SAVE International - Society devoted to the advancement and promotion of the value methodology
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9901 The value of Time Ginger R. Adams & R. Terry Hays Value Analysis Methodology Job-Plan Time Discusses how changing the length of the traditional 40-day VM study can modify the effectiveness of the process. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9902 Value in Partnering (VIP): Part II Michael S. Adams Value Analysis Methodology TQM Partnering Direct-Application-Method Describes how the Direct Application Method of partnering may hold clues for adapting the Value Methodology to rapid delivery methods such as design-build. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9903 Value Engineering in Saudi Arabia - Overview & Applications in Public and Private Sectors Abulaziz S. Al-Yousefi & Ali Al-Khuwaiter & Saleh Al-Oshaish & Emad Shublaq Value Analysis Engineering Management Saudi Arabia A paper/panel discussion covers 44 areas: (1) Governmental implications, (2) The history of VE in Saudi Arabia, (3) The VE influence on Saudi engineering practices, and (4) An overview of Saudi practices in VE education and training. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9904 Application of Value Analysis Techniques in Developing Unit Rate Budgets for British Columbia Schools Christopher Baker Value Analysis Education Construction Budgeting Canada Describes how Value Analysis has minimized the construction capital cost of buildings in the British Columbia school system in keeping with the provincial rating of unit rate per square metre of building gross floor area. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9905 Value Engineering in the Product Development Process: an Application in Automotive Industry Damir Borsic & Cesare Volante Value Analysis Engineering Methodology New-Design Competitors Customer-Satisfaction Target-Cost Automotive Italy Describes a case study of the application of Value Engineering and Target Costing during the concept and preliminary design of the development process of a new car. Includes evaluation of competitors' products and the Voice-of-the-Customer. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9906 A Revolutionary Approach to Cost Prediction Using the Artificial Neural Method Deepak Burman & Kae Huang Value Analysis Engineering Artificial-Neural-Method Manufacturing Cost Estimating Describes how an artificial neural network model can be applied in manufacturing cost estimating and Value Engineering. Includes an O-ring case study. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9907 Decision Making Models in the Job Plan Charles L. Cell Value Analysis Engineering Economic-Model Administrative-Behavior-Model Suggests the use of Herbert Simon's administrative behavior model in place of the more usual economic model to improve the receptivity of managers to the Value Engineering process. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9908 Integrating TRIZ with Value Engineering: Discovering Alternatives to Traditional Brainstorming and the Selection and Use of Ideas. Dana W. Clarke, Sr. Brainstorming Creativity TRIZ Suggest that value practitioners use TRIZ (the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) instead of brainstorming to improve the effectiveness of their problem solving process. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9909 Essential VE Consulting Skills Michael J. Cook Value Analysis Engineering Consulting Categorizes and describes many of the competencies that are required to be an outstanding VE consultant with particular attention paid to interpersonal skills. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9910 Customer Purchase Decision Model An Enhancement to Customer FAST Thomas M. Cook Value Analysis Customer-Oriented-FAST Describes an enhancement to customer oriented FAST which creates a more complete viewpoint for VA team members. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9911 How to Successfully Devise and Implement a Strategic Business Plan by Using Value management Principles Ren¾ Donais Value Analysis Management Strategic-Development Canada Presents advantages and benefits obtained though use of the Value management job plan in establishing a company's strategic development plan. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9912 Comparing and Combining Value Engineering and TRIZ Techniques C. Bernerd Dull Value Analysis Engineering TRIZ Points out how Value Engineering and TRIZ (the Theory of Inventive problem Solving) can be merged for maximum effectiveness and greatly enhanced problem-solving power. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9913 How Value Engineering Can Assist in Commercial Activities Studies Diedre E. Eaton & Mary Rus Value Engineering Government Commercial-Activities Describes how US government teams evaluating whether an activity should be transferred from government to commercial can benefit by using Value Engineering techniques to define a Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Most Efficient Organization (MEO). 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9914 Charting the Future Directions of Value Engineering Patrick Sik-Wah Fong & Erica King-yi Value Analysis Engineering Academic Survey Future Hong-Kong Results are described of a random questionnaire survey on the future of VE in the face of a lack of sound academic base. Surveyed were members of SAVE International, USA and IVM, UK. It is widely believed that VE will survive in the next three years. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9915 Team Learning and Value Management Teams Patrick Sik-Wah Fong Value Analysis Management Teams Learning Academic Hong-Kong Describes the team learning processes and the conditions what make teams effective at learning using the Dehant, Marsick, and Kasl's Team Learning study as a foundation 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9916 Integrating Patents into Value Improving Practices Raymond D. Gilbert Value Analysis VECP Value-Improving-Practice Patents Recommends adding the remaining portion of the 20-year patent lifetime to selected 3-5 year VECP income life to harness the full cooperative, inventive power of professional contributors. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9917 VE Application to the Determination of training Programs to Reinforce Design Technological Capabilities Kimakasu Hashimoto Value Analysis Engineering Training Design-Engineers Manufacturing Japan Researches the training methods to correctly understand and effectively use VE in design activities for design engineers in the manufacturing industry. Aims to improve design engineers' consciousness of VE 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9918 In-House VE for Construction Work by East Japan Railway Kazuyuki Hayashi Value Analysis Engineering Railway Priority-VE-Method Japan Describes previous in-house Ve activities and the five steps of the efficient Priority VE method that was developed recently 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9919 The Impact of Sequential Thinking in the Construction Design Process Keith Hogg Value Analysis Management Construction Sequential-thinking UK Examines the impact that information sequence may have upon the decision making that occurs during the Construction Design Process. Makes a case for early Value management involvement.  
