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.
Japanese (kana) Japanese (romaji) English translation; Swearing and general insults; ããã°ã! kutabare! Go to hell! Literally means Drop dead!, from kutabaru (ããã°ã), die, kick the bucket, etc. ãããã¾ã: shinjimae: Drop dead, go to hell. From shinu plus shimau. See What are the chau, cha verb endings? ããããã! kuso kurae! Eat shit! ããã£ãã: kusottare: Literally shit drip ããã¾: kisama: Rude word for you (see also What are the personal pronouns of Japanese?) ã©ã! doke! Get out of the way! ããã¤ãããã¤: koitsu, aitsu: A contemptuous expression for a third party. Either extremely rude, or very familiar. Also a rough way of saying this or that.