Jerry Kaufman’s Writings
Recognized as a timeless Master, Jerry (1930-2015) was a past president and a Certified Value Specialist (CVS), board chairman of the Society of American Value Engineers (SAVE International), and was internationally known and honored in his field. He was cited in Engineers of Distinction by the Engineers Joint Council in 1973, received the Meritorious Service award, and was a Fellow and Life Member of SAVE. In 1980, he was awarded the Presidential Citation by the Society for Japanese Value Engineering for his contributions in establishing Value Engineering in Japan. The American Association of Cost Engineers (AACE) recognized Jerry as their Speaker of the Year for the period 1989 1990.
In 1994, SAVE presented the Lawrence D. Miles award, its highest achievement award, to Jerry for his many contributions to the field of Value Engineering. At that time, Jerry was included in a select group of four recipients to receive this rarely presented award since its inception 20+ years ago.
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In addition to numerous papers presented internationally, Jerry was a founder of J. J. Kaufman Associates, Inc., a value management services company, for over 40 years of design engineering, value management and corporate management services in the industrial, electronic, processes, services and aerospace markets. Formerly on the corporate staff of Cooper Industries as director of Value Management, his experience included 25 years of progressively responsible management positions involving products, processes, and business management.
He provided consultant services and conducted Value Management workshops related to product development, manufacturing, process improvement, total quality management, and organization effectiveness (business systems re engineering).
Jerry was an author of many books and Jerry taught Value Management in series of industrial extension courses for NCSU and McGill University's Management Institute in Montreal, Canada. Jerry also conducted Value Management seminars in Canada, Europe, U.K., Japan and Korea. As president of J. J. Kaufman Associates