SL 1 in Value Engineering

Welcome to the court of Emperor

Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar

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The
Theraw
rawmaterial
material
Noble
Noblemen!
men!There
There price
priceisisshooting
shootingup.up.
isisaavery I Iwant
very The
The material costof
material cost of wantto tohandle
handle
important
importantmatter this
matter aasword
swordhashasgone
goneup up thissituation
situation
before
beforethethecourt
court without
by
byRs.10
Rs.10..AndAnd….
…. without
today. increasing
today. We
Weareareadding
adding increasingthethe
50,000 taxes. Please
taxes. Please
50,000soldiers
soldierstoto give
our army this year.
our army this year. giveyour
your
valuable
valuable
suggestions
suggestionsas as
to
tohow
howwe we
should
should facethis
face this
situation.
situation.

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Why
Whyeveryone’s
everyone’s
quiet?
quiet?
Birbal!
Birbal!I Iam
am
surprised
surprised thatyou
that you
too
toohave
havebecome
become
silent!!
silent!!

??
!!
!?

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Your
YourMajesty,
Majesty,I I
have
havesixsixideas
ideas
which
whichcan canreduce
reduce
the
thecost
costofofaa
sword
swordby byatleast
atleast
Rs.20
Rs.20without
without
compromising
compromisingthe the
functional ??
functional !!
requirements.
requirements.
!?

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Brilliant!.
Brilliant!.
Tell
Tellus
usthose
those
?? ideas.
!! ideas.
!?

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Part Count
Reduction

Presently,
Presently,
the
thehilt
hilthas
has
77parts.
parts.
The
The
proposed
proposed
design
designwill
will
have
have44..
Existing Design New Idea

7 parts 4 parts

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Part
Commonisatio
n
For
Forthe
thenew
newhilt,
hilt,
instead
insteadof
ofdesigning
designing
exclusive
exclusiverivets,
rivets,we
we
can
canuse
usethe
therivets
rivetsofof
daggers.
daggers.

x
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Benchmarking
When
Whenthe theShah
Shahof of
Persia
Persiawas wasour
ourGuest
Guest
last
lastmonth
month,,
I Iobserved
observedthat
thatthe
the
hilt
hiltininhis
hissword
sworddoes
does
not have a curved
not have a curved
portion.
portion.WeWecancan
design
designsimilar
similarhilts
hilts
for
forour
ourexperienced
experienced
soldiers.
soldiers.

Existing Design New Idea

Curved portion
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Alternate
The
Thesheath
sheath Material
which
whichhouses
houses
the
theblade
bladeisis
made
madeof ofcopper
copper
now.
now.
We
Wecancanswitch
switch
over
overto
toAlloy
Alloy
steel
steelwhich
whichisis
cheaper.
cheaper.
Copper Steel

Sheath

Blade

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Weight
Since
Sincealloy
alloysteel
steelisis Reduction
stronger
strongerthan
than
copper,
copper,wewecan
can
reduce
reducethe
the
thickness
thicknessby by0.5
0.5
mm
mmwhich
whichwill
willsave
save
material
material

2 mm 1.5 mm

Sheath

Blade

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Yield
The
Thecurved
curved Improvement
blade
bladedesign
designisis
yielding
yieldingonly
only22
pieces
piecesper perdie.
die.IfIf
aastraight
straightblade
blade
isisdesigned,
designed,wewe
can
canextract
extract33
pieces
piecesperperdie.
die.

2 Blades 3 Blades

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Your
Yourmajesty.
majesty.The
The
present
presentdesign
designisis
being
beingused
usedsince
sincethe
the
time
timeof
ofBabur
Babur
without
without anyfailure.
any failure.
We
Weshould
shouldnot
notrisk
riskany
any
design
designchange.
change.

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Saheb,
Saheb,there
thereisisno
no
doubt
doubtthat
thatthe
the
present
presentsword
sword
designed
designedby byyou
youfor
for
my
myGrandfather’s
Grandfather’s
army
armyisissuperior.
superior.
However,
However,let letus
ustest
test
this
thisnew
newdesign
designinin
our
ourbarracks.If
barracks.Ifthey
they
pass
passthe
thetests,
tests,we
we
will
willdeploy
deploythem
theminin
the
thebattle
battlefield.
field.

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IfIfthe
theideas
ideaspass
pass
the
thetest,
test,we
wecan
can
save
saveatleast
atleastRs.
Rs.
Ten
TenLakhs
Lakhsthis
this
year,
year,thus
thusserving
serving
the
thepurpose
purposeofof
cost
costreduction.
reduction.

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There
Thereisisan
an
advantage
advantagealso.
also.
I Ido
do not haveto
not have to
increase
increasethethetax.
tax.

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Birbal!
Birbal!I Iwonder
wonder
how you
how you
developed
developedthese
these
ideas!
ideas!IsIsthere
thereaa
systematic
systematicwayway
bybywhich
whichothers
others
can
can alsobe
also be
trained
trainedto
to
generate
generatesuch
such
ideas.
ideas.

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Yes,
Yes,your
yourMajesty.
Majesty.
With
Withthe
thehelp
helpofofFunctional
Functional
Analysis
AnalysisSystem
System
Technique(FAST)
Technique(FAST)any anybody
bodycancan
generate
generatesuchsuchideas.
ideas.FAST
FASTisisaa
powerful
powerfultool
toolused
usedininValue
Value
Engineering
Engineering(VE)(VE)which
whichisisan
an
extremely
extremelyeffective
effectivesystem
systemto to
improve
improveproducts
productsandandservices
services
for
forcost
costand
andproductivity
productivity
improvement.
improvement.

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IfIfsix
sixideas
ideasfor
forthe
the
sword
sworditself
itselfcan
can
save
saveRs. Rs.Ten
Tenlakhs
lakhs,,
imagine
imaginehow howmuch
much
money
moneywe wecan
cansave
save
on
onother
otherweapons
weapons
like
likespears,
spears,arrows
arrows
and
andcannons
cannonsetc.
etc.

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Birbal!
Birbal!There
Therearearefour
fourdivisions
divisionsininmy
my
army
army––Infantry,
Infantry,Cavalry,Artillery
Cavalry,Artilleryand
and
Elephant
Elephantbrigade.
brigade.I Iwant
wantyou
youtototeach
teach
the
theengineers
engineersinineach
eachofofthese
these
divisions
divisionsthe
theapplication
applicationofof Value
Value
Engineering
Engineering(VE),
(VE), especially
especiallythe
the
Functional
FunctionalAnalysis
AnalysisSystem
System
Technique(FAST).
Technique(FAST).Each Eachdivision
divisionshould
should
release
releaseArmoury
ArmouryChange
ChangeRequests
Requests
(ACRs)
(ACRs)forforthe
theworth
worthofofRs.25
Rs.25lakh.
lakh.

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Yes,
Yes,your
your
Majesty.
Majesty.

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