Process cost modeling: Strategic engineering and economic evaluation of Materials technologies

JOM

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 21-32

  Field, Frank ^a   Kirchain, Randolph ^a   Roth, Richard ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; HEALTH RISKS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC MATERIALS;

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; COST ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; COST MODELING; DESIGN ENGINEERS; DESIGN PARAMETERS (DP); ECONOMIC EVALUATION (EE); MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING COSTS; MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES; PERFORMANCE METRIC; PROCESS DEVELOPMENTS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CYCLES; PRODUCTION COSTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 47049129464     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-007-0126-0     Document Type: Article

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