Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology

School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Industrial Management and Engineering Economy (Meng 5242)
Acadamic Year 2020/21 – Regular Program
Instructor: Gebrewold T. (M.Sc.) Office: 314-A
Course Objectives

The course enables students to understand basic principles/concepts:

 Industrial management and organization
 Industrial plant design
 Effective material management
 Management and resource allocation; and Engineering economy
Course Description:  Network scheduling
 Projects crashing
1. Basic Management Concepts and In-
 Resource allocation
dustrial Organization
 Project risks
 Introduction to management
6. Investment Evaluation
 Functions of management
 Introduction
 Organizational structure
 Total investment costs
 Basics of productivity
 Projects financing
2. Introduction to Plant layout
 Financial evaluations
 Introduction
7. Basic Accounting Principles &
 Basics of plant Layout Budgeting Fundamentals
 Study of Plant Layout  Introduction
 Ergonomics and Industrial Safety  Classification of accounts
3. Forecasting
 Accounting concepts
 Introduction
 Accounting statements
 Meaning and use of forecasting
 Budgets and budgetary control
 Forecasting techniques Assessment Criteria:
4. Materials Management
 60% will be assessed: Mid Exam
 Introduction (30%), Assignment (15%) & Quiz
 Purchasing (15%) & 40% Final Exam
 Inventory control Text Book: Daniel Kitaw, Industrial
5. Project Management and Resource Management and Engineering
Allocation Economy: an Introduction to
 Introduction Industrial Engineering, AAU
 Work breakdown structure Press, 2009
 Project organization Additional reading Books
 Project Financing 1. Riggs James L., Production Systems:

‘The people in the city must fed, and the water and air leaving the city must not be polluted’ Paul H. Brunner & Helmut Rechberger.
 Planning, Analysis & Control, New 5. Turner, Joe H. Mize, Kenneth E. Case,
York, John Wiley & Sons Inc. 1970. Introduction to Industrial and System
2. Mikell P. Groover, Automation, Engineering, Prentice Hall Inc.,
Production systems, and Computer- Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey,1978
Integrated Manufacturing , 2nd Edition, 6. Kurtz, Max P.E., Hand Book of
Asia, Pearson Education, 2001 Industrial Management, New York:
3. Moore, James M. Plant Layout and McGraw Hill Inc., 1984, 19
Design, New York ; Macmillan 7. Peter Atrill & Eddie McLaney,
Company, 1962 Accounting and Finance for Non –
4. Muther, Richard, Systematic Layout specialist, New Delhi:, Prentice Hall of
Planning, London, Industrial India, 2001
International Limited, 1962

‘The people in the city must fed, and the water and air leaving the city must not be polluted’ Paul H. Brunner & Helmut Rechberger.