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Principles of Economics and Management for Manufacturing Engineering

  • 1st Edition - January 14, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Author: D.R. Kiran
  • Language: English

Principles of Economics and Management for Manufacturing Engineering combines key engineering economics principles and applications in one easy to use reference. Engineers… Read more

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Description

Principles of Economics and Management for Manufacturing Engineering combines key engineering economics principles and applications in one easy to use reference. Engineers, including design, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers are frequently involved in economics-related decisions, whether directly when selecting materials or indirectly when managers make order quantity decisions based on their work. Having a knowledge of the management and economic activities that touch on engineering work is a core part of most foundational engineering qualifications and becomes even more important in industry.

Covering a wide range of management and economic topics from the point-of-view of an engineer in industry, this reference provides everything needed to understand the commercial context of engineering work.

Key features

  • Covers the full range of basic economic concepts as well as engineering economics topics
  • Includes end of chapter questions and chapter summaries that make this an ideal self-study resource
  • Provides step-by-step instructions for cost accounting for engineers

Readership

Researchers and postgraduate students of manufacturing and design engineering. Qualified design and manufacturing engineers in industry

Table of contents

Section 1 - Theories and Laws of Economics

1. Introduction to Engineering Economics

2. The Basic Concepts of Economics

3. Categories of Economic System

4. Laws of Demand and Supply

5. Value and Equilibrium Price

6. Wealth and Time Value of Money

7. Cost Accounting for Engineers

8. Corporate Social Responsibilities

Section 2 - Principles of Engineering Economics

9. Principles of Management

10. Factors for Production

11. Cost of Production

12. Economies of Scale

13. Demand Forecasting

14. Decision Theory

Section 3 - Applications of Engineering Economics

15. Total Productive Maintenance

16. Break-Even and Make or Buy Analyses

17. Creativity and Kaizen

18. Material Layout Planning

19. Value Engineering and Engineering Economics

20. Plant Location and Layout

21. Scientific Inventory Control

22. Machinery Replacement Analysis

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 20, 2022
  • Language: English

About the author

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D.R. Kiran

D.R Kiran has forty years of experience in both industry and academia. He has held a range of management positions including Planning Manager of Rallifan (CF division), World Bank Adviser/Instructor for Transport Managers in Tanzania, and the Principal of PMR Institute of Technology, Chennai. In Universities he has taught subjects including Total Quality Management, Professional Ethics and Maintenance Engineering Management. He is the author of 2 books, and numerous journal articles, and was presented with the coveted Bharat Excellence Award and Gold Medal for Excellence in Education in New Delhi in 2006.
Affiliations and expertise
International Consultant in Industrial Engineering and Management, India

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