... has not been extensively investigated in previous research. Design/methodology/approach An extensive experimental campaign involving 84 operators was conducted to repeatedly assemble and disassemble six different products of varying complexity to construct productivity and quality learning curves...

...Eric H. Grosse; Christoph H. Glock Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the prevalence of human learning in the order picking process in an experimental study. Further, it aims to compare alternative learning curves from the literature and to assess which learning curves are most suitable...

... investigation about these learning composition laws on a real case in the field of automotive exhaust‐systems manufacturing. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Learning curves Quality improvement Manufacturing systems Plant efficiency The front pipe is connected to the engine...