A Novel Innovative Design Improvement Using Value Engineering Technique: A Case Study

Manufacturers around the globe are competing for the identification of innovative value propositions to survive in the competitive and complexmarket. This paper addresses implementation of Value Engineering (VE) technique into the product design concept for necessary changes in thedesign of the humidifier system in order to lower unnecessary costs and to increase quality of the product. Humidifiers are used for ventilation andcooling the air in most of the houses in cities located in hot and dry areas. Value Engineering as a systematic attempt is used to increase efficiencyof the products and to optimize the life cycle cost. This leads to a shift from traditional design towards new efficient designs. For this study, an 8-stage job plan is used for VE job plan. In this article, different components of a humidifier were analyzed thoroughly and then numeroussuggestions were made at the brainstorming sessions. Function Analysis System Technique (FAST) was also utilized at the first stage. The mainfindings lead to a conclusion that there were more suggestions at the brain storming session. Further, it is concluded that the best suggestion forimproved design of the humidifier is changing the material of fan cover from galvanized iron to hard plastic or fiber plastic

کلیدواژه ها:

Product Design ، Creativity ، Innovation ، Humidifier ، Value Engineering