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The Recommendation Phase
CANDY WRAPPER CASE STUDY
Aer the ideas that have the greatest chance of success have been reviewed
during the Evaluation Phase to make sure that the best value is being pre-
sented, the next step for the value analyst is to prepare a value-improvement
proposal. In our candy wrapper case study, based on the 17% cost-reduc-
tion potential for the 50% inking, and 24% cost-reduction potential for
the 25% inking oered by the current supplier, the value analyst recom-
mended placement of trial orders in the amount of ten tons of each type.
If a value analyst or a project team can make the decision and implement
the change, ...