Suad Alwan, the purchasing agent for Dubai Airlines, has found that the third
plane it needed from a Brazilian manufacturer took that firm
18,000
hours to produce. Using an 85%
learning curve and a
$40-per-hour
labor charge, Suad wishes to calculate what
eleven
additional planes should cost.
Suad Alwan, the purchasing agent for Dubai Airlines, has found that the third plane it needed from a Brazilian manufacturer took that firm 18,000 hours to produce. Using an 85% learning curve and a...
Suad Alwan, the purchasing agent for Dubai Airlines, has found that the third plane it needed from a Brazilian manufacturer took that firm 18,000 hours to produce. Using an 85% learning curve and a $40-per-hour labor charge, Suad wishes to calculate what eleven additional planes should cost.
It took MegaTech, Inc. 200,000 labor-hours to produce the first of several oil drilling rigs for Antarctic exploration. Your company, Natural Resources, Inc. has agreed to purchase the fifth oil drilling rig from their manufacturing yard. Assume that MegaTech experiences a learning rate of 75%. At a labor rate of $38 per hour, what should you, as the purchasing agent expect to pay for the fifth unit? TN = T1C, Where TN = Time needed to produce the Nth unit...
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