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 MILES
AWARD
The concept and techniques of VE were created by Mr. Lawrence D.
Miles of General Electric in 1947, and it was first introduced to
Japan in 1955. Since its earliest days, VE has been recognized not
merely as a simple management technique but also as a management
philosophy in the U.S. In Japan also, VE has become widely dispersed
in various sectors of corporate management by incorporating original
corporate and managerial cultures.
With the permission of Mr. Miles, SJVE established the "Miles
Award Program" in 1982 to further promote and disseminate the
use of VE in Japanese industrial circles, and contribute to the
improvement of technological level and efficiency in corporate management.
The main purpose of the Miles Award Program
is:
- To inform the memberships' clients that the award recipients
continuously make efforts to guarantee the value of products and/or
services they provide in a systematic manner, and also to ensure
the legitimacy of functions and costs of their products and/services
exported to the foreign markets.
- To effectively utilize the resources particularly in Japan
that lacks natural resources, ensuring the necessary functions
such as performance, properties and specifications with the lowest
amount of resources by actively promoting VE activities.
- To encourage those companies and organizations which have kept
up with the promotion of VE activities to continue their efforts
for further improvement.
There are two levels of Miles Award Program:
- MILES AWARD ("Miles-sho")
This award recognizes, at member-company level or its division
level, the organization's outstanding VE accomplishments realized
through systematic application of VE/VA/VM concepts and methodologies. Since 2004, "Miles Award for Public Sector" has been newly established for the purpose of assisting the promotion of VE in Government.
- MILES-SUPREME AWARD ("Miles-honsho")
If an awarded organization continues VE efforts resulting in outstanding
achievements of a higher level, it is further entitled to applying
for MILES-SUPREME AWARD ("Miles-honsho") in the future.
The award is divided in two categories: (1) Divisional Award and
(2) Corporate Award.
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