Learning Curve Theory 16.8 Illustration 2 A customer has asked your company to prepare a bid on supplying 800 units of a new product. Production will be in batches of 100 units. You estimate that costs for the first batch of 100 units will average ` 100 a unit. You also expect that a 90% learning curve will apply to the cumulative labour cost on this contract. Required : (a) Prepare an estimate of the labour costs of fulfilling this contract.
Karoshi (éå´æ­») This word is used to describe what happens when a person works themselves to deathâusually by means of a heart attack, stroke, or other form of stress-related cause. The Japanese characters for karoshi consist of the following three parts: é (ka) for excess, å´ (ro) for labor and æ­» (shi) for death.
Another possibility for the name could come from the traditional method of harvesting. 'Sashimi Grade' fish is caught by individual handline. As soon as the fish is landed, its brain is pierced with a sharp spike; and it is placed in slurried ice. This spiking is called the Ike jime process, and the instantaneous death means that the fish's flesh contains a minimal amount of lactic acid.