SAVE International - Society devoted to the advancement and promotion of the value methodology
View the SAVE Annual 1994 Proceedings below:
File No. Title  Author Key Words  Abstract Source 
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9401 Value Engineering (VE) and Design Technical Review - Clearing the Mist  Saleh Th. Alasheash Value Analysis Construction VE Technical Review Saudi  Compares Value Engineering (VE) with Technical Review (TR)  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9402 Improving Customer Acceptance of Value Engineering  Michael Koga Value Analysis Construction  
Design VE 		 Describes an improved design procedure that uses VE  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9403 The Integration of Configuration Management (CM), Value Engineering (VE) and Incentive Programs for Innovation  Roger Land Value Analysis  
Construction Configuration Management Incentive Plans Creativity 		 Describes the integration of VE, Configuration Management and a plan called Incentive Programs for Creativity  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9404 Management of Value in the British Construction Industry  Matthew B. Locke, Elizabeth Randall  Value Analysis  
Construction British History Techniques 		 Describes the History, Development and Techniques of Value Engineering in British Construction  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9405 Value Analysis of the Construction Docuuments Process  Eric Meng Value Analysis 
Construction  
Documents 		 Describes a successful Value Analysis of the Construction Documents Process  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9406 VE Study of the Project Planning at Building Construction Sites  Yoshimasa Sasaki Value Analysis  
Construction Project Plan Japan 		 Proposes a method of planning and developing an optimum construction project plan  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9407 A Method of Determining Reasonable Targets for VE Activities Corresponding to VA Skill Level  Akira Tachi Value Analysis Promotion Management Targets Japan  How to establish objectives for Value Analyis of construction projects.  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9408 Getting the Word in Value Engineering and Getting it Out  Rosemary A. Fraser, PhD  Value Analysis Behavior Psychology  A conceptual framework to guide development of the management of Innovation  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9409 Value Management for Healthier Health Care  Anita L. Reichling Value Analysis  
Health Care 		 Discusses the development and application of Value Management in the health care field.  1994 SAVE proceedings
9410 A Proposal for Value Engineering College Course Training  Michael N. Zabych Value Analysis Training College A plan to improve probability of having Value Engineering VE/VE/VM accepted more readily by the academic community.  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9411 The FAR VE Clause - Engraved in Stone?  Jean S. Jines Value Analysis FAR DAR ASPR VECP Government  Chronicles significant changes in wording - and to the degree to which it can be inferred, the intent - of the Armed Forces Procurement Regulation, the Defense Acquisition Regulation , and the current Federal Acquisition Regulation.  1995 SAVE Proceedings
9412 Air Force response to Office of Management & Budget Circular A-131  Syed Anwar Karim  Value Analysis OMB AF Government Reviews the newly revised OMB Circular A-131 and highlights policy changes imposed by it on the Executive Branch of the government. It candidly reviews the US Air Forces' response.  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9413 Value Engineering in Governments Contracts -  

The Ten Best Kept Secrets 

Thomas E. Reynolds  Value Analysis Government VECP Outlined are the 10 common practices of people who submit successful Value Engineering Change Proposals (VECPs).  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9414 Value Engineering Requirement for the Incentive Value Engineering Program  Giuseppe Sgroi  Value Analysis Government FAR Discusses the development of a VE Statement of Work for contracts where the voluntary FAR clause is used. Intended to dictate a response from contractors  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9415 Product Development  

A Value Added Discipline Facilitated by a Structured Methodology 

Gershon Blumstein & Dov Shenkman  Value Analysis TQM Product Development Discusses a method to prescribe a defined, systematic process for planning, directing, monitoring, adjusting, and controlling a series of interrelated activities, combining TQM and VE  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9416 Function Analysis and the Design of New Products:  

How to Do It Right the First Time 

Lucie Parrot & Dominique Aglot  Value Analysis Function New Product Canada  Presents a successful implementation of function analysis on the design of new train and subway cars  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9417 Improvement of the Conception and the Development of New Products 

Yugi Ishimaru & Junetsu Kodama

Value Analysis Development QFD Japan Describes VE/VA process for setting up a framework to improve concepts for customers and development quality of new products.  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9418 Present VE Applications and Potential Needs in the Japanese Industry  Yoshio Nakagami  Value Analysis Industry Japan Analyzes the status quo of VE applications in Japanese Industry  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9419 VE's Role in Target Cost Management at the Product Design Stage in Japanese Companies  Masayasu Tanaka & Katsumi Noda  Value Analysis Product Design Target Cost Japan  Target Cost Management (TCM) at the product design stage and VE's role in it, based on a survey of big manufacturing companies in Japan.  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9421 Quality Modeling: Defining Project Expectations  Dr. Stephen J. Kirk Value Analysis Construction Computer  Describes a new VE technique called Quality Modeling. This TQM-based approach can be applied during planning & design stages of a project to assist in defining, measuring, and managing owner expectations.  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9422 Value Engineering in the TQM Environment  Jack V. Michaels & Del L. Younker Value Analysis TQM CE DOE Taguchi An overview of what value practitioners need to know about total quality management (TQM), and its allied disciplines of concurrent engineering (CE), design of experiments (DOE), and quality function deployment (QFD).  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9423 Forward to the Basics: Create-by-Function  Theodore C. Fowler Value Analysis Create Function  VA has undergone significant change in its 40-year life. Some changes have helped the process. Some have damaged it. This series of papers will detail some of the more damaging changes. The first is the common failure to utilize LD Miles' Create-by-Function.  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9424 The Value Management Workbook - A Standard Approach for Project Managers  Donald Hannan Value Analysis Construction Australia  Describes the development, application, and benefits of a designed-for-purpose Value Engineering Workbook  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9425 Evaluating Brainstorming Ideas  J. Jerry Kaufman & Jimmie L. Carter Value Analysis Brainstorming Evaluation Describes a systematic process of reducing and filtering a large number of ideas for proposal development.  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9426 Innovation by the Breakthrough Thinking  Keizo Sakurai Value Analysis Innovation Creativity Japan  Describes the use of Nadler/Hibino Breakthrough Thinking approach in Japan  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9427 Proposal About New Concept of Value - Part 1: Social Value  Yoshihiko Sato and Yoshitoshi Watanabe Value Analysis  
Environment Recycling Japan 		 Proposes a rigorous mathematical modeling of Social Value (Environmental factors including energy, and recycling potential). Examples are automotive  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9428 Function Analysis for Team Problem Solving  Tom Warwick Value Analysis Team Function  Presents an early up-front demonstration of function analysis for team problem solving - a problem solving exercise to show that The Way to conduct function analysis is really many ways.  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9430 The Key to Functional Analysis: "What else Will Do Job "  Tom Sepanik Value Analysis Function  Case studies which evaluate problems using functional & cost analysis using different perspectives.  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9432 Design-to-Life-Cycle Cost in Aerospace  Sherry Stukes & Henry Apgar Value Analysis DTC DTLCC Cost Aerospace  Describes Design-to-Life-Cycle-Cost (DTLCC), the use of Design-to-Cost (DTC) principles in a total life cycle cost (LCC) environment for aerospace products.  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9433 Three Design to Cost Myths  William J. Vitaliano Value Analysis Design Cost  Describes 3 myths that companies and individuals use to avoid Design to Cost (DTC) and VE. They are: limited production, cost responsibility is production's, and no budget for FTC/VE  1994 SAVE Proceedings
9434 Design to Cost Lessons Learned  Bill Williamson Value Analysis DTC Design Cost  Describes detailed procedure of a true Design to Cost (DTC) program and the 15 essential lessons learned during its application at TI.  1994 SAVE Proceedings