analysis and Engineering Reengineered The Blueprint for Achieving Operational Excellence and Developing Problem Solvers and Innovators

"Thought leader Abate Kassa finds the U.S. government’s arbitrary cost-cutting directives of austerity measures or sequestration as a perfect example of moving in the wrong direction. Their system follows rule-sense rather than value-sense. In this book, Mr. Kassa proposes reengineered value an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kassa, Abate O., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Taylor and Francis 2015.
Edición:1st edition
Materias:
Value analysis (Cost control)
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630316206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • SECTION I: THE VALUE PERSPECTIVES
  • Genesis, Goals, and Definitions
  • The Value Equation
  • What Is Value?
  • The Value Equation
  • Value-for-Money
  • Value Innovation and Ways to Add Value
  • Achieving Excellence
  • Principles of Excellence
  • The Excellence Model
  • The Integrated Value-Improvement Methodologies
  • Lean Thinking
  • Six Sigma
  • Quality Function Deployment
  • Project Management
  • Supply Chain Management and the Supply Value Chain
  • Change Management
  • The Change Equation
  • The Process of Change
  • The Forces of Change
  • SECTION II: THE VALUE METHODOLOGY
  • Overview of Thinking Methodologies
  • Intuitive Thinking versus Value Thinking
  • Inductive Reasoning and Deductive Reasoning
  • DMAIC
  • Project Management Process
  • Scientific Method
  • Whole System Thinking
  • Piseria, the Value Methodology
  • The Five Basic Questions
  • The Preparation Phase
  • Preparation Phase: Select VA Project and Project Worker(s)
  • Candy Wrapper Case Study
  • The Information Phase
  • Candy Wrapper Case Study
  • What Is It?
  • What Does It Do?
  • Functional Analysis Systems Technique (FAST)
  • Value-Stream Mapping (VSM)
  • Root-Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • The Five Whys
  • Where Do We Get the Information?
  • How Do We Gather and Record Information?
  • What Does It Cost?
  • Does Cost Determine Price, or Vice Versa?
  • The Speculation Phase
  • Candy Wrapper Case Study
  • The Alternative Courses of Action: What Else Will Do?
  • Creativity in the Speculation Phase
  • Creative-Thinking Techniques
  • The Evaluation Phase
  • Candy Wrapper Case Study
  • Will It Work? What Will It Cost?
  • Analysis of Alternative Ideas
  • Development
  • The Recommendation Phase
  • Candy Wrapper Case Study
  • Objectives of the Recommendation Phase
  • Proposal Preparation and Presentation
  • The Content of the Value-Improvement Proposal
  • The A.I.D.A. Marketing Technique
  • Guidelines for Justifying the Need for Change
  • Negotiation
  • Recommendation Phase Checklist
  • Decision Requirements of the Recommendation Phase
  • The Implementation Phase
  • Candy Wrapper Case Study
  • Creativity Is Not Enough!
  • Setting-Up an Implementation Plan
  • Implementation Barriers
  • Implementation Enablers
  • Reasons for Conducting a Pilot Program
  • The Audit Results Phase
  • Candy Wrapper Case Study
  • Objectives of the Audit Results Phase
  • Review and Report
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Earned-Value Analysis
  • Institutionalization of Change
  • Return on Investment
  • Audit Results Phase Checklist
  • SECTION III: THE VALUE ORGANIZATION
  • The Value Specialist Approach
  • The Value Team Approach
  • From Bureaucracy to Adhocracy
  • How to Organize a Value Team
  • Stages of Team Development
  • The Value Buyer Approach
  • The Value Supplier Approach
  • The Value Suggestor Approach
  • The Value Educator Approach
  • The Value-Organization Approach
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: The Value Process Dashboard
  • Appendix B: Value Stream Plan (What to Do, by When)
  • Appendix C: Value Improvement Proposal
  • Appendix D: Evaluation Report and Guide
  • Appendix E: Preparation Agenda
  • Appendix F: Information Agenda
  • Appendix G: Speculation Agenda
  • Appendix H: Evaluation Agenda
  • Appendix I: Recommendation Agenda
  • Appendix J: Implementation Agenda
  • Appendix K: Audit Results Agenda
  • Author
  • Index.

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