Sustainable development model of value engineering

Abstract

Energy cost is accounted for the largest portion of production cost in any industry. Energy cost saving can be done via using energy efficiently. Motivation of this study is to develop mechanism in using energy efficiently called “Sustainable Development Model of Value Engineering.” The sustainable development model is developed by integrating Value Engineering concept, Quality Control Circle concept and Juran’s Trilogy concept. Three major steps in developing a sustainable development model of value engineering are i) Planning ii) Controlling and iii) Improvement process, which lead to sustainable value in engineering application. By gathering facts and information among working members, actual problem and jurisdiction of each party are defined. Implication of the model is to define problem for each working group in an organization for all level. After problem is defined, solution to a particular problem can be done via brain storming under the premise that “What can be done or replaced in order to enhance or retain level of efficiency at lower cost?” Result from experimental study conducted with selected factory applying sustainable development model of value engineering in energy saving using forklift in raw material logistic within a factory indicates that our suggestion has reduced energy cost drastically. Therefore, our proposal has been approved and implemented as administrative committee expressed that thinking and analytical process are sound and valid due to responsible party has been clearly assigned.