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VAVE and Thinking outside the Box

By Drive, Inc. on Tuesday 16 July 2013.

Recently, we had the pleasure of facilitating a Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE) event for a client. It was a highly successful event where we identified design changes that will result in a 10% reduction in COGS. What continually amazes me is the power generated by the dedication of time to an event such as this in which all functions are integrated to accomplish an objective. Interestingly, a majority of the ideas for improvement came from the client. Cost reduction had been a business objective for them for a very long time, so why didn’t these ideas surface before? I believe three reasons exist for why these ideas never surfaced before: the lack of an excellent creative process, failure to dedicate the time necessary to accomplish the goal, and little to no cross-functional alignment.

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