Austen CoProduced a Pilot Run of Eighty Units of a Recently

question 65

Essay

Austen Co.produced a pilot run of eighty units of a recently developed part used in the finished products.Austen Co.expects to produce and sell 2,560 units annually.The pilot run required 40 direct labor hours for the eighty units, averaging 0.5 direct labor hours per unit.Austen experiences an eighty percent learning curve.
Required:
Calculate the average direct labor hours per unit for the first 2,560 units (including the pilot run) produced.

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Similarity

A measure of how closely two or more distinct objects, ideas, or concepts resemble each other in appearance, function, or properties.

Common Region

A principle of perceptual organization where elements located within the same bounded space are perceived as being grouped together.

Closure

The psychological phenomenon of seeking a sense of resolution or completeness in perceptual or cognitive processes.

Contiguity

A Gestalt principle of perception; the tendency to perceive two things that happen close together in time as being related.