Sourcebook of World War II Basic Data Airframe Industry Volume 11 Area, Shift, Time Cycle, and Labor Requirements

Abstract

Total Floor Area is defined as all covered area, both direct and indirect, owned, rented or leased by the facility and equipped and available for work related to the aircraft program. Direct Floor Area is defined as all covered area equipped and available for direct manufacturing, such as fabrication, processing, sub-assembly and assembly. Productive Floor Area which approximates direct plus indirect factory floor space, is shown for the period, March, 1941 through June 1941; Total and Productive Floor Area for the period, September, 1941 through September 1942. Beginning with December, 1942, Total and Direct Area data are shown, with Direct broken down further into Aeronautical and Experimental.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1947
Accession Number
AD1159108

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Assembly
  • Assembly Lines
  • Fabrication
  • Manufacturing
  • Mass Production

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space