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OXFORD Fourth Canadian Edition
ENGINEERIN/
ECONOMIC
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Fourth Canadian Edition
ENGINEERING
ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS
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OXFORD
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Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements ix
Equity 54
Financial Ratios Derived from Balance Sheet Data 55
The Income Statement 55
Financial Ratios Derived from Income Statement Data 57
Linking the Balance Sheet. Income Statement. and Capital Transactions 57
Traditional Cost Accounting 59
Direct and Indirect Costs 59
Indirect Cost Allocation 59
Problems with Traditional Cost Accounting 59
Other Problems to Watch For 61
Summary 61
Problems 62
Replacement Analysis Technique 1: Defender Marginal Costs Can Be Computed and Are
Increasing 416
Replacement Repeatability Assumptions 417
Replacement Analysis Technique 2: Defender Marginal Costs Can Be Computed and Are
Not Increasing 418
Replacement Analysis Technique 3: When Defender Marginal Cost Data Are Not
Available 422
Complications in Replacement Analysis 422
Defining Defender and Challenger First Costs 422
Repeatability Assumptions Not Acceptable 424
A Closer Look at Future Challengers 425
After-Tax Replacement Analysis 426
Marginal Costs on an After-Tax Basis 426
Minimum-Cost Life Problems 428
Spreadsheets and Replacement Analysis 430
Summary 432
Problems 433
Glossary 504
References 508
Index 510
Preface and Acknowledgements
Engineering is the application of knowledge to develop practical and economical solutions
to the problems that confront our civilization. Canada, with an area of 9,984,670 km2,
is the second-largest country in the world. But with a population of about 35,300,000,
Canada has less than 0.5% of the world's people. In population density we rank about
230th, with 3.9 people per square kilometre of land area. Because much of the country is
a cold and unforgiving place, Canadians have needed all the engineering skills they could
muster in order to exist in this formidable environment and, in doing so, to consistently
achieve a position in the top five on the United Nations list of the best countries to live in.
The history of this country is a history of engineering innovation and adaptability. The
ingenious design of the birchbark canoe enabled First Nations people to travel thousands
of kilometres and develop trading routes that spanned the country. In the 1800s, engin
eers from Britain taught us how to construct canals to circumvent rapids; we built on that
knowledge, and with the opening of the St Lawrence Seaway in 1959, ocean-going ships of
commerce were able to bypass even so great an obstacle as Niagara Falls and penetrate the
heart of the continent.
The promise of a transcontinental railway was what brought British Columbia into the
Canadian Confederation, and again the engineers responded, completing the project in
1885 and opening the western provinces to settlement and development.
Canoes work well in the summer, but winter travel poses special challenges. Joseph
Armand Bombardier attached a Ford engine to a sleigh, which, with continuing engineer
ing refinements, evolved into their snowmobile, the Ski-doo, and its inventor's company
became the aircraft and light-rail-transit manufacturer Bombardier, Inc.
The need to communicate with northern settlements led Canadian engineers to de
velop the Anik communications satellite. And our need to communicate, wherever we
happen to be, led a University of Waterloo engineering student, Mike Lazaridis, to develop
the BlackBerry and create the company Research In Motion (RIM).
Engineering has always been a mixture of need, practicality, and economics. The con
cepts of ethics, sustainability, and environmental stewardship are now being added to that
mix. This book introduces the economic decisions that accompany engineering design,
but it also includes questions that explore those other aspects. Each chapter begins with
a vignette describing a Canadian engineering challenge and inviting the reader to think
about the broader implications of engineering decisions.
Numerous improvements to the content and wording have been made throughout the
text. The text has been condensed and some print material, such as the compound interest
tables, has been placed online.
Changes from the third edition include the following:
• Chapters 1 and 2 have been combined and condensed into one chapter.
• Chapter 8 has been eliminated, and some material has been distributed in other
chapters (information on incremental analysis to Chapter 7, future worth content
to Chapter 5, benefit-cost ratio to Chapter 8, sensitivity and break-even content
to Chapter 10).
• Chapter 17 has been moved up to become Chapter 2.
