The purpose of this book is to provide a structured review for the Certified Manufacturing Technologist (CMfgT) exam and portions of the Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE) exam, as well as present a comprehensive text on the fundamentals of manufacturing.

This book will serve as a useful review for the experienced manufacturing professional or as an information source and study guideline for the person just entering the field. Fundamentals of Manufacturing has been updated according to SME's Body of Knowledge.

This edition has a thorough presentation of the fundamentals of manufacturing, reviewed and updated by subject matter experts. The major areas of manufacturing science reviewed include mathematics, physics, materials science and metallurgy, engineering drawing, planning and strategy, and metrics, and the SI system.