Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781478623069
Author: Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
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Chapter 1.10, Problem 30P
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To explain: Learning curve strategy and the role played by this technique in the success of automobile company F till the mid-1920 and the problems faced by company F after 1920.
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Learning curve strategy refers to the graphical representation of the relationship between cost and output over a fixed period. Learning curve assumes that workers will become more familiar with the work and that greater efficiency is introduced in the production process.
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