9920 After Brainstorming J. Jerry Kaufman Value Analysis Engineering Job-Plan Planning-Phase Describes the process following the "Speculation" Phase of the Value Analysis Job Plan as the Planning Phase and describes the detailed process. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9921 Scenario Learning for Value Master Planning Stephen J. Kirk & Michael M. Paquette Value Analysis Management Construction Master-Planning Describes the process of scenario learning using computer program SiMs which permitted value specialists to contribute significantly to the physical master planning of Goddard Space flight Center facilities. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9922 Reengineering for Value: Using Total Quality Management & Value Methodology Processes, Tools & Techniques to Reengineer Effective Organizations. Bruce Lenzer Value Analysis Methodologgy Reengineering Organizations TQM Discusses how reengineering has encountered problems and recommends use of Total Quality Management and Value Methodology tools to support and quantify decisions in the reengineering process. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9923 The Professional Standing of Value Management A Global Study of Legislation, Standards, Certification, and Institutions Steven Male & John R. Kelly & Graeme Bowles & Marcus Gronqvist Value Analysis Management Benchmark Construction UK Presents approaches to looking at occupations and profession to explore the current professional standing of VM in construction, both in the UK and internationally 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9924 VE as an Effective tool for Business Improvements Prakash S. Mashelkar Value Analysis Engineering Industry India Discusses how a focused VE program resulted in business improvements to a division of one of India's major companies. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9925 Focusing the Program, Projects, and Teams - Part C: Refining and Controlling Project and Workshop Direction with FAST Scot McClintock Value Analysis Management Engineering FAST Construction Discusses use of FAST to refine and control the direction of a VM workshop on three construction projects. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9926 Developing a VA/VE Policy for British Columbia Bryan R. A. McConachy Value Analysis Engineering Government Construction Canada Reports on success in the use of the two step process for applying VA/VE in British Columbia as advocated in an earlier paper. The Ministry uses scoring and auditing. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9927 Government Application of VA to Procedure with Extreme User Expectation Differences Chris Morell & Thomas M. Cook Value Analysis Engineering Government User-Expectation Case study details four key elements judged to be crucial in a recent VA effort: (1) Strategic vision, (2) conflict management, (3) issue clarification, and (4) team decision making/communication. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9928 Development Venture Strategy of Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SME-s) Applying Value Methodology Ferenc Nµ dasdi Value Analysis Methodology Small-Medium-Size-Enterprises Hungary Describes the creation of a methodology for applying Value Methodology in Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs). 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9929 The Systematic Cost management Aiming for Customer Satisfaction Yoshinari Nagoya Value Analysis Engineering Product-Development Japan Describes a systematic method of cost management for product development. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9930 Value Engineering and Organizational Development R. N. Nagre Value Analysis Engineering Industry India Describes the journey of the fan division of Compton Greaves, outlining the condition prior to VE and the transformation through VE to organizational development. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9931 Necessity of VE Promotion According to the Phases of VE Application Yoshio Nakagami Value Analysis Engineering Phases Japan Identifies the intrinsic characteristics of VE promotion at each phase of promotion activities, specific elements of successful VE, and phase-by-phase styles of VE promotion 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9932 The Reasonable Target Cost management System for Parts Manufactures in Japan Hitoshi Nitta Cost Management Parts-Manufacturer Japan Describes ideal cost management in a Japanese parts manufacturer from a strategic management point of view. Elements are described as (1) Offensive Target Cost Management, (2) Defensive target Cost management, and (3) Factor VE. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9933 Value management: A Key Strategy for Fulfilling Target Cost for New Product Development Somkant L. Padhye Value Analysis Management Target Costing India Analyses and assesses activities for realising target cost plans which have been introduced at Compton Greaves in India since 1995. