This article calls attention to an analysis of the Eurozone's economic crisis prerequisites and the ways out from it. In fact, Eurozone is an extremely heterogeneous formation, where despite the single currency; every country has different credit characteristics. The economic situation in the PIGS-countries (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) is considered in the article, laying an emphasis on Greece as the main representative of high risk default.

To our opinion, the main factor of the crisis is the lack of new innovative industries that require tremendous investments (some trillion dollars). The excess supply of money is not invested in the real sector, but is accumulated in the financial markets, increasing the nominal value of any assets. Financial discipline is the second mail factor in developing of the crisis.

The competition is the driving factor of development of any society, and the mechanical engineering shows level of its development. This article contains the description of the competitive environment from the point of view of the market theory with reference to national mechanical engineering.

The latest tendencies in the development of the global and Russian metals sectors are identified under the new eco­nomic conditions of Russian membership in WTO. The positive and negative impact of Russia’s accession into the WTO on the Russian metals sector are analyzed. The importance of forming and utilizing the new competitive advantages for the Russian metals sector is discussed given the fact that the cost of production of the Russian metals products is increasing and the traditional competitive advantages of this sector are diminished. A new competitive advantage is suggested (enter­prise reputation and goodwill) for effective management which would lead to sustaining the long term competitiveness of the Russian metals products.

The paper presents an econometric analysis of the influence of components of economic freedom оn the development of machine building abroad. The high dependence of the industry of the freedom of trade and freedom from corruption in a number of foreign countries is proved.

In the article the questions of formation of the integrated corporate structures in the steel industry of the Russian Federation in the framework of certain supply chains. Analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of vertically integrated companies in modern conditions, also the examples of industrial and economic activities of enterprises are shown.

A lot of technological platforms projects create now in Russia. These initiatives proceed from the Ministry of economic development, Ministry of Education and Science etc. European technological platforms (ЕТП) which total almost ten years' experience of the of enough successful activity are resulted use as model for technological platforms in Russia. The first mention in Russian-speaking sources in this sphere is connected with «the Long-term forecast of scientifically-technological development of the Russian Federation for the period till 2025» where results of the analysis of the European experience are is short shown and recommendations about adaptation of this tool in Russia for formation of priorities of technological development on a number of technological directions are made. This prognostic experience is the basis of «Atomenergoprom» leadership in the world market of nuclear technologies. «Atomenergoprom» provides full production cycle of nuclear power engineering — from uranium production to nuclear power plant construction and energy generation.

The article is devoted to knowledge management in the steel industry. The features of knowledge management in the steel industry are shown. The review of the current practice of knowledge management at the largest iron and steel plants in Russia represented.

This article explains the importance of logistics for the modern enterprise, carried out theoretical and methodological analysis and provides practical recommendations for improving logistics management at the enterprises of the production sector in the region.

This article describes a comprehensive methodological approach to assessing the sustainability of a competitive industrial enterprises. The main components of the competitive sustainability of the enterprise and its methods of integrated assessment.

In the article the author designed the circuit diagram of titanium in the Industry, and the prospects for the use of different types of waste in the production of titanium products. It is noted that the assessment metallofonda titanium, note the following:

– in the circuit must be considered export titanium titanium products, which determines the use of imported recycled materials;

– perspective direction produce recycled titanium in the near future should be to engage in the processing of obsolete scrap, especially in the aircraft industry.

The methodical approach to assess the return period of titanium materials. Found that the creation of titanium clus­ter can dramatically change the situation in the use of recycled titanium, since it is possible to create a uniform system of accounting, collection and processing of information on the production, circulation, consumption and accumulation of titanium based on the evolving relationship in the titanium cluster of producers and consumers of titanium products (both domestic and foreign).

Current business conditions are characterized by rapid changes in the global business environment. Businesses are exposed to crises with hardly predictable development, the changing conditions in financial markets, fluctuations in economic growth and demand. Strong competition and pressure on product prices force companies to increase efficiency, innovate products, manufacturing processes and equipment, transfer production capacities. This is reflected in the management of industrial enterprises and their investment and technical development projects, including metallurgical production.

The paper deals with the method of planning and management of investment and technical development projects in industrial enterprises under increased risk and uncertainty. In such conditions it is appropriate to use methods of project management with an integrated risk management. In the project planning phase especially uncertainty in metallurgical products market, prices of raw materials, availability and cost of corporate financing and exchange rate fluctuations should be included in decision making. It is necessary to evaluate the economic stability of customers and suppliers and potential threats from competitors. The project execution speed as well as meeting its goals is an important success factor. It is often necessary to analyze several key scenarios of possible development of business environment and our planned project. Besides the negative risk, i.e. threats, it is also useful to search for positive side of uncertainty and risk, i.e. opportunities. The project execution plan should be divided into phases and stages with checkpoints. Identified risks should be continuously monitored and controlled. Principles and practices described in the paper significantly contribute to increasing project success and efficiency.

In this article the issues of business process approach to enterprise management with the help of open source free software RunaWFE are discussed. The subject area is described shortly. The software and its specifics is described. The concept of bots and botstations proposed by this article authors is stated. The advantages of open source usage are listed. The examples of the system production deployments on enterprises are shown.

This article analyzes the practice of comparative (interplant) analysis in modern Russian industry. The basic features and problems of the comparative analysis in the modern world. Developed a set of principles of analysis that will improve its effectiveness and efficiency.

In article the concept of management in financial capacity of the industrial enterprise is specified. The hierarchy of the purposes is systematized and features of management in financial capacity of the industrial enterprise are revealed. Typification of financial stability of the industrial enterprise is presented. Definition indicators such as the financial stability depending on level of financial capacity of the industrial enterprise are offered.

Importance of the solution of a problem of a complex assessment of suppliers of material resources locates in article. The approach to definition of an integrated indicator of activity of the supplier, based on Harrington's technique and considering a rating assessment of methods of payment of material resources is considered.

This study covers the method of multi-criteria assessment of innovative development of the Nizhny Novgorod region industries. The reference source for the information was the regional statistical survey within the framework of which, in contrast to the federal survey, a wider range of enterprises and organizations engaged in innovative activities was considered. The assessment criteria selected were two metrics. The first metric reflects the basic results of innovative activities while the second metric indicates the efficiency of technological transfer in the region. In the result of the survey conducted there was the whole range of the region's industrial enterprises analyzed. There were the most innovation-intensive industries identified including the mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, instrument engineering, information and communication industries.

The paper analyzes the main trends in St. Petersburg industry. Special attention is paid to the structural changes. The authors examine the features of the development of leading industrial clusters, the dynamics of production factors. Paper is based on statistical data on the development of St.Petersburg industry.

In this article the theoretical component of the formation of human resources company, analyzed the views of scientists on this issue, as well as the methodologies of calculating the main indicators of the effectiveness of their use. For a clearer presentation of the proposed techniques considered their key performance indicators. In addition, the author offers an analysis of the labor force in stages with appropriate comments and conclusions.

The results of the analysis of the cost structure of budgets of all levels (federal, regional and local), using the author's classification of social spending on direct and indirect several levels are presented.

The problems in implementation of wasteless production in Russian Federation and Kazakhstan are being discussed. The probability of small metallurgy business development is justified based on use of metallurgical factories scrap. An example of the model and menedqment methodology over efficient metallurgical resources utilization is being described.

Within this article process of formation of an electrical power sector of the Kyrgyz Republic was considered and results of stage-by-stage realization of its reforming process were analysed. The structure of branch and processes of its actors interaction were studied that allowed to reveal the most actual problems and to offer adaptive recommendations to solve them.