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
price is shootingup.
is shooting up.
isisaavery
veryimportant I Iwant
important The
Thematerial
materialcost
costof
of wantto tohandle
handle
matter
matterbefore
beforethe this
the aasword
swordhashasgone
goneupup thissituation
situation
court
courttoday.
today. without
by
byRs.10
Rs.10..And
And….
….WeWe without
are increasing
increasingthe the
areadding
adding50,000
50,000 taxes.
soldiers
soldierstotoour
ourarmy
army taxes.Please
Please
this give
giveyour
your
thisyear.
year. valuable
valuable
suggestions
suggestionsas asto
to
how we should
how we should
face
facethis
this
situation.
situation.

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Why
Whyeveryone’s
everyone’s
Your quiet?
YourMajesty,
Majesty,I I quiet?
have Birbal!
Birbal!I Iam
havesixsixideas
ideas am
which surprised
surprisedthat
thatyou
whichcan canreduce
reduce you
the too
toohave
havebecome
thecost
costofofaa become
sword silent!!
swordby byatleast
atleast silent!!
Rs.20
Rs.20without
without Brilliant!.
Brilliant!.
compromising
compromisingthe the Tell
Tellus
usthose
those
functional ?? ideas.
functional !! ideas.
requirements.
requirements.
!?

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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
Commonisation

For
Forthe
thenew
newhilt,
hilt,
instead
insteadof
ofdesigning
designing
exclusive
exclusive rivets,we
rivets, 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
observedthatthatthe
the
hilt in his sword does
hilt in his sword does
not
nothave
haveaacurved
curved
portion.
portion.We Wecan
can
design
designsimilar
similarhilts
hiltsfor
for
our
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
overtotoAlloy
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,wewecancan
reduce
reducethe
the
thickness
thicknessbyby0.50.5mm
mm
which
whichwill
willsave
save
material
material

2 mm 1.5 mm

Sheath

Blade

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Yield
The
Thecurved
curvedblade
blade Improvement
design
designisisyielding
yielding
only
only22pieces
piecesper
per
die.
die.IfIfaastraight
straight
blade
bladeisis
designed,
designed,we wecan
can
extract
extract33pieces
pieces
per
perdie.
die.

2 Blades 3 Blades

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There
Thereisisan
an
advantage
advantagealso.
also.
I Ido
donot
nothave
haveto to
Saheb,
Saheb,there
thereisisno
no increase
increasethethetax.
tax.
doubt that the
doubt that the
present
presentsword
sword
designed
designedby byyou
youfor Your
for Yourmajesty.
majesty.TheThe
my
myGrandfather’s present
Grandfather’s presentdesign
designisisbeing
being
army
armyisissuperior. used
superior. usedsince
sincethe
thetime
timeofof
However,
However, letus
let ustest
test Babur
Babur
this
thisnew
newdesign
designinin without
withoutanyanyfailure.
failure.
our
ourbarracks.If
barracks.Ifthey We
they Weshould
shouldnot
notrisk
riskany
any
pass
passthe
thetests,
tests,we design
we designchange.
change.
will
willdeploy
deploythem
theminin IfIfthe
theideas
ideaspass
pass
the
thebattle
battlefield. the
field. thetest,
test,we
wecan
can
save
saveatleast
atleastRs.
Rs.
Ten
TenLakhs
Lakhsthis
this
year,
year,thusthusserving
serving
the
thepurpose
purposeof of
cost reduction.
cost reduction.

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Analysis
AnalysisSystem
System SL 1 in Value Engineering
Technique(FAST)
Technique(FAST)any anybody
bodycan
can
Birbal!
Birbal!I Iwonder
wonder generate
generatesuchsuchideas.
ideas.FAST
FASTisisaa
how
howyou you powerful
powerfultool
toolused
usedininValue
Value
developed
developedthese
these Engineering
Engineering(VE)(VE)which
whichisisan
an
ideas!
ideas!IsIsthere
thereaa extremely
extremelyeffective
effectivesystem
systemto to
systematic
systematicwaywaybyby improve
improveproducts
productsandandservices
services
which others can
which others can for
forcost
costand
andproductivity
productivity
also
alsobe
betrained
trainedtoto improvement.
improvement.
generate
generatesuchsuch
ideas.
ideas.

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
weaponslikelike
spears,
spears,arrows
arrowsandand
cannons
cannonsetc.
etc.

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

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