At the end of this Course, the students should be able to:
• Decide on the actions engineers have to make in industry to design a new plant or a new process,
• Calculate the fix and working capital requirements of an investment,
• Predict and analyze the product cost,
• Analyze the production using economic concepts,
• Define the time value of money and apply this concept in economic evaluations,
• Compute the profitability of industrial projects,
• Analyze, evaluate and conclude alternative investments and replacements,
• Interpret the effect of inflation in industry,
• Identify and apply the basic principles of project management and accounting,