Value engineering

Evidently, the questions cannot properly be answered without an initial understanding of the plant design criteria in terms of specified overall performance requirements but, aside from these, the content of the plant design criteria should itself be a subject for value engineering to gain the maximum benefits. 

By the nature of the process, it is apparent that there is no end to the amount of value engineering that can go into a plant design, given that time and resources are available. An engineer who finds himself contracted to fully value-engineer a plant design, within the ambit of a limited budget or schedule, may be in for a sticky time indeed. It is also 

The following are examples of the application of value engineering and the corresponding benefits. 

Combine separate plant control rooms, and save on both capital and operational costs. 

Eliminate boilers by importing steam from another enterprise that has a surplus. 

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Production of laboratory prototypes and qualification models Value engineering tasks... 

A technique for assessing the functions of a product and determining whether the same functions can be achieved with fewer types of components and materials and the product produced with less resources. Variety reduction is an element of value engineering. 

Perform design, product, process, maintenance, and value engineering, and related product assurance for assigned materiel... 

Bauman, B.D., High-value engineering materials from scrap rubber. Rubber World, 212, 25, 1995. 

Bauman, A.D., High-value engineering materials from scrap rubber. Rubber World, 212, 30, 1995. Bagheri, R., Wilbams, M.A., and Pearson, R.A., Use of surface modified recycled rubber particles for toughening of epoxy polymers, Polym. Eng. Sci., 37, 245, 1997. 

Value engineering tools, which must be developed in order to reduce costs and footprints... 

Value Engineering increase or maintain the value of the product to its customer, while reducing its production cost... 

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The value engineering VIP also ensures that low- or zero-value functions or equipment included in the project scope are challenged to be the highest value possible for the project. Removal of these lower zero-value functions from the project scope, if possible, will most hkely yield significant profitability improvements to the overall project. These can encompass the following ... 

The value engineering VIP is executed in a formal workshop with a trained experienced technical workshop facilitator. Both the project... 

The value engineering VIP should be conducted in the definition phase (FEL-3) when the first issue of P IDs is available. 

This VIP reduces capital investment by confirming minimum required capacities and flexibility necessary only to meet current project business objectives. The workshop drills down to each specific system and subsystem and finally scrutinizes the design of each equipment item. This workshop is often combined with the value engineering VIP, which overlaps significantly. The design to capacity VIP should be conducted in the definition phase (FEL-3) when the first issue of P IDs is available. 

VIPs That Apply the Value Methodology Nearly all VIPs are conducted only once in a project at a sweet spot where maximum benefit is found. For example, the process simplification VIP is anchored at the first appearance of the preliminary PFDs, while the value engineering VIP and the design to capacity VIP are anchored at the first issue of the P IDs. Both oF these apply the value methodology [Society of American Value Engineers International (SAVE)] that has produced excellent results in industry for more than 55 years. The typical approach and steps for these three unique VIPs are presented below. 

The Formal Workshop The formal workshop is always structured to make maximum use of the multi-disciplinary team s time and effort. Such workshops typically require no less than 2 days and as many as 5 days depending on the size and complexity of the project. The required workshop length should be determined by the VIP facilitator. A typical process simplification VIP, value engineering VIP, and design to capacity VIP workshop includes the following phases of a typical job plan that are supported by the Society of American Value Engineers International. 

Recently, attempts have been made to analyze hazards on a sound, predictive basis, not only to eliminate the risk involved in handling a new material or changing a process but to allow the process itself to be designed to produce the desired material at the lowest risk to personnel, property, and product—a sort of before-the-fact value engineering. 

Use Functional Analysis upstream in your ideation efforts to identify opportunities for improving the value quotient of your future solutions (see Technique 3). A simple Functional Analysis can be performed without the help of an engineer or expert. But for the details involved in complex systems, a value engineer or expert with experience is advisable if not necessary—especially when dovetailing this technique with such other formidable techniques as Axiomatic Design (Technique 31) and Function Structure (Technique 32). 

Francis) Lee Smith, Ph.De, MeEng. Principal, Wilcrest Consulting Associates, Houston, Texas Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Society of American Value Engineers, Water Environment Federation, Air and Waste Management Association (Biofiltration)... 

THE TWO APPROACHES TO SMT. There are two approaches to SMT. The first of these is the "value engineering" approach which is basically a move to SMT for cost reduction/miniaturization reasons. The IC often is very similar to that previously packaged in DIP form, with the same number of pins, and the customization still takes place on the PCB. 

By taking this value engineering approach to its extreme with the total replacement of all through-hole components by their surface mounting equivalents, reductions in PCB sizes of between 60% and 70% can be achieved. However, the performance improvements are limited and, although a great many of the current SMT implementations have taken this approach, many have found SMT a less than satisfactory alternative to insertion. 

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