Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Chapter Six
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Learning Objectives
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Boeing seeks ways to make its jets more efficient and avoid
expanding its factories and its costs.
Innovation teams are growing as Boeing seeks to increase output
of the narrow-body, workhorse plane by as much as 71 percent.
Workers here recently boosted the 737 output to 35 jets a month
from 31.5, and Boeings goal is to produce 42 planes a month in
2014.
Eventual goal is to reach 60 a month as they plan a retooled
version of the plane called the 737 Max.
Boeing today takes about 11 days for the final assembly of jets
at the Renton plant. Thats down from 22 days about a decade
ago. The companys near-term goal is to whittle that number to 9
days. Learning curves can help Boeing and all firms reach their
goals.
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Application of Learning
Curves
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Types of Learning
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2.
Learning Curve
Assumptions
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Arithmetic tabulation
Logarithms
Some other curve-fitting method
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Logarithmic Analysis
Yx Kx n
x Unit number
Yx Number of direct labor hours required to produce the x th unit
K Number of direct labor hours required to produce the first unit
log b
n
log 2
b Learning percentage
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Example
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0.4629
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3.
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Individual Learning
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Organizational Learning
Managerial Considerations
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Managerial Considerations
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