Engineering Design Handbook: Value Engineering

Abstract

Value engineering is, in fundamental terms, an organized way of thinking. It involves an objective appraisal of functions performed by parts, components, products, equipment, procedures, services-anything, in short, that costs money. The VE approach is aimed at harvesting necessary function for lowest cost; it checks the upward spiral of costs, but locks all the essential product reliability, performance, and maintainability into the value engineered item.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 20, 1971
Accession Number
ADA603094

Entities

People

  • Robert H. Clawson

Organizations

  • Duke University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Engineers
  • Human Behavior
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Money
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Training

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Software Engineering.