Learning curve example from WWII production in the US airframe industry
Log-log plot. The x-axis is cumulative plane number. The y-axis is the total on-site + off-site direct manhours per pound of airframe. This particular plot shows the production of B-29 airframes at the Boeing Wichita division. Page 75 from Source Book of World War II Basic Data - Airframe Industry. Volume 1. Direct Man-Hours - Progress Curves
- Date
- 1952-04-01
- Photographer / author
- US Army Air Forces, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Field.
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- image
- Original size
- 1,362 × 985 pixels
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