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Welcome to the court of Emperor
Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar
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!?!!
??
Why everyones
quiet?
Birbal! I am
surprised that youtoo have become
silent!!
Your Majesty, I
have six ideas
which can reduce
the costof a
sword by atleast
Rs.20 without
compromisingthe
functionalrequirements.
Brilliant!.
Tell us those
ideas.
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Presently,
the hilt has
7 parts.
The
proposeddesign will
have 4 .
Existing Design
7 parts
New Idea
4 parts
Part Count
Reduction
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For the new hilt,
instead of designing
exclusive rivets, we
can use the rivets of
daggers.
Part
Commonisatio
n
x
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When the Shah of
Persia was our Guest
last month ,I observed that the
hilt in his sword does
not have a curved
portion. We can
design similar hilts
for our experiencedsoldiers.
Benchmarking
New IdeaExisting Design
Curved portion
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Alternate
Material
Blade
Sheath
Copper Steel
The sheath
which houses
the blade ismade of copper
now.
We can switch
over to Alloy
steel which is
cheaper.
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Yield
ImprovementThe curved
blade design is
yielding only 2pieces per die. If
a straight blade
is designed, we
can extract 3
pieces per die.
2 Blades 3 Blades
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Your majesty. The
present design is being
used since the time of
Babur
without any failure.
We should not risk any
design change.
Saheb, there is nodoubt that the
present sword
designed by you for
my Grandfathers
army is superior.
However, let us testthis new design in
our barracks.If they
passthe tests, we
will deploy them in
the battle field.If the ideas pass
the test, we cansave atleast Rs.
Ten Lakhs this
year, thus serving
the purposeof
cost reduction.
There is an
advantagealso.
I do not have to
increase the tax.
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Birbal! I wonder
how you developed
these ideas! Isthere a systematic
way by which
others can also be
trained to generate
such ideas.
Yes, your Majesty.
With the help of Functional Analysis
System Technique(FAST)any body
can generate such ideas. FAST is apowerful tool used in Value
Engineering (VE) which is an
extremely effective system to
improve products and services for
cost and productivity improvement.
If six ideas for the
sword itself can
save Rs. Ten lakhs ,
imagine how muchmoney we can save
on other weapons
like spears, arrows
and cannons etc.
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Birbal! There are four divisions in my
army Infantry, Cavalry,Artillery and
Elephant brigade. I want you to teachthe engineers in each of these
divisions the application of Value
Engineering (VE), especially the
Functional Analysis System
Technique(FAST).Each division should
release Armoury Change Requests
(ACRs) for the worth of Rs.25 lakh.
Yes, yourMajesty.