Cost reduction is a crucial part of many design briefs we receive. By using the structured approach of Value Engineering to address such problems, we are able to reduce product costs whilst at the same time maintaining or improving the benefits to the end user.

The process focuses on the cost of providing each function in the design and quantifies the value that each function offers to the user. The project team’s task is to align cost with value so that the manufacturer’s investment in the product is concentrated in areas where it will be most appreciated by the user.

DCA has undertaken a number of such Value Engineering exercises, the most challenging involving the analysis of the complete range of MF Industrial backhoe loaders, with a view to significantly reducing production costs across the range.