Description

Designed for you, if you are...

• An employee inside any organisation, keen to solve complex problems by using Value Engineering / Value Management: designer, product manager, project manager, innovation manager, controller, cost engineer, etc.

How we build your confidence

• Basic knowledge is transferred by face-to-face lectures
• Group works on special topics
• Execution of a VE study from beginning till the end, VE project description
• Some group works are supported by Excel templates to simulate daily work

The benefits from attending

• The first module teaches the basics of the methodology of Value Engineering / Value Management and gives an insight into the systematic approach of increasing value for customers.
• In the second module the basic knowledge of Value Engineering / Value Management is increased and deepened. The participants get to know complementary approaches to optimisation. One focus is on target costing using VE / VM – another is on setting up VE projects. Furthermore value engineering with suppliers is addressed. Complex value management projects can be defined and planned by the participants.
• In the third module, the procedure for the anchoring of Value Engineering / Value Management in the organisation is taught. Participants will understand the value of VE / VM to achieve continuous optimisation.
• VE is applied on services using additional methods of service design.

Topics

• Value Engineering / Value Management system elements
• Cost calculation basics
• Framework conditions in VE / VM
• Functional analysis and function costs
• Generate ideas
• Interdisciplinary teamwork
• VE / VM Work Plan EN 12973
• Processing of a practice-oriented case study
• Value Engineering / Value Management for innovation (products processes,…)
• Acquire customer requirements
• Transferring requirements to functions
• Target costing
• Basics product costing
• Reverse engineering for cost engineering
• Function costs using target costing
• Set up of a target system and value cost diagram
• Team moderation in VE / VM
• Role play
• Supplier quality assurance within VE / VM
• Defining of VE / VM projects
• Categories of a VE / VM project
• Set up a VE / VM project
• Establish a VE / VM description
• Controlling of optimisation success
• Overview of additional optimisation approaches
• Process optimisation with VE / VM
• Value-oriented company management
• VE / VM and service design for services