Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, Twelfth Edition

Module E Learning Curves

Alaska Airlines

Module Outline

1. What Is a Learning Curve? 776

2. Learning Curves in Services and Manufacturing 777

3. Applying the Learning Curve 778

4. Strategic Implications of Learning Curves 782

5. Limitations of Learning Curves 783

Learning Objectives

1. LO E.1 Define learning curve 776

2. LO E.2 Use the doubling concept to estimate times 778

3. LO E.3 Compute learning-curve effects with the formula and learning-curve table approaches 779

4. LO E.4 Describe the strategic implications of learning curves 782

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