Reduce cost without quietly
removing value.
Cost programs become dangerous when they remove components or process steps without understanding the functions those elements perform. TRIZ Asia models the function system first, then challenges how those functions can be delivered with less complexity.
Through its strategic partnership with GEN TRIZ, relevant engagements can access the GEN TRIZ Global Knowledge Network of more than 8,000 specialists across 25 countries.
Do you face any of these problems?
A component is expensive but performs several important functions
Energy, material, space or labor cost needs structural reduction
Part count or process complexity is too high
A cost target creates a conflict with quality, reliability or user value
Product cost must fall without damaging performance or differentiation
Traditional value engineering has reached diminishing returns
Then Cost & Value Innovation is the right fit for you
What TRIZ Asia does
Identify the value parameters that must be protected
Map component and process functions
Identify harmful, redundant, weak or expensive functions
Apply trimming and function-transfer logic
Use available system and supersystem resources
Resolve cost-performance contradictions and check secondary effects
What you receive
Function-cost and complexity opportunities
Trim and redesign directions
Explicit function-responsibility changes
A protected-value map
Technical risk checks and validation priorities
How the engagement works
Protect
01Define the value and functions that must not be lost.
Model
02Map how current components and operations create value.
Challenge
03Identify expensive or unnecessary means.
Transfer
04Reassign functions to lower-complexity resources where possible.
Resolve
05Address resulting contradictions and side effects.
Validate
06Confirm performance, reliability and value preservation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Not necessarily. TRIZ Asia first examines the functions those components or operations perform and then explores whether those functions can be delivered differently.
The approach connects cost and complexity to the functions and parameters that actually matter, so critical value drivers are not treated as expendable.
Yes. The approach can examine components, operations, process architecture, resources and interactions.
Instead of optimizing individual costs in isolation, the work looks at the function system and challenges how required functions are delivered, including opportunities for trimming, resource use and contradiction resolution.