The SPC does not include forwarding services to a new address. When a package is not deliverable or refused by the occupant, a SPC will attempt to locate a new address through publicly available address services.
T1 = Hours to produce the first unit. b = (Log of the learning rate/Log 2) = Slope of the learning curve. If the learning rate for a given operation is 80%, and the first produced unit took 1.000 hours, the hours needed for the thirteenth unit can be calculated as follows: TN = T1(Nb).
Learning Curve Theory 16.8 Illustration 2 A customer has asked your company to prepare a bid on supplying 800 units of a new product. Production will be in batches of 100 units. You estimate that costs for the first batch of 100 units will average ` 100 a unit. You also expect that a 90% learning curve will apply to the cumulative labour cost on this contract. Required : (a) Prepare an estimate of the labour costs of fulfilling this contract.