• Chapter 16 has been moved up to become Chapter 8.
• A new chapter on project management has been added.
• In Chapter 12, the explanation for calculation of taxes for individuals has been
revised for clarity, and the calculation of after-tax cash flows has been revised.
Icons
These marginal icons appear throughout the text to highlight important
key concepts.
These icons appear in the Problems section at the end of each chapter to signify that
the answer to the problem can be found on the companion website: www.oupcanada
.com/Newnan4Ce
Acknowledgements
This textbook is the result of the hard work of a lot of people for over 35 years. I, along
with Oxford University Press Canada, would like to gratefully acknowledge the following
reviewers, as well as those who wished to remain anonymous:
Their thoughtful comments and suggestions have helped to shape the fourth edition
of this text.
For the fourth Canadian edition, I would like to thank all the people at OUP
Canada-including Meg Patterson, Lauren Wing, Suzanne Clark, and Liana Spada-and
Doug Linzey of Agricola Communications. Finally, I want to thank my wife, Joan, and my
daughter and editorial critic Ali.
John Jones
Simon Fraser University, 2017
Econom ic Decisions,
Eng i neeri ng Costs,
a nd Cost Esti mati ng
Alternative Futures
There is no better place to start an engineering economics text than with a discussion of the futu re
of the ca r, for that question embodies many of the technology and economic factors involved.
Hybrids, plug -in electrics, turbocharged diesels, and advanced gasoline engi nes all compete
for the buyer's (and driver's) attention. In 2016 the lineup included the following sedans:
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T S L r,
Alternative Futures 3
Choosing the right vehicle is a complex problem, and evaluating the choices requires much
more information than the price and fuel mileage. Will you be driving in the country or city, or a
mix? How far do you drive in a year? What will the future price of energy (gas. diesel. electricity)
be? How long will you keep the car before you sell it? What will the resale value be? What financing
terms do the sellers offer?
Electric vehicle technology has been slowly improving. Since 2012. the University of Waterloo
has been challenging teams of high-school students to design and build all-electric vehicles to
compete in a 12-volt and a 24-volt endurance race. In the first year of the competition. Bluevale
Secondary School won the 12-volt and 24-volt races. with 41 and 61 laps, respectively. In 2013,
they were narrowly edged out of first place in the 12-volt race by Resurrection Catholic Secondary
School, who completed 51.9 laps, but retained first place in the 24-volt race with an impressive
95 laps.
But the gasoline and diesel engineers have not been standing still. Future drivers will continue
to be offered an array of technologies and will have to use engineering economic analysis to find
the correct choices.
QU ESTIONS TO CONSIDER
1. What marketplace dynamics stimulate or suppress the development of alternative-fuel vehicles? What
role. if any, does government have in these dynamics? What additional responsibilities should government
have?
2. Develop a list of concerns and questions that consumers might have about the conversion to alternative-fuel
vehicles. Which are economic factors. and which are non-economic?
3. Some environmentalists have proposed producing bio-fuels from crops as an alternative to fossil fuels.
What ethical questions might this involve?
4. Power companies have a lot of extra capacity at night, and so there is a possibility of their offering
off-peak power at a reduced cost. This could be used by people with plug-in hybrids. How much in
vestment would a power company have to make in smart circuits for a time-variable pricing policy to
be possible?
KEY TERMS
average cost learning curve percentage per unit model
book cost learning curve rate power-sizing model
cash cost life-cycle costing recurring cost
cash flow d iag ram marginal cost segmenting model
estimating by analogy model building shadow price
fixed cost non-recurring cost sunk cost
forgone opportunity opportunity cost triangulation
incremental cost out-of-pocket cost variable cost
learning curve overhead
A Sea of Problems
This book is about making decisions. It develops the tools for analyzing and solving eco
nomic problems commonly faced by engineers.
Our emphasis is on solving problems that confront firms in the marketplace, but
many examples are problems students face in daily life. Let us start by looking at some of
these problems.
Simple Problems
Many problems are simple, and good solutions do not require much time or effort.
• Should I pay by cash or credit card?
• Do I buy a semester parking pass or use the parking meters?
