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The article reports on the utilization and understanding of the learning curve in the firefighting officer's guide to successful drills. The article points out the importance of utilizing firefighters' experience levels in setting up and carrying out effective drills, and maintaining good training habits.

The article discusses the labor shortages in portable sanitation industry and ways to overcome it including investing in ergonomics, creating more part-time positions, and promoting wellness in the workplace and mentions that the older workers with work and life experience can enrich the company.

An interview with newly appointed Iowa insurance commissioner Nick Gerhart is presented. He practiced law for 18 months in Wisconsin before working at American Equity in Iowa. Gerhart believes that he has a learning curve to deal with the insurance marketplace and admits that he needs smart people for more knowledge. He expresses his excitement to serve the business side of the state government of Iowa.

The article focuses on how Birmingham South Central CCG's local community gynaecology service have help saved 150,000 pounds in referral cost. It states that the company work with local patient groups and local women to redesign their gynaecology services to have a better quality service for their patients. It also mentions that the biggest learning curve was allowing general practitioners (GPs) and patients to work together to create solutions that meets everyone's requirements.

The article offers information on the learning curve in bodybuilding. The author explains the reasons why bodybuilders or those people who want to learn bodybuilding should not trust easily those who preach it. He relates the significance of weight training and proper nutrition. He notes that there are transformations in the body and mind of the bodybuilders through workouts, dropping fat and gaining muscle and confidence. He suggests that a bodybuilder should be forward-thinking person.

The article focuses on how to coach new leaders towards success. It notes that coaching boosts the contribution of new leaders while they encounter critical issues such as progress evaluation. It adds that new leaders gain the most when their emotional intelligence skills are coached. The benefits from coaching new leaders are cited which include the solidification of the relationship between new leaders and their managers and the acceleration of the learning curve through the concentration on critical objectives.

The article talks about putting together a direct-mail campaign. It states that purchasing a list is the first step to creating a campaign. It is inferred that giving counts for the number of people in different categories at no charge by most list houses is a way of data mining. According to the author, there is tremendous value in having hands-on, personal experience with evaluating one's own company because it builds a learning curve.

The article discusses the emergence of customer experience in response to the consumer's affinity for devices and social networks. It notes the statement of global director of social media for Citibank NA, Frank Eliason, that people want quick resolution to issues more than social customer service. It also notes the implication of customer experience at Oberweis Dairy Inc. in Saint Louis, Missouri wherein the company has shifted its product mix to increase its revenue and decrease wait times.

Several letters to the editor is presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Highway to Health," by Jade Chang in the December 2011 issue and "Steep Learning Curve," by Susan S. Szenasy in the January 2012 issue.

The article offers information on the forecasting tools, based on experience curve models and technology diffusion curves, for the development of renewable energy systems against real-world dynamics for transportation fuels and power generation. It states that the model and the curve helps in understanding factors of cost, business as usual and replacement user adoption. It mentions that costs can shift around disruptive technical performance for material engineering or government industrial policies.

A correction to the article "Apps Help Flatten Learning Curves" that was previously published in the October 31, 2011 issue is presented.

The article presents views of Adam Pilarski, senior vice-president of Avitas Inc. regarding learning curves in the airline industry. According to Pilarski, learning curves are crucial in aircraft production and are used in all aircraft manufacturing programmes. He also states that learning curves have tremendous impact on production costs, and also on aircraft pricing.

The article reports that executives of the engine supplier Pratt & Whitney have acknowledged that the company's production costs for the F135 engine have not declined at the rate desired by the officials of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme. The suppliers of the F135 engine are required to maintain 88% learning curve, which means costs should decline by about 12% every time the rate of production of the engine doubles.