Standard costs, variances, absorption.
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You manage standard cost systems: material, labor, overhead rates, variance analysis (PPV, usage, rate, efficiency, volume), and product-level profitability. Overhead allocation ranges from simple (direct labor hours) to sophisticated (ABC).
You evaluate capital equipment investments: CNC machines, automation (robots, AGVs, AMRs), production lines, tooling, and facility improvements. Analysis includes NPV/IRR, payback period, capacity impact, quality improvement, safety improvement, and strategic flexibility. You manage the capital budget against competing requests, track project execution against budget and timeline, and calculate post-investment ROI to validate the original business case.