問28
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製品やサービスの価値を機能とコストの関係で分析し, 機能や品質の向上及びコスト削減などによって, その価値を高める手法はどれか。
平成28年度 春期 ITパスポート試験 問28
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問 28
Incorrectア
Supply chain management (SCM) is a method that integrally manages the flow of goods and information across the entire supply chain — procurement, production, logistics, and sales — to optimize inventory and delivery times. It is not a method that analyzes value in terms of the relationship between function and cost, so it is wrong.
Incorrectイ
Knowledge management is a method that collects, shares, and utilizes the knowledge and know-how scattered throughout an organization to improve management and operations. It is not a method that raises a product's value through the ratio of function to cost, so it is wrong.
- ウ
正解 The correct answer is ウ, “Value engineering”. Value engineering (VE) is a systematic method that views the “value” of a product or service as the relationship “function” ÷ “cost” and aims to raise that value. There are several ways to increase value: lowering cost while keeping function and quality unchanged, raising function without changing cost, or improving both at the same time; all of them follow the idea of “analyzing the relationship between function and cost to maximize value.” The statement in the question, “increases that value by improving function and quality and reducing cost,” corresponds exactly to this definition, so ウ is correct.
Incorrectエ
Reverse engineering is a method that disassembles and analyzes an existing product or software to reveal its structure, how it works, and its design information. It is not a method that analyzes and raises value in terms of the relationship between function and cost, so it is wrong.
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- Value engineering (VE) treats “value = function ÷ cost,” raising value by improving function or reducing cost.
- Distinguish similar management methods: SCM = optimizing the supply chain, knowledge management = sharing and applying knowledge, reverse engineering = analyzing an existing product; remember them apart.
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