Reducing Process Costs with Lean, Six Sigma, and Value Engineering Techniques

Contents

Preface

A. Tight Economic Conditions!

Acknowledgment

About the Authors

List of Figures

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction

I. The Use of Rubrics

II. Questions to Ponder

III. Cost Improvement Scenario

A. Situation

B. Objective

C. Action

D. Results

E. Aftermath

IV. A Brief Overview of Value Engineering

V. Product Life Cycle

VI. What Is Value?

VII. Cost Improvement Challenge

VIII. Cost Avoidance

IX. Cost Reduction

X. Profit Improvement

XI. Green and Corporate Stewardship Are the Same

XII. The Case for Cost Reductions

XIII. Planning for and Managing a Value Improvement Project

A. Project Concept

B. Project Information

C. Project Business Case

XIV. Conclusion

XV. EXERCISES

CHAPTER 2 - Saving Money with Homegrown Ideas

I. Rubric for Homegrown Ideas ...