PART Ⅰ－Planning Economy Studies to Solve Engineering Problems 1
CHAPTER 1 ＂HUNCH＂DECISIONS ARE DANGEROUS 3
CHAPTER 2 BUSINESS DECISIONS ARE BETWEEN ALTERNATIVES 15
CHAPTER 3 A PATTERN FOR ENGINEERING ECONOMY STUDIES 25
PART Ⅱ－Interest－The Time Element in Economy 37
CHAPTER 4 EQUIVALENCE 39
CHAPTER 5 INTEREST FORMULAS 46
CHAPTER 6 SOLVING INTEREST PROBLEMS 56
CHAPTER 7 WHY INTEREST？ 71
CHAPTER 8 CAPITAL RECOVERY WITH A RETURN AS AN ELEMENT IN ANNUAL COST 83
CHAPTER 9 PRESENT WORTH；CAPITALIZED COST 93
CHAPTER 10 CALCULATING A PROSPECTIVE RATE OF RETURN 107
PART Ⅲ－Techniques for Economy Studies 119
CHAPTER 11 ECONOMY STUDIES FOR A PROPOSED NEW ENTERPRISE 121
CHAPTER 12 THE INFLUENCE ON ECONOMY STUDIES OF SOURCES OF INVESTMENT FUNDS 148
CHAPTER 13 COMPARING ALTERNATIVES IN A GOING CONCERN－INCREMENT COSTS AND SUNK COSTS 162
CHAPTER 14 WILL IT PAY TO REPLACE A MACHINE OR STRUCTURE？THEORETICAL ASPECTS 182
CHAPTER 15 WILL IT PAY TO REPLACE A MACHINE OR STRUCTURE？PRACTICAL ASPECTS 202
CHAPTER 16 DEPRECIATION 222
CHAPTER 17 BREAK-EVEN POINTS AND MINIMUM-COST POINTS－FORMULAS FOR ECONOMY 255
CHAPTER 18 CAPACITY AND LOAD FACTOR OF MACHINE OR PLANT；THEIR RELATION TO COST AND PRICE 227
CHAPTER 19 PLANNING FOR GROWTH；IMMEDIATE VERSUS DEFERRED INVESTMENTS 300
CHAPTER 20 ECONOMY STUDIES FOR PUBLIC WORKS 324
PART Ⅳ－Getting Results from Economy Studies 351
CHAPTER 21 OBSTACLES TO ECONOMY IN INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISES 353
CHAPTER 22 OBSTACLES TO ECONOMY FROM THE SOCIAL VIEWPOINT 366
CHAPTER 23 ENGINEERING REPORTS AND BUDGETS 379
Appendices 387
A－NOTES ON THE TECHNIQUE OF ESTIMATING COSTS 389
B－INTEREST TABLES 406
C－SELECTED REFERENCES 419
index 425