Quality systems and value management assignment

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Unit 4 Applied commercial and quality principles in engineering - BTEC Level 3 Foundation diploma in engineering RQF

Assignment - Learning Aim ‘C'

Assignment - Quality Systems and Value Management

Value Analysis Exercise - Balfour Beatty

As stated in the assignment brief you have been provided with a report and data for an engineering organisation that either manufactures engineering products or provides an engineering service.

This information being the 2016 half year results presentation, of Balfour Beatty PLC, which includes certain forward -looking terminology such as estimates, plans, targets, aims, expects, etcetera. All of which are in the public domain and are made in good faith by the company based on the information available as at the date of the 2016 half year results announcement.

As stated in Task 1 you are to investigate the quality standards that engineering organisations use to demonstrate that they have quality systems in place referring to ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 families of standards.

You should also use this information as the basis from which you can carry out a value analysis exercise.

The activity to be looked at is electrical switchgears, which are one of many products made by Balfour Beatty.

Some Costing's (per unit) are shown below:

Value per unit (Selling Price) - £3,000 Manufacturing costs per unit - £1,800

Some of the Processes	Cost per unit £	Activities
Machining	100	Value-added
Assembly	500	Value-added
Inspection & Testing	100	Non-Value-added
Transportation within the plant	80	Non value added

As specified in the question you are to carry out a value analysis exercise as detailed in the question based on the five distinct sections of:

1. Information phase
2. Analysis phase
3. Creative phase
4. Evaluation phase
5. Development and Reporting Phase

Attachment:- Quality Systems and Value Management.rar

Reference no: EM132558693

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