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Value Engineering: A Blueprint
By James Brown 1992, 260 pp., illus., ISBN 0-8311-3038-5
$48.95

The implementation of value engineering results in "more for less," and it is fast becoming the favored method of planners and engineers to design parts, equipment and products in a way that will provide the lowest cost without sacrificing reliability. In Value Engineering: A Blueprint, James Brown uses his vast experience to fully explain every aspect of the subject from its history to application. It takes the novice or experienced engineer through every phase of the process, step by step, and even explains how to write a VE report. Value engineering is so critical that Armed Services Procurement Regulations specify that all contracts over a stated dollar value must include either a VE program or incentive clause.

Table of Contents:
History of Value Analysis/Engineering. Introduction. Value Management. Why Value Engineering? Put Value Engineering to Work. What is Value? VE in the Military. Value Analysis. Creativity. Value Engineering Techniques. Know Costs. Value Engineering Seminars. Human Relations. Check List for Design Review: Mechanical: Electronic. Value Engineering Job Plan: Information Phase: Speculation Phase: Analytical Phase: Program Planning Phase: Program Execution Phase: Summary and Conclusion Phase: Implementation Phase. Value Engineering Report: A Blueprint. Index.