Question

The Fresh Connection is really pushing the new line of juice products. Given that it takes 355 minutes to a new bottling line for the first time and a learning rate of 72 percent, how long would it take to setup this bottling line the 256th time?

You can use the doubling method, the learning curve equation or learning curve tables to complete this question.

Answer 1

We know that Time taken to produce N^th unit = T₁ x N^{ln l / ln 2}

T₁ = Time taken to set up first bottling line = 355 min

L = Learning rate = 72% = 0.72

T₂₅₆ = Time taken to set up 256^th bottling line

= 355 x 256^{ln 0.72 / ln 2}

= 355 x 0.07222

= 25.64 min