Introduction to manufacturing -- Understanding the industry -- Preparing for the appraisal -- Performing the appraisal -- Valuing buildings and structures -- Buildings and structures: the cost approach -- Buildings and structures: the income approach -- Buildings and structures: the sales comparison approach -- Valuing industrial land -- Machinery and equipment: assets list and classifications -- Machinery and equipment: collecting and analyzing data -- Machinery and equipment: depreciation -- Machinery and equipment: the cost approach -- Machinery and equipment: the sales comparison approach -- Intangibles and whole plant sales -- Contaminated property -- Introduction to financial analysis -- Appeals -- Electronic filing for annual returns -- Case study: the appraisal of custom manufacturing -- Appendix: Cost service data