Title: Value Analysis and Engineering Reengineered : The Blueprint for Achieving Operational Excellence and Developing Problem Solvers and Innovators Author: Abate O. Kassa ISBN: 1498737250 / 9781498737258 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 168 Publisher: Productivity Press Year: 2016 Availability: In Stock
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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 analysis/value engineering (VA/VE) as the way to deliver superior service at a minimum cost.
By mastering the powerful re-engineered VA/VE problem-solving value methodology (PISERIA) outlined in this book, any organization regardless of industry will be able to self-diagnose problems and self-discover solutions.
The book is the product of Abate Kassa's dual lenses of experience and research over four decades. In the book, Mr. Kassa updates and upgrades VA/VE by integrating popular improvement methodologies, including Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Total Quality Management, Kaizen, Business Process Reengineering, and Project Management, into the scientific method of the value methodology he dubbed PISERIA. By so doing, the author hopes to positively disrupt the status quo of the siloed thinking of these fragmented methodologies.
If you are engaged in the pursuit of excellence and are ready to make the leap from good to great, while generating an immediate payback, you will want to empower your people with an understanding of the reengineered VA/VE outlined in this book.
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction : Making the Case for Value Analysis and Value Engineering
Section I : The Value Perspectives
Chapter 1 : Genesis, Goals, and Definitions Chapter 2 : The Value Equation Chapter 3 : Achieving Excellence Chapter 4 : The Integrated Value-Improvement Methodologies Chapter 5 : Change Management
Section II : The Value Methodology
Chapter 6 : Overview of Thinking Methodologies Chapter 7 : The Preparation Phase Chapter 8 : The Information Phase Chapter 9 : The Speculation Phase Chapter 10 : The Evaluation Phase Chapter 11 : The Recommendation Phase Chapter 12 : The Implementation Phase Chapter 13 : The Audit Results Phase
Section III : The Value Organization
Chapter 14 : The Value Specialist Approach Chapter 15 : The Value Team Approach Chapter 16 : The Value Buyer Approach Chapter 17 : The Value Supplier Approach Chapter 18 : The Value Suggestor Approach Chapter 19 : The Value Educator Approach Chapter 20 : The Value-Organization Approach
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
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