1. TRIZ
TEAM TARUC-EXC
EDWARD LIM YEE SIANG
CHONG NYEE HAO
CHAN SHI JUN

2. PA Audio Cables
system
admin
• Length of cable
:45metre
• Thickness :4mm
• 4 cables used
• 46 minutes to tidy up
!!!

3. • Able keep and reorganising multiples cable in
•It has to be a low cost product solution
shorter time.
which is estimated to cost less than
•Reduced the damage occurred to the cables,
RM100.
hence the life time of the cable will be
extended.

4. Problem Statement
Function Oriented
Search
Transfer Function
S-Curve Analysis
Trend of increasing
value/ideality
Proposed Solution

5. General Key Problem
function
• To Complicated store cables
audio cable maintenance
• Messy audio cables when lengths of cable are not fully used
• Hard to carry around due to the size of container
Functional Parameters
• Portability
• Ease of setup and dismantle
• Multiple cable storage
• Size
Cost
Required function
• Simple to deploy and keep audio cables
• Not messy when lengths of cable are not fully used
• Easy to carry/push around for length adjustment
• Small in size and able to squeeze in tight spot

6. Audio and video cable
storage organizer
US 5372225 A
Canare Reel Snake
US Patent No:
5H,a0n6n8a,4y 9A5VCQ20-14-
16 Removable Spool
Portable Cable Reel
Alternate System 1
Alternate System 2
Alternate System 3
Alternate System 4

7. Alternate
systems Disadvantages
1 - Not able to store longer and thicker audio cables
2 - Another set of cables are needed to connect the
input port of cable to the amplifier
- Replacing SISO cable with snake cable
- Huge in size and expensive
4 - Unable to store multiple cables

8. Key Parameters
Alternative
System 1
Box (Base system)
Alternative
System 2
Alternative
System 4
Base system
US Patent No:
5,068,495
Canare Reel
Snake
Portable Cable
Key Paramaters
Box
Reel
• Portability
• Ease of setup and
dismantle
• Store multiple
cables
• Size
•Cost
Portability
+ + + _
Ease of setup
and dismantle + + + _
Store multiple
cables + + _ +
Size
_ _ + _
Cost
_ _ + +

9. • To achieve higher value – cost decrease – functionality maintain
• Perform cost reduction