• Should we replace a burned-out motor?
• If we use three crates of an item a week, how many crates should we buy at a time?
Intermediate Problems
At the middle level of complexity, we find problems that are primarily economic.
• Should I buy or lease my next car?
• Which pieces of equipment should be chosen for a new assembly line?
• Should our office upgrade to the newest version of our project management software?
• Should I buy a one- or two-semester parking pass?
• Should we buy a low-cost press requiring three operators, or a more expensive one
requiring only two operators?
Complex Problems
Complex problems represent a mixture of economic, political, and social and ethical elements.
• The question of building pipelines to export Albertan oil overseas is an example
of a complex problem. Pipelines such as the proposed Northern Gateway from
Alberta to Kitimat, BC, will benefit the Albertan economy and create jobs in the
Albertan oil industry. On the other hand, some environmentalists believe that the
risk of oil spills will endanger First Nations lands and the BC coastline. Globally,
The Role of Engineering Economic Analysis 5
burning Alberta's oil will increase global warming, with possible adverse conse
quences worldwide.
• The choice of a girlfriend or a boyfriend (who may later become a spouse) is ob
viously complex. Economic analysis can be of little or no help.
• The annual budget of a corporation is an allocation of resources, and all pro
jects are evaluated economically. The budget process is also heavily influenced by
non-economic forces such as power struggles, geographical balancing, and effects
on individuals, programs, and profits.
Vast numbers of problems having these three characteristics are encountered in the
business world and in people's personal lives, so engineering economic analysis is often
required.
Engineering economic analysis focuses on costs, revenues, and benefits that occur at differ
ent times. For example, when a nuclear engineer designs a reactor, the construction costs
occur in the near future; benefits to the users begin only when construction is finished, but
continue for a long time.
Engineering economic analysis is used to answer many different questions.
• Which engineering projects are worthwhile? Has the mining or petroleum engin
eer shown that the mineral or oil deposit is worth developing?
• Which engineeringprojects should have a higherpriority? Has the electrical engin
eer shown that replacing the plant's step-down transformer is more urgent than
upgrading the power supply to the machine shop?
• How should the engineering project be designed? Has the mechanical engineer
chosen the most economical size of motor? Has the software engineer calculated
the development time for writing the next release of the software? Has the aero
nautical engineer made the best trade-offs between (1) lighter materials that are
expensive to buy but result in a plane that is cheaper to fly and {2) heavier materi
als that are cheap to buy but result in a plane that is more expensive to fly?
Engineering economic analysis can also be used to answer questions that are person
ally important.
• How to achieve long-termfinancial goals: How much should you save each month
to buy a house, retire, or fund a trip around the world? Is going to graduate school
a good investment?
6 Chapter 1 Economic Decisions, Engineering Costs, and Cost Estimating
At a race track, a bettor was uncertain which horse to bet on in the next race. He
closed his eyes and pointed his finger at the list of horses printed in the racing
program. Upon opening his eyes, he saw that he was pointing to horse number 4.
He hurried off to place his bet on that horse.
Does the racehorse selection represent a process of decision making? Clearly, it was a
process of choosing among alternatives. But this process seems inadequate and irrational.
We want to deal with rational decision making.
Rational decision making can be a complex process. One possible systematic approach
to this process is shown in Figure 1-1. Although the steps are shown sequentially, it is
common for a decision maker to repeat steps, take them out of order, and do some steps
simultaneously. For example, when a new alternative is identified, more data will be re
quired. Or when the outcomes are summarized, it may become clear that the problem
needs to be redefined or new goals established. The following sections describe the ele
ments listed in Figure 1-1.
6. Construct a model
products by some semi-arbitrary method. The results are generally satisfactory for cost
accounting purposes but may be unreliable for use in economic analysis.
To create a meaningful economic analysis, we must determine the true differences be
tween alternatives, and that might require some adjustment of cost-accounting data. The
following example illustrates this situation.
EXAMPLE 1-1
The cost-accounting records of a large company show the average monthly costs for the three-person
printing department. The wages and benefits of the department make up the first category of direct
labour. The company's indirect or overhead costs-such as heat, electricity, and employee insurance
must be distributed to its various departments in some manner and, like many other firms, this one
uses floor space as the basis for its allocations.
