PROFILE

Society of Japanese Value Engineering (SJVE) is a non-profit membership organization that provides and exchanges professional information about Value Engineering (VE), Japan and overseas , for the purpose of promoting VE activities to bring about better results among industrial and other business circles.

President:	Shigeo Ono
Director & Secretary General:	Akio Miyamoto
		Shigeo Ono President

Office

Outline

Established
(Incorporated): October 17, 1980

Mission & objectives:

• To practice research and study of VE to increase its results.
• To create an awareness of the maximum benefits from applying VE processes.
• To encourage the use of VE methodologies for efficient business management that will contribute enormously to the development of Japanese industry.

Activities:

• Research and development on VE concepts, theories and methodologies
• Sponsorship of promotional and educational programs of VE concepts, theories and methodologies
• Accumulation, analysis and dissemination of VE reports from Japan and overseas
• Inter-exchange of VE communication with other organizations, domestic and overseas
• Other supportive VE activities

Current membership: (as of June 30, 2008)

Regular Corporate Members ....296
The majority of SJVE membership consists of company-sponsored value practitioners. They participate in various SJVE activities such as annual national/regional/local conferences, workshop-style research and study as well as social exchange activities.

Regular Individual Members....95
These are mostly VE/VA consultants and or those who are still active in VE/VA in their own capacities.

There are several additional members from neighbor countries.