“价值工程”是一门边缘科学,是我国推行的十八种现代化管理方法之一。价值工程把技术、经济和管理有机地结合在一起,是所有现代化管理方法中最具特殊作用的一种管理技术。它是研究如何运用最低的总成本,可靠地实现产品的必要功能的一种技术经济方法。它不仅可应用于产品设计中,还可在生产过程、产品销售、优化机构设置及优化劳动组合中得到应用,取得节约人力、物力和财力的效果。 “Value Engineering” is a fringe science and is one of the eighteen modern management methods implemented by our country. Value engineering combines technology, economy, and management organically, and is one of the most useful management techniques in all modern management methods. It is a technical and economical method that studies how to use the lowest total cost to reliably implement the necessary functions of the product. It can not only be applied in product design, but also can be applied in the production process, product sales, optimization of institutional settings and optimization of labor combinations to achieve savings of human, material and financial results.