Engineering Economist articles from January 1996

Engineering Economist archives from January 1996

A breakeven analysis procedure for a multi-period project.
January 1, 1996... Abstract Breakeven analysis is often limited to the analysis of a project with a short term time horizon. Ibis paper presents a solution technique for the analysis of a project with a multi-period planning horizon. The solution...

Decision making in preliminary product design: combining economic and quality considerations.
January 1, 1996... Introduction Rarely are engineering decisions based solely upon economic criteria. For example, in the design of a consumer product not only is the manufactured cost of interest, but also the quality-how well the product meets customer...

Revisiting "dividend yield plus growth" and its application."
January 1, 1996... Introduction The "dividend yield plus growth" method for estimating the cost of equity capital is a venerable and durable technique. Gordon and Shapiro [7] first equated the price of a share with the present value of future dividends...

Integrated production scheduling, coordination, and capacity investment.
January 1, 1996... Introduction The problem of how to invest in production capacity is complicated by the effect of the type of capacity purchased on inventory when multiple products are produced. This paper analyzes capacity decisions for batch...

Adjusting the modified internal rates of return.
January 1, 1996... Abstract In his recent paper, D.M. Shull ("Efficient Capital Project Selection Through a Yield-Based Capital Budgeting Technique," The Engineering Economist, Vol.38, No.1 (Fall 1992), pp. 1-18) proposes a concept of the Adjusted...

Implementing Total Quality.
January 1, 1996... Implementing Total Quality is organized around a 20-step process introduced by Goetsch and Davis in their previous book, Introduction to Total Quality: Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness. The process starts with (1) gain the commitment...

Expert Systems for Business: Concepts and Applications, 2d ed.
January 1, 1996... This 447-paged book is made up of two parts. Part I contains nine chapters on general concepts of intelligent systems and techniques. Part II contains eight modules on specific applications of expert systems with specific focus on the use of...

Decision Analysis Software for Microsoft Windows.
January 1, 1996... This book is a user manual for a decision analysis software known as DPL (Decision Programming Language.) The aim of the software is to facilitate the modeling and analysis of decision problems using influence diagrams and decision trees. The...

Review of Engineering Economy: Applying Theory to Practice.
January 1, 1996... This text is a new Engineering Economy title in Irwin's Industrial Engineering series and was planned on a survey of nearly 250 engineering economy instructors. As the title suggests its distinguishing aspect among the many engineering economy...