Your Company Is Making Experimental Turbochargers for a New Design

question 88

Essay

Your company is making experimental turbochargers for a new design of high-powered farm tractors.
The production schedule for these new components is contained in the table below.
The first turbocharger, a trial unit (not part of the 3 required in Month 1), took 1100 hours to produce. Based on your experience with similar products, the learning curve is 80%. You have 22 employees, and each employee works 160 hours per month. How many hours will be required in each month? In which month(s) will overtime be required to meet the production schedule?

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