Value Engineering and the Lean Start-Up

摘要

Let me start by saying that I am not a Value Engineering expert; I started my journey about six months ago and have achieved the distinction of Associate Value Specialist with The Society for the Advancement of Value Engineering (SAVE) by completing a course, participating in a workshop team, and passing a test. However, that was enough for me to recognize what a powerful methodology and what a great fit it is for our business. We have already held one successful Value Engineering workshop at GE's Bently Nevada product line site in Minden, Nevada and have another planned for early 2016. Even though Value Engineering was pioneered by a General Electric employee, Larry Miles, in the 1940s, it is in recent years that there has been a revival of the methodology in our business. Just as in the 1940s, when it was first pioneered, GE businesses again need a competitive edge in challenging times. Today's markets are incredibly competitive and the pace of technology change has never been greater; speed is the competitive edge we need to carry us into the future.