This comprehensive text is primarily designed for BE BTech students of mechanical engineering manufacturing engineering and production engineering. This text consists of 11 chapters covering concepts and techniques of process planning and cost estimation. The text is supported by well-labelled diagrams and case studies. The book contains solved problems that facilitates students to understand the concepts quickly. At the end of each chapter theoretical questions and applicable numerical problems are given to test the understanding of the readers. Key features Includes classification and coding systems with fitting examples Contains a complete account of work study Provides detailed coverage of process planning Gives formulas of mensuration for material cost estimation Introduces different manufacturing processes in relevant chapters About the AuthorR. PANNEERSELVAM PhD Professor and Head Department of Management Studies School of Management Pondicherry University Puducherry. He has been Head of the Department and Dean of School of Management Pondicherry University. He has more than three decades of teaching and research experience which includes his teaching of engineering and management students at Anna University Chennai. He is the recipient of Academic Excellence Award in an International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Practices 2010 and Best Teacher Award of Pondicherry University 2012 2013 . The author of 12 books all published by PHI Learning Professor Panneerselvam has to his credit about 100 research articles published in national and international journals of repute and conference proceedings. He has also carried out overseas consultancy to CEMS Malaysia. P. SIVASANKARAN PhD Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Alpha College of Engineering and Technology Pond