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’squiet?
quiet?
Birbal!
Birbal!I Iam
amsurprised
surprised
that
thatyou
youtootoohave
have
become
becomesilent!!
silent!!

??
!!
!?

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Your
YourMajesty,
Majesty,I Ihave
havesix
six
ideas
ideaswhich
whichcancanreduce
reduce
the
thecost
costofofaasword
swordbyby
atleast Rs.20 without
atleast Rs.20 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
Presently, Reduction
Presently,
the
thehilt
hilthas
has77
parts.
parts.The
The
proposed
proposed
design
designwill
will
have
have44..

Existing Design New Idea

7 parts 4 parts

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

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Benchmarking
When
Whenthe
theShah
Shahof ofPersia
Persia
was
wasourourGuest
Guestlast
lastmonth
month,,
I Iobserved
observedthat
thatthe
thehilt
hiltin
in
his sword does not have
his sword does not have a a
curved
curvedportion.
portion.WeWecan
can
design
designsimilar
similarhilts
hiltsfor
forour
our
experienced
experiencedsoldiers.
soldiers.

Existing Design New Idea

Curved portion

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The Alternate
Thesheath
sheathwhich
which Material
houses
housesthe
theblade
bladeisis
made
madeof ofcopper
coppernow.
now.
We
Wecancanswitch
switchover
overtoto
Alloy
Alloysteel
steelwhich
whichisis
cheaper.
cheaper.

Copper Steel

Sheath

Blade

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Since Weight
Sincealloy
alloysteel
steelisis Reduction
stronger
strongerthan
thancopper,
copper,we we
can
canreduce
reducethe
thethickness
thickness
by
by0.5
0.5mm
mmwhich
whichwill
will
save
savematerial
material

2 mm 1.5 mm

Sheath

Blade

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The Yield
Thecurved
curvedblade
bladedesign
design
isisyielding Improvement
yieldingonly
only22pieces
pieces
per
perdie.die.IfIfaastraight
straightblade
blade
isisdesigned,
designed,we wecan
can
extract
extract33piecespiecesper
perdie.
die.

2 Blades 3 Blades

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Your
Yourmajesty.
majesty.TheThe
present
presentdesign
designisisbeing
being
used
usedsince
sincethe
thetime
timeofof
Babur
Babur
without
withoutanyanyfailure.
failure.
We
Weshould
shouldnot
notrisk
riskany
any
design
designchange.
change.

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Saheb,
Saheb,there
thereisisno
nodoubt
doubt
that
thatthe
thepresent
presentsword
sword
designed
designedbybyyou
youforformymy
Grandfather’s
Grandfather’sarmy
armyisis
superior.
superior.However,
However,let letus
us
test this new design in
test this new design in ourour
barracks.If
barracks.Ifthey
theypass
passthe
the
tests,
tests,we
wewill
willdeploy
deploy
them
themin inthe
thebattle
battlefield.
field.

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IfIfthe
theideas
ideaspass
passthe
the
test,
test,wewecan
cansave
save
atleast
atleastRs.
Rs.Ten
Ten
Lakhs
Lakhsthisthisyear,
year,thus
thus
serving
servingthethepurpose
purpose
of cost reduction.
of cost 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
wonderhow howyou
you
developed
developedthese
theseideas!
ideas!IsIs
there
thereaasystematic
systematicway
way
by
bywhich
whichothers
otherscan
canalso
also
be
betrained
trainedto togenerate
generate
such
suchideas.
ideas.

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Yes,
Yes,your
yourMajesty.
Majesty.
With
With the help ofFunctional
the help of Functional
Analysis
AnalysisSystem
SystemTechnique(FAST)
Technique(FAST)
any
anybody
bodycan
cangenerate
generatesuch
suchideas.
ideas.
FAST
FASTisisaapowerful
powerfultool
toolused
usedinin
Value
ValueEngineering
Engineering(VE)
(VE)which
whichisisan
an
extremely effective system
extremely effective system toto
improve
improveproducts
productsand
andservices
servicesfor
for
cost
costand
andproductivity
productivity
improvement.
improvement.

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IfIfsix
sixideas
ideasfor
forthe
thesword
sword
itself
itselfcan
can
save
saveRs.Rs.Ten
Tenlakhs
lakhs,,
imagine
imaginehow howmuch
much money
money
we
wecancansave
saveononother
other
weapons
weaponslikelikespears,
spears,
arrows
arrowsand andcannons
cannonsetc.
etc.

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Birbal!
Birbal!There
Thereare
arefour
fourdivisions
divisionsininmy
myarmy
army––
Infantry,
Infantry,Cavalry,Artillery
Cavalry,Artilleryand
andElephant
Elephant
brigade.
brigade.I Iwant
wantyou
youto
toteach
teachthe
theengineers
engineersinin
each
eachofofthese
thesedivisions
divisionsthe
theapplication
applicationofof
Value
ValueEngineering
Engineering(VE),
(VE), especially
especiallythe
the
Functional
FunctionalAnalysis
AnalysisSystem
SystemTechnique(FAST).
Technique(FAST).
Each
Eachdivision
divisionshould
shouldrelease
releaseArmoury
ArmouryChange
Change
Requests
Requests(ACRs)
(ACRs)for
forthe
theworth
worthofofRs.25
Rs.25lakh.
lakh.

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Yes,
Yes,your
your
Majesty.
Majesty.

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