Financial Management- An Introduction

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Financial Management provides you the opportunity to work with and understand some of the basic tools for maintaining and improving the budgets of manufacturing projects. A manufacturing engineering technician who is aware of the budget and the current status of a project is able to make well informed adjustments to the project in order to keep it on time and profitable.
By learning how to interpret and use both static and dynamic financial management tools, you gain significant insight into the financial budgeting and managing of manufacturing projects. In an increasingly competitive marketplace, a manufacturing technician who is competent in many facets of the manufacturing realm is much more marketable and valuable to his or her company. This module provides essential skills in financial management that help propel you up the ladder of expertise within the field of manufacturing engineering technology.

After completing this module, you should be able to demonstrate the following competencies:

  • Recognize the basic elements of financial reporting
    (Comp. 1).
  • Interpret basic financial data and reports (Comp. 2).
  • Provide input to and use the results of activity based accounting and/or financial tracking systems (Comp. 3).
  • Use financial principles to manage projects, budgets, and processes (Comp. 4).

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