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9934 The Case for Function Science Alfred I. Paley Value Analysis Engineering Management Function-Science Introduces the idea that Function Analysis should be elevated to a Science of Function Analysis 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9935 Enhancing Development of Non-Time-Critical Removal Actions Under CERCLA Through The Application of Value Methodology S. R. Parikh Value Analysis Methodology Government DOE Environment Waste-Removal Recommends a systematic approach be employed for reviewing the applicability and practicability of the federal requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9936 Focusing the Program, Projects and Teams Part A: Strategic Choice and Defining Program Direction Martyn R. Phillips Value Analysis Methodology Construction Business-Decision-Making Canada Discusses improvement of management (soft) services and systems as well as development of new, refurbished or expanded (hardware) facilities, both using the Value Methodology 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9937 Value Analysis Application in Material Design of Concrete Ma Qingan & Yi hong Xin Concrete Design China Proposes a rigorous method of defining a concrete designed structure such as a dam. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9938 Successful Application of VE in the Early Design Stage Axel Peter Ried Value Analysis Engineering Machine-Tool Germany Describes the successful; application of VE in the early design stage of a machine tool at Reichenbacher in Germany 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9939 Triangle Thinking Method Shoji Seki Value Analysis Engineering Motion-Analysis Cost-Analysis Describes a three-pronged method to make it easy for production management to propose ideas: (1) Effective Motion Analysis, (2) Cost analysis, (3) VE. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9940 Value Engineering Training in Saudi Arabia With Particular Reference to MOMRA's Program Emad W. Shublaq Value Analysis Engineering Training Saudi-Arabia Describes the history of value engineering training in Saudi Arabia with focus on a newly established 4 months accredited training program at Ministry of Municipals and Rural Affairs (MOMRA). 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9941 Enhancing Creativity With Pencil And paper Roger B. Sperling Value Analysis Methodology Creativity Brainstorming Recommends the use of individual, written brainstorming to augment the group, verbal brainstorming used in value Methodology (VM) studies. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9942 An Evaluation Method for New Product Specifications Based on the Evaluation of the Required Functions From the Viewpoint of Pilot Users. Masayasu Tanaka & Toshiyuki Fujita & Michio Amagasa New-Product-Specifications Electronics Pilot-Users Japan Describes a technique for gathering data from pilot users via the Internet to quickly define specifications for new products where the life cycle is very short. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9943 How Can Safety be Considered as Part of a Transportation VE Study? Steve J. Taylor Value Analysis Engineering Transportation FAST Creativity Safety Canada Describes a freeway design VE in which the inclusion of data on future accident costs resulted in a patentable application for an innovative VE proposal which improved safety on the highway. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9944 Value management and the UK Construction Best practice Programme Mike Thomas Value Analysis Management Construction UK Outlines recent changes in UK construction which were developed through a Value management effort and which resulted in the establishment of a Best Practice Programme for the industry 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9945 Focusing the Program, Projects, and Teams - Part B: Establishing the Team - Is it Ever Too Early or Too Late? Michael Thompson Value Analysis Management Team Construction UK Demonstrates that it is never too early or too late to apply controls, including Value Management, Risk management, Quality, Health and Safety, and Environmental Management to Programs or Projects. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9946 Value Engineering Application in Environmental Process Design - A Case Study Manjiv S. Vohra & August Ochabauer Value Analysis Engineering Environmental Remediation Presents a successful case study of a 2-day process using VE principles on an environmental remediation project 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9947 The Implementation of Value management in the Public Sector: A Value for Money Approach John R. Kelly & Steven Male Value Analysis Management Value-Management-Services-Procurement UK Examines the strategies of the procurement of value management services in public sector organisations within Australia and the USA compared to those in use in the UK. Suggests a method for UK use based upon the "Value for Money" principle. 1999 SAVE Proceedings
9948 Value management in Buildings Design Pier Luigi Maffei Value Analysis Italy Describes a European process for construction projects which is similar to Value Analysis and emphasizes value indices 1999 SAVE Proceedings