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This book explains your practical steps to build a factory including, study the project concept, ensure its feasibility and methods of evaluating projects and adopting the most appropriate concept, along with preparing a plan to implement the project. The book is not limited to that, it also explains the duties entrusted to you as the project owner, which consists in preparing the project mission, vision and governance system, creating a committee of advisors to help in managing the project, assigning executive management to it, and estimating the project capital and funding it. The book also shows the duties of the executive management to create the project including, appointing a work team, preparing management operating systems, choosing a place for the project and building it. Executive management duties also include acquiring production technology, securing a stock of raw materials, creating a visual identity or brand for the project, developing new customers, investing in digital technology, appointing the rest of the staff and preparing the factory for operation. The book also singles out a special section to talk about the fourth industrial revolution that started in the year 2000 and continues to our current time. It points out how such advanced technologies, that result from the internet revolution and high-tech automation, have been shaping our lives and impacting the product quality, cost and ways to meet customer requirements. Besides, it explains how these technologies have eased the entry of small manufacturers into the market after many years of domination by giant manufacturers. The book concludes by demonstrating the project planning requirements and steps for improving the performances of the industrial project including, human-resource, sales and marketing, operation and finance, along with explaining ways to measure and control the results of the industrial project.