METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS FINANCIAL POSITION ENGINEERING ENTERPRISES
In the article the state and the main tasks concerning diagnosis of the financial condition of machine-building enterprise in a market economy. The article proved that today use a pure model of Altman has neither meaningful nor pragmatic significance, as it is designed for a small sample of US firms in ancient times. The main components of diagnosis financial condition. The basis for the formation of components became E. Altman approach, including the development of its Z-model, allowing a clear divide financially stable and the company can not by actual bankruptcy of the latter. The method of assessing the financial situation of engineering companies. The key point is to check the adequacy of methods Z-model using cluster analysis. For this group of companies is performed by k-means the values of Z-criterion which is calculated according to their model. In order to automate the process of diagnosis financial condition of the machine-building enterprise should perform by using the appropriate structure of economic and mathematical models.