Financial Decision-Making

Program Overview

This certificate focuses on financial thinking as a core leadership capability for manufacturing executives. Participants learn to evaluate investments, operating decisions, and strategic initiatives using economic logic and financial models. Key topics include capital allocation, CAPEX evaluation, cost structures, pricing economics, working capital, and value creation frameworks. Rather than accounting mechanics, the emphasis is on using financial insight to make better decisions under uncertainty. Real industrial cases and simulations help learners link technical, operational, and commercial decisions to financial outcomes. The program enables leaders to engage confidently with finance teams, investors, and boards, and to ensure that strategy and execution are grounded in measurable value creation.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Interpret financial statements
• Evaluate CAPEX using ROI, NPV, IRR
• Apply economic thinking to pricing and demand
• Create board-ready financial business cases

Curriculum Highlights

• Business Accounting
• Costing & Profitability
• Capital Budgeting
• Managerial Economics

Assessment & Certification

Financial assignment (40%), ROI project (30%), Decision memo (30%)

This certificate is ECTS-aligned, industry-focused, and fully stackable into the Techno-Commercial MBA offered by the School of Manufacturing.