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Report on the 44th SJVE Conference
- Updated: 08/12/2011 11:03.
On October 18-19, 2011, the 44th SJVE Conference held at Arcadia Ichigaya in Tokyo, attracted more than 900 participants in two days.
Attendees included VE experts and managers from private and public sectors—domestic and international. Our international participants included those from Germany, India, Iran, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and the USA.
At the opening ceremony, SJVE President Ryuichi Seguchi (Honorary Consultant to the Board of Directors, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.) greeted the conference attendees and stressed that SJVE would advocate “3C” which stands for Value for “Customers”, “Company” and “Community.” It is important to enhance these 3C’s in leading further development and advancement of value engineering.
SJVE President, Ryuichi Seguchi
Conference chairman Akira Koizumi (General Manager of Planning Department, Hitachi, Ltd.) emphasized in his speech that the theme of the conference, “It’s Time to Reveal the Real Strengths of VE and Japan,” represents the time that VE really comes into play to deal with various difficulties such as the rise of the yen and resources, shortage in electric power as a consequence of the problems at Fukushima nuclear plants and other issues Japan is ccurrently facing. The conference featured lessons learned after the earthquake and tsunami and how VE can help to recover our country from the disaster.
Following the opening ceremony, SAVE International President Craig Squires, CVS, gave a presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Ichiro Ueno, FSAVE Supreme Advisor, The SANNO Institute of Management), who introduced value engineering to Japan and became the first president of SJVE for over 20 years. Squires mentioned, “The successful education and leadership of Dr. Ueno led to a truly great legacy in Japan where VE has made and continues to make a very big impact. In the history of SAVE, this is only the second time the Lifetime Achievement award has been given. It is an award reserved for special individuals who have a long, distinguished career in advancing VE nationally and internationally.”
Dr. Ichiro Ueno, FSAVE, and SAVE President Craig Squires, CVS
Secondly, presentations for Miles Award, SJVE Award, and SJVE membership awards were given to four organizations and 13 individuals. The Miles Award was given to Metropolitan Expressway Company and the SJVE Award to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Yokogawa Corporation. Representatives from the organizations gave presentations and reported their successful VE programs after the award ceremony.
The first day of the conference concluded with the keynote speech by Dr. Isao Endo, Professor of Waseda University Business School and Chairman of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Japan (www.rolandberger.co.jp/index_en.html), who is also a famous writer of well known business books including Reinstatement of Gemba Power and Mieruka (Visualization). He spoke about the underlying power and secrets of Japanese manufacturing industry.
Dr. Isao Endo
On October 19, the conference was conducted in four breakout sessions by industry types and presentation topics where various technical papers, case reports, effective use of the topical VE tool “2-hour VE,” very fi rst story of a well-sold condensed liquid detergent and many other interesting and innovating reports were presented. Included nine presentations from overseas VE specialists, all the sessions were very informative and well received by the audience.
SJVE 44th Annual Conference breakout session
The last two presentations were given at general session. The memorial lecture presented by Mr. Minoru Arai, Executive Officer of Japan Railway Company who told the innovative technology of developing a new Shinkansen “E5-Series Hayabusa” showcasing the cutting-edge technology continuously developed for about 50 years. The very last presentation was given by Ms. Mami Ito, President of Nihon
Dento Kyogyo (www.nihondento.com/english.html) who has a unique and uncommon background as former radio personality. She told about a success story in revitalizing her company which was in the crisis of bankruptcy after passing away of her father and how it moved into the black in just three years.
Attendees included VE experts and managers from private and public sectors—domestic and international. Our international participants included those from Germany, India, Iran, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and the USA.
At the opening ceremony, SJVE President Ryuichi Seguchi (Honorary Consultant to the Board of Directors, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.) greeted the conference attendees and stressed that SJVE would advocate “3C” which stands for Value for “Customers”, “Company” and “Community.” It is important to enhance these 3C’s in leading further development and advancement of value engineering.
Conference chairman Akira Koizumi (General Manager of Planning Department, Hitachi, Ltd.) emphasized in his speech that the theme of the conference, “It’s Time to Reveal the Real Strengths of VE and Japan,” represents the time that VE really comes into play to deal with various difficulties such as the rise of the yen and resources, shortage in electric power as a consequence of the problems at Fukushima nuclear plants and other issues Japan is ccurrently facing. The conference featured lessons learned after the earthquake and tsunami and how VE can help to recover our country from the disaster.
Following the opening ceremony, SAVE International President Craig Squires, CVS, gave a presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Ichiro Ueno, FSAVE Supreme Advisor, The SANNO Institute of Management), who introduced value engineering to Japan and became the first president of SJVE for over 20 years. Squires mentioned, “The successful education and leadership of Dr. Ueno led to a truly great legacy in Japan where VE has made and continues to make a very big impact. In the history of SAVE, this is only the second time the Lifetime Achievement award has been given. It is an award reserved for special individuals who have a long, distinguished career in advancing VE nationally and internationally.”
Secondly, presentations for Miles Award, SJVE Award, and SJVE membership awards were given to four organizations and 13 individuals. The Miles Award was given to Metropolitan Expressway Company and the SJVE Award to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Yokogawa Corporation. Representatives from the organizations gave presentations and reported their successful VE programs after the award ceremony.
The first day of the conference concluded with the keynote speech by Dr. Isao Endo, Professor of Waseda University Business School and Chairman of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Japan (www.rolandberger.co.jp/index_en.html), who is also a famous writer of well known business books including Reinstatement of Gemba Power and Mieruka (Visualization). He spoke about the underlying power and secrets of Japanese manufacturing industry.
On October 19, the conference was conducted in four breakout sessions by industry types and presentation topics where various technical papers, case reports, effective use of the topical VE tool “2-hour VE,” very fi rst story of a well-sold condensed liquid detergent and many other interesting and innovating reports were presented. Included nine presentations from overseas VE specialists, all the sessions were very informative and well received by the audience.
The last two presentations were given at general session. The memorial lecture presented by Mr. Minoru Arai, Executive Officer of Japan Railway Company who told the innovative technology of developing a new Shinkansen “E5-Series Hayabusa” showcasing the cutting-edge technology continuously developed for about 50 years. The very last presentation was given by Ms. Mami Ito, President of Nihon
Dento Kyogyo (www.nihondento.com/english.html) who has a unique and uncommon background as former radio personality. She told about a success story in revitalizing her company which was in the crisis of bankruptcy after passing away of her father and how it moved into the black in just three years.