Direct labour (including employee benefits) $6,000
Materials and supplies consumed 7,000
Allocated overhead costs:
200 m2 of floor area at $25/m2 5,000
The printing department charges the other departments for its services to recover its $18,000 monthly
$18,000
The shipping department checks with a commercial printer that would print the same 1,000 copies for
Cost to other departments $26.45
$22.95. Although the shipping department needs only about 30,000 copies printed a month, its foreman
decides to stop using the printing department and have the work done by the outside printer. The in
house printing department objects to this. As a result, the general manager has asked you to study the
situation and recommend what should be done.
Much of the printing department's output reveals the company's costs, prices, and other financial in
SOLUTION
formation. The company president considers the printing department necessary in order to prevent
disclosing such information to people outside the company.
A review of the cost-accounting charges reveals nothing unusual. The charges made by the printing
department cover direct labour, materials and supplies, and overhead. The allocation of indirect costs
is a customary procedure in cost-accounting systems, but it may be misleading for decision making, as
the following discussion indicates.
The shipping department would reduce its cost from $793 to $688 by using the outside printer. In that
case, by how much would the printing department's costs decline? We will examine each of the cost
components:
1. Direct Labour. If the printing department had been working overtime, then the overtime could
be reduced or eliminated. But, assuming there was no overtime, how much would the saving
be? It seems unlikely that a printer could be fired or even put on less than a 40-hour work
week. Thus, although there might be a $228 saving, it is much more likely that there will be no
reduction in direct labour.
2. Materials and Supplies. There would be a $294 saving in materials and supplies.
3. Allocated Overhead Costs. There will be no reduction in the printing department's monthly
$5,000 overhead, because there will be no reduction in department floor space. (Though there
may be a slight reduction in the firm's power costs if the printing department does less work.)
Furthermore, the firm will incur additional expenses in purchasing and accounting to deal
with the outside firm.
The firm will save $294 in materials and supplies and may or may not save $228 in direct labour if
the printing department no longer does the shipping department's work. The maximum saving would
be $294 + 228 = $522. But if the shipping department obtains its printing from the outside printer,
the firm must pay $688.50 a month. The saving from not doing the shipping department work in the
printing department would not exceed $522, and it would probably be only $294. The result would be a
net increase in cost to the firm. For this reason, the shipping department should be discouraged from
sending its printing to the outside printer.
Gathering cost data presents other difficulties. One way to look at the financial
consequences-costs and benefits-of various alternatives is as follows:
A woman of the family prepares the body for burial and washes the hair. Then
someone is nominated to sit with the dead, to express the common grief. When
first I heard of this, he was described as “the one who has to be angry with the
dead.” But the explanation was somewhat distorted. The person who has this
duty does talk to the dead, saying:—
“Oh! why did you leave us? Were you angry with us, that you have gone away
never to return? We are left here, lonely. What was it we did to make you angry
with us—that you have left us.…” [358]
If death occurs in the night, the burial is early the next morning. No food is
eaten. The body is arranged for burial in a sitting position. A corn-planting stick
is placed so as to project above its head. Then the father or nearest male
relative carries the body to the sand-mounds below the mesa where adults are
interred and buries it. Young children have shallow graves in another place, for it
is believed that their spirits are weak, too weak to struggle through deeper soil.
Photo. by Emri Kopte
A HOPI BEAUTY
Returning to the house a second time, he gathers all the mourning ones around
a common bowl of food, and they break their fast.
These people succumb quickly to disease. Their mode of living invites infection
and spreads contagion. They suffer epidemics periodically, and these are like
the plagues of Egypt. Measles is a scourge; they have known smallpox many
times; the Spanish influenza decimated them. But while these are swift and
virulent enemies, they may be fought vigorously and checked at last. There is
one disease as fateful as themselves, stealthy, insidious, that cannot be
mastered. The white man ensnared by it finds in the Desert a place of refuge, of
hope; but the Hopi refuge has not been found.
There is among my photographs one of a Hopi girl wearing the tribal dress, her
hair in whorls, a wistful expression on her face. I will not tell you that this is an
[359]Indian princess, for there are no Indian “princesses” outside vaudeville. She
is simply Stella, of the First Mesa. When she was not more than six years old, I
found her on the mesa-top, very dirty and ill-nourished, an orphan, a waif, being
passed around from one family to another. I packed her off to the Cañon
boarding-school, and almost immediately thereafter, upon advice of the
physician, to a sanatorium. When I next saw her there, she was a contented little
girl, very pretty, with a red bow of ribbon in her dark hair and a taste for
chocolates in her mouth. And then more years rolled away, and again I visited
the place. This time she had grown swiftly into young womanhood. She had
suffered a relapse and was in bed.
“She has been here a long time,” I said when we came away.
“Yes—an uneven case, erratic chart; and that sort seldom make a complete
recovery. By the way, did you notice anything peculiar in her expression?”
“Well,” I replied, “she was a very pretty little child, and she has n’t quite lost all
that. There is something wistfully patient about her—a half-smiling sadness—”
“The very thing,” said the doctor. “I wondered if you would notice it. The Mona
Lisa look: Fishberg mentions it. Stella is a perfect example.”
But when I last visited the mesa Stella had a home in which to welcome me. She
had tired of the long years at the sanatorium, and they were many; she had
returned, [360]as they all endeavor, to her people on the mesa-top; and she still
liked candy, and she still had that placid, melancholy expression. 1 I have sought
to rescue many Hopi from that dread disease, with varying success, but she is
the only Gioconda I have found among the Indians. [361]
This facies has been recognized by the laity, and the folklore of Europe abounds in sayings
1
about the facial expression of the consumptive. Writers of fiction and painters have also
considered it “interesting,” and make great use of it in their productions. Many of the classical
and modern painters have depicted this cast of countenance, showing the false euphoria of the
smiling, tranquilly bright, yet melancholy eyes of the consumptive, which are perhaps best seen
in Leonardo da Vinci’s La Gioconda—a picture of a phthisical face superior to any description
that can be given of it.
—Fishberg: Pulmonary Tuberculosis ↑
[Contents]
L’Envoi
By a curious irony of fate, the places to which we
are sent when health deserts us are often
singularly beautiful.
In those few remaining days are the contrasts. An odd change, at the
close of a sunlit winter day, to have the sky suddenly go drab and
dull, promising a bleak night, and then the added silence of the
falling snow. Stealthily the storm would come upon us, whirling crisp
dry flakes, weaving a magic veil to drape white all the cliffs. A new
hush in the Desert. And at morning, a crystal landscape, glittering
like an old-time Christmas card.
Can you wonder that tramps and painters, cowpunchers and poets,
return to this Empire of Enchantment? It is one of those fanciful
“other places,” one of the last having an horizon.
The people of the Desert are seldom effusive or voluble. They rode
in, pairs and groups of them, to wish me good luck and to say good-
bye. The Hopi tried to express his regret; the Navajo stood about
diffidently for a little, and then shook hands without an effort at a
word, and rode away. Those who knew me best brought little
presents of rare value to one who knew their history—a basket, a
painted piece of pottery, an old ceremonial bow. One of them, who
liked me well enough, could not come; so he asked a missionary to
write exactly as he dictated.
Because I have heard that you are about to leave us I am thinking about
you, and I am sorry. You have been good to us. You are a good chief.
You have helped us with our horses, cattle, and sheep more than any
other chief we have had. You have helped us greatly in sickness, and I am
sorry that you are going to leave us.
I hope to see you before you go, but perhaps I will not get a chance to see
you. I am glad you gave me a work to do, and I have patched up a number
of quarrels, have brought the people together and made their troubles
right.
I am sure I will not forget you. No matter where you go, I will remember
you. The people love you.
Because I think I will not get to see you before you go, I wanted to say
these things to you. You have always been kind to me.
Judge Hooker
[364]
A long time after that, I heard this story: One of the interpreters, who
for years had been my voice, moped around the Agency for days,
gloomy, half sullen. He had been a merry fellow.
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