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    The document discusses learning curves and how they can impact production scheduling for new products. It explains that learning curves model how production times decrease with experience, and that both cumulative average-time and incremental unit-time learning curve models could result in the second unit of a new product taking 90 minutes to produce if the first unit took 100 minutes. It also defines learning curves as measuring decreasing labor-hours per unit as total production units increase.

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    The document discusses learning curves and how they can impact production scheduling for new products. It explains that learning curves model how production times decrease with experience, and that both cumulative average-time and incremental unit-time learning curve models could result in the second unit of a new product taking 90 minutes to produce if the first unit took 100 minutes. It also defines learning curves as measuring decreasing labor-hours per unit as total production units increase.

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    The document discusses learning curves and how they can impact production scheduling for new products. It explains that learning curves model how production times decrease with experience, and that both cumulative average-time and incremental unit-time learning curve models could result in the second unit of a new product taking 90 minutes to produce if the first unit took 100 minutes. It also defines learning curves as measuring decreasing labor-hours per unit as total production units increase.

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    1.

    When new products are introduced, learning-curve effects can have a major
    influence on production scheduling.

    Answer: True Difficulty: 2 Objective: 7


    Terms to Learn: learning curve

    2. It is appropriate to incorporate expected learning-curve efficiencies when evaluating


    performance.

    Answer: True Difficulty: 1 Objective: 7


    Terms to Learn: learning curve

    3. The cumulative average-time learning model with a 90% learning curve indicates
    that if it takes 100 minutes to manufacture the first unit of a new model, then the
    second unit will take only 90 minutes to manufacture.

    Answer: False Difficulty: 3 Objective: 7


    Terms to Learn: learning curve, cumulative average-time learning model 100
    x .90 = 90; (100 + X)/2 = 90; X = 80 minutes

    4. The incremental unit-time learning model with a 90% learning curve indicates that if
    it takes 100 minutes to manufacture the first unit of a new model, then the second unit
    will take only 90 minutes to manufacture.

    Answer: True Difficulty: 2 Objective: 7


    Terms to Learn: incremental unit-time learning model

    5. A learning curve is a function that measures how labor-hours per unit decrease, as
    units of production increase.

    Answer: True Difficulty: 2 Objective: 7


    Terms to Learn: learning curve

    6. Data collection problems can arise when data is recorded manually rather than
    electronically.

    Answer: True Difficulty: 1 Objective: 8


    Terms to Learn: cost estimation

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