Manceville Air has just produced the first unit of a large industrial compressor that incorporated new technology in the control circuits and a new internal venting system. The first unit took 112 hours of labor to manufacture. The company knows from past experience that this labor content will decrease significantly as more units are produced. In reviewing past production data, it appears that the company has experienced a 90% learning curve when producing similar designs. The company is interested in estimating the total time to complete the next 7 units. Your job as the production cost estimator is to prepare the estimate. Refer to Table E.3. Total manufacturing time for the: first 8 units last 7 units hours hours (round your response to the nearest whole number). Learning Curve Coefficients Unit Number (N) 8 Unit Time 512 80% Total Time 5.346 Print Unit Time 614 85% Total Time 5.936 Done Unit Time 729 90% Total Time 6.574 - X

Manceville Air has just produced the first unit of a large industrial compressor that incorporated new technology in the control circuits and a new internal venting system. The first unit took 112 hours of labor to manufacture. The company knows from past experience that this labor content will decrease significantly as more units are produced. In reviewing past production data, it appears that the company has experienced a 90% learning curve when producing similar designs. The company is interested in estimating the total time to complete the next 7 units. Your job as the production cost estimator is to prepare the estimate. Refer to Table E.3. Total manufacturing time for the: first 8 units last 7 units hours hours (round your response to the nearest whole number). Learning Curve Coefficients Unit Number (N) 8 Unit Time 512 80% Total Time 5.346 Print Unit Time 614 85% Total Time 5.936 Done Unit Time 729 90% Total Time 6.574 - X

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