Gavriel Manuel

Operation Management A

Assignment (pg1)

1. If the learning phenomenon applies to all human activity why isn’t the effect
noticeable in mass prduction or high-volume assembly work?
Jawab :
Karena di situasi produksi masal, learning curve mungkin saja digunakan tapi
di awal dalam memprediksi berapa lama waktu yang dibutuhkan sebelum proses
stabil, bahkan konsep ini biasanya tidak berlaku karena peningkatan waktu per unit
hampir tidak terlihat.

2. Name some areas in which learning curves are useful

Jawab :
Learning curves ini berguna atau bermanfaat pada area berikut ini :
1) estimasi biaya
2) penawaran
3) negosiasi kontrak
4) penetapan harga baru
5) pemantauan peningkatan peserta pelatihan

3. An aircaft company has an order to refurbish the interiors of 18 jet aircaft. The work
has a learning curve percantage of 80. On the basis of experience with similar jobs,
the industrial engineering department estimates that the first plane will require 300
hours to refurbish. Estimate the amount of time needed to complete:

a. The fifth plane

n=5
% learning curve = 80%
Unit Time Factor = 0,596
Total Time Factor = 3.738
 Waktu yang diharapkan untuk jet ke-5 = 300 x 0,596 = 178,8 jam
 Total waktu yang diharapkan sampai jet ke-5 = 300 x 3.738 =
1.121.400 jam
 b. The first planes
n=1
% learning curve = 80%
Unit time factor = 1,000
 Waktu yang diharapkan untuk jet ke-1 = 300 x 1,000 = 300 jam

c. All 18 planes
n = 18
% learning curve = 80%
Unit time factor = 0,394
Total Time factor = 9.716
 Waktu yang diharapkan untuk jet ke-18 = 300 x 0,394 = 118,2 jam
 Total waktu yang diharapkan sampai jet ke-18 = 300 x 9.716 =
2.914.800 jam

Assignment (pg2)
4. A contractor intends to bid on a job installing 30 airport security systems. Because
this will be a new line of work for the contractor, he belives there will be a learning
effect for the job. After reviewing time records from a similar type of activity. The
contractor is convinced that an 85 percent curve is appropriate. He estimates that the
first job will take his crew eight days to install. How many days should the contractor
budget for
Jawab :
a. The first 10 instalations?
Total Time factor untuk 85 persen learning curve dan unit ke 10 adalah 7.116

= 8 x 7.116
= 56.928 hari

b. The second 10 instalations?

Total Time factor untuk 85 percent learning curve dan unit ke 20 adalah
12.402
 = 8 x 12.402
= 99.216 hari

c. The final 10 instalations?

Total Time factor untuk 85 percent learning curve dan unit ke 30 adalah
17.090

= 8 x 17.090
= 136.720 hari

5. A manager wants to determine an appropriate learning percantage for processing

insurance claims for storm demage. Toward that end, times have been recorded for
completion of each of the first six repetitions.
Repetitions 1 2 3 4 5 6
Time (minutes) 46 39 35 33 32 30
Jawab :
a. Determine the approximate learning percantage

30 = 46 x 6 In learning percent / In 2
30/46 = 6 In learning percent / In 2
In (30/46) = (In learning percent / In 2) (In 6)
(In (30/46)) (In 2 ) / (In 6) = learning percent
e(In (30/46)) (In 2 ) / (In 6) = learning percent
0,848 atau 84,8% atau 85% = learning percent

b. Using your answer from part a, estimate the average completion time per
repetition assuming a total of 30 repetitions are planned
Learning percent = 85%
n = 30
Time factor unit = 0,4505
Total Time factor = 17.090
Time per repetition = 30 x 17.090 = 512